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    Equity & Governance Africa Latin America deforestation land rights Data Insights
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2023

    Ending Deforestation in the Amazon Can Grow Brazil’s GDP — But That’s Not the Only Reason to Do It

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Silhouette of a man standing in a river surrounded by trees in the Amazon rainforest.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

    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
    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
    Africa
    Insights
    January 3, 2019

    Bamboo: Malawi’s Unexpected Tool for Climate Change Resilience

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    Bamboo nursery
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • restoration
    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
    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
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    September 26, 2017

    Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Rangers checking Forest Watcher. Photo by Lilian Pintea
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • global forest watch
    • Equity & Governance
    • 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
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 7, 2017

    Indigenous Communities Fend Off Invaders in the Peruvian Amazon

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Settlement seen from the Ucayali River in Peru.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • 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
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 7, 2016

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Data
    October 6, 2016

    INFOGRAPHIC: Why Invest in Indigenous Lands?

    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Climate
    • deforestation
    • natural infrastructure
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    April 11, 2016

    Restoring Africa’s Degraded Lands by Improving Farmers’ Rights

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Restoration at work on Ethiopia’s steep slopes
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    March 8, 2016

    Death of Honduran Activist Berta Cáceres Underscores the Need for Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Berta Cáceres works with the people of Rio Blanco to set up a road blockade in protest of a dam.
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    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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