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    Equity Latin America Forests
    Water
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Equity
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    RELEASE: New Study Reveals Mining in the Amazon Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    Equity
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    COMUNICADO: Nuevo estudio revela que la minería en el Amazonas amenaza al 20 % de las tierras indígenas

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • indigenous people
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 5, 2019

    4 Ways Farmers Can Adapt to Climate Change and Generate Income

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Farmers working on an integrated system in a farm in Paraiba Valley, Sao Paulo. The system combines crops (a native species similar to potato and corn) with palm trees. Photo by Bruno Calixto/WRI Brasil
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Climate Resilience
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 17, 2019

    In a Small Amazonian Community, Agroforestry Takes Off

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    Planting native trees in Juruti. Joana Oliveira/WRI Brasil
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2019

    For Rural Communities, Protecting Land Is a Better Investment than Deforestation

    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • indigenous people
    • agriculture
    In India's Narmada District, legal recognition of communities' land rights have enabled villages to invest in sustainable, more productive land management. Photo by...
    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • indigenous people
    • agriculture
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 25, 2018

    Help for São Paulo’s Complex Water Woes: Protect and Restore Forests

    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    The Atibainha reservoir in Cantareira System in São Paulo during drought.
    • Forests
    • Water
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water Security
    • drought
    • Cities
    • restoration
    Equity
    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
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Asia
    Data
    July 11, 2018

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

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Equity
    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
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 1, 2017

    Closing Data Gaps to Eliminate Deforestation and Land Disputes from Beef Supply Chains in Paraguay

    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Cows in the Paraguayan Chaco. Flickr/Arcadius.
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2017

    Land Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate Commitments

    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    view of Chapada Diamantina in Brazil
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 23, 2016

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

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Yudja man in Amazon forest
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Brazilian Government Announces 29 Percent Rise in Deforestation in 2016

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Aerial shot of forest and agricultural landscapes in Brazil
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    Equity
    Latin America
    Data
    October 6, 2016

    Why Invest in Indigenous Lands?

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 13, 2015

    Peru’s Illegal “Ghost Trees”: What U.S. Buyers Need to Know

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging
    While not a new problem, the scale and pervasiveness of timber laundering in Peru is astounding. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • illegal logging

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