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    Equity & Governance land rights
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

    Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    News
    July 11, 2018

    COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Una nueva investigación revela un campo de juego desigual entre las comunidades y las empresas que compiten por los derechos sobre las tierras

    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Data
    July 11, 2018

    INFOGRAPHIC: Experience the Unequal Ways Communities and Companies Get Land Rights

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 20, 2018

    5 Ways Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back Against Land Seizures

    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Indigenous people in Ecuador
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Women Get Shortchanged in Commercial Land Deals—Despite National Commitments to Gender Equality

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    December 20, 2017

    RELEASE: New LandMark Data Measure Impacts of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Forests and Climate

    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

    5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous people
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    News
    October 12, 2017

    RELEASE: WRI Honors Darren Walker and Feike Sijbesma at “Courage to Lead” Celebration

    • carbon pricing
    • land use
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • carbon pricing
    • land use
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2017

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2017

    Indigenous Rights Must Be Protected During Brazil’s Political Crisis

    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    4,000 indigenous activists demonstrated for their rights in April.
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 20, 2017

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 23, 2016

    Brazil’s Proposed Environmental Laws Would Weaken Indigenous Rights, Forfeit Billions in Economic Benefits

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Yudja man in Amazon forest
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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