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    Equity Africa land rights mapping Data Insights
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    May 7, 2019

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

    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • sustainable development goals
    Small forestry in the Peruvian Amazon.
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • sustainable development goals
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

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

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    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
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

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

    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

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

    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Africa Europe
    Insights
    November 3, 2015

    Beyond Conflict, Water Stress Contributed to Europe’s Migration Crisis

    • Climate Resilience
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Photo Credit: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/47205547@N02/21910319813/">MichaelGubi</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
    • Climate Resilience
    • Water
    • Aqueduct
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    • water risk
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 11, 2015

    Q&A with Cécile Ndjebet: Empowering Women Is Key to Better Forest Management in Cameroon

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 5, 2015

    Q&A with Alda Salomao: Natural Gas Project Threatens Community Land in Mozambique

    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources
    Rural women on their way to the market. Photo by Ton Rulkens/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • land rights
    • fossil fuels
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Equity
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
    • Equity
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    Equity
    Africa Asia Latin America
    Data
    July 23, 2014

    Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Water
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Water
    Equity
    Africa
    Data
    January 14, 2014

    Rights to Resources Interactive Map

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    December 11, 2013

    Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Africa
    Data
    November 19, 2013

    Rights to Resources Map: Data Set

    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • mapping
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    April 10, 2013

    Without Land, What Would a Farmer Do?

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty

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