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Restoring Degraded Forests Could Bring Back Lost Rainfall, Cooler Temperatures

  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
Men planting a tree.
  • Forests
  • restoration
  • nature-based solutions
  • deforestation
  • Freshwater
  • Climate
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Young Forests Capture Carbon Quicker than Previously Thought

  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration
  • Climate
A small sapling growing out of a piece of wood.
  • Forests
  • carbon removal
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • carbon capture and storage (CCS)
  • restoration
  • Climate
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  • restoration
  • landscapes
  • Forests
  • Climate
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For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate Resilience
  • Sustainable Development Goal 1
  • restoration
  • Business
Women in Mityana, Uganda
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • Gender

Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

  • Equity & Governance
  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations
The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
  • Equity & Governance
  • International Climate Action
  • land rights
  • low carbon development
  • sustainable development goals
  • United Nations