Resources

Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

2020-2021 Grand Prize Winner: Sustainable Food Production for a Resilient Rosario

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture

Rosario, Argentina Uses Urban Farming to Tackle Economic and Climate Crises

  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture
A man sits and plants new plants in his garden.
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
  • agriculture

In Monterrey, Mexico, a University’s Tragedy Sparks a Citywide Turnaround

  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance
Monterrey, Mexico residents enjoying the open streets of the monthly Callejero event.
  • Cities
  • WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities
  • Urban Transformations
  • Equity & Governance

Mexico: Policymaking to Ensure Energy Justice in Renewables Development

  • JT Sector: Renewables
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Windmills
  • JT Sector: Renewables
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
News
  • Urban Transformations
  • Urban Development
  • Equity & Governance

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

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Brazil nut producer, Peru
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Brazil nut producer, Peru
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

ADVISORY: Embargoed WRI Press Call: Mining Threatens Indigenous Communities Across the Amazon

  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • deforestation
  • environmental justice
  • pollution
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

COVID-19, Rising Gold Prices and Illegal Mining Threaten Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

  • coronavirus
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Mining for gold in South America
  • coronavirus
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

A Fairer and More Sustainable Post-COVID World in Latin America

  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater
Silhouette of a person with a bicycle overlooking Belo Horizonte's skyline. Photo by Mariana Gil/WRI.
  • biking
  • Towards a More Equal City
  • infrastructure
  • sanitation
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Finance
  • low carbon development
  • multilateral development banks
  • transportation
  • Freshwater

Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

  • Climate
  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
  • Climate
  • COP25
  • Paris Agreement
  • climate policy
  • Climate Equity
  • Equity & Governance
  • Gender
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

STATEMENT: 6 Latin American, Caribbean Countries Ratify Treaty Providing Protections for Environmental Defenders

  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

PODCAST: Why Securing Land Rights for Indigenous People Can Accelerate Sustainable Development

  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • sustainable development goals
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Small forestry in the Peruvian Amazon.
  • podcasts
  • Sustainable Development Goal 10
  • sustainable development goals
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

12 Countries Sign Historic Agreement Guaranteeing Environmental Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Equity & Governance
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
  • Sustainable Development Goal 16
  • environmental democracy
  • environmental justice
  • human rights
  • public participation
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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
Silhouettes of children playing swing in turbine wind park at sunset