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    Equity land rights Insights
    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
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • indigenous people
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Forests
    Insights
    January 20, 2022

    6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    Three woman point to a map hung on the side of a building.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    Climate
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Equity
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Equity
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Community forest
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

    Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Brazil nut producer, Peru
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

    La Minería Legal e Ilegal Amenazan el 20% de las Tierras Indígenas en la Amazonía

    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Peru farmer
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

    Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

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

    • coronavirus
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Mining for gold in South America
    • coronavirus
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Threats and Community Monitoring
    Equity
    Insights
    March 3, 2020

    Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women

    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • IPLCS-Gender
    woman-planting-cabbage
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • IPLCS-Gender
    Equity
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    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
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Small forestry in the Peruvian Amazon.
    • podcasts
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    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
    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
    • indigenous people
    • 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
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • indigenous people
    • 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
    • IPLCS-Climate Change
    Equity
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    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
    • 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
    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
    Insights
    June 20, 2018

    5 Ways Indigenous Groups Are Fighting Back Against Land Seizures

    • Forests
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Environmental Defenders
    Indigenous people in Ecuador
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • IPLCS-Environmental Defenders
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • IPLCS-Community Land Rights
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • IPLCS-Community Land Rights

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