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Can “Biodiversity Credits” Boost Conservation?

  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
A herd of elephants crosses the Luangwa River in Zambia
  • biodiversity
  • Forests
  • Climate
  • Finance
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What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
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How Forests Near and Far Benefit People in Cities

  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
  • biodiversity
urban forest
  • Freshwater
  • Cities
  • Water Quality
  • Water Security
  • health
  • Climate
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It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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How Can Brazil Protect the Amazon and Advance Climate Action?

  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • climate finance
  • biodiversity
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
Amazon rainforest
  • Climate
  • deforestation
  • climate finance
  • biodiversity
  • forest monitoring
  • forest products
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Systems Change Lab

Person in crowd holding sign that reads "SYSTEM CHANGE NOT CLIMATE CHANGE" with Earth image on cardboard sign.

4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Help Fight Climate Change

  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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This Month in Climate Science, December 2019: Pre-term Births, Fewer Fishermen and Accelerated Arctic Melt

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
Two fishermen offloading lobster from their boat onto a floating dock in Maine.
  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gases
  • health
  • Ocean
  • Freshwater
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From Climate Researcher to Climate Spectator: Witnessing a Melting Arctic

  • Climate
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
The Arctic
  • Climate
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • extreme weather

The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
  • Equity & Governance
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • climate science
  • climate change
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • restoration
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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This Month in Climate Science: First Climate-Induced Mammal Extinction, Color-changing Oceans and Stranded Sea Turtles

  • this month in climate science
  • climate science
  • biodiversity
  • Climate Resilience
  • climate change
  • extreme weather
  • climate impacts
Bramble Cay melomys
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Ocean Conservation Is an Untapped Strategy for Fighting Climate Change

  • Climate
  • conservation
  • National Climate Action
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Paris Agreement
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • Ocean
Mangroves
  • Climate
  • conservation
  • National Climate Action
  • Sustainable Development Goal 14
  • Paris Agreement
  • biodiversity
  • climate change
  • Ocean

Land Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate Commitments

  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
view of Chapada Diamantina in Brazil
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights

  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Aerial view of Amazon rainforest near Manau
  • Climate Resilience
  • International Climate Action
  • deforestation
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Protecting Indigenous Land Rights Makes Good Economic Sense

  • deforestation
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
River in Colombia
  • deforestation
  • Economics
  • Climate
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won't Curb Climate Change

  • Energy
  • Food
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security
A new WRI working paper recommends against dedicating land to produce bioenergy. Photo by Macomb Paynes.
  • Energy
  • Food
  • biodiversity
  • agriculture
  • Climate
  • climate change
  • food security

Why Community Forest Rights Should Be Part of National Climate Change Policies

  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • land rights
  • UNFCCC
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is 11 times lower in community forests with strong legal recognition than in other parts of the region. Photo by Kate Evans/Center for International Forestry Research
  • Climate
  • International Climate Action
  • Forests
  • climate change
  • greenhouse gas accounting
  • international climate policy
  • land rights
  • UNFCCC

Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples Protect their Forests Even Without Government Support

  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
Nicaragua's government recognizes 49 percent of the country's forests as community forests--but it wasn't always this way. Photo credit: Lon&Queta, Flickr
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights