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    Equity & Governance greenhouse gas accounting natural resources restoration 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
    Insights
    January 20, 2022

    6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Three woman point to a map hung on the side of a building.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    December 8, 2020

    Building Equitable Economies by Restoring Landscapes in India

    • Economics
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Two people standing in a field at the edge of a mountain.
    • Economics
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Climate
    Insights
    February 10, 2020

    5 Strategies that Achieve Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Simultaneously

    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Reroroja village
    • Climate
    • Climate Resilience
    • restoration
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • renewable energy
    • transportation
    • wetlands
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    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 & Governance
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

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

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    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
    • 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
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • 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
    • 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 Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • 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
    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
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    Bad Air to Better Oceans: 6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2018

    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 22, 2017

    Congress and Trump Gut Disclosure Rules for Fossil Fuel Foreign Payments

    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    People in Nigerian village
    • Finance
    • U.S. policy
    • extractive industries
    • fossil fuels
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    December 2, 2016

    How Do You Know if Adaptation Is Working? Lessons from Kumbharwadi, India

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    Field in Trimbak, Maharashtra, India
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • Freshwater
    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
    Insights
    April 6, 2016

    3 Reasons Why Community Land Rights Are Not Legally Secure in Many Countries

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Isangi people on the Congo river
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 25, 2015

    Detail dalam Rencana Kebijakan Iklim Indonesia Masih Belum Jelas

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • restoration
    <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95747669@N00/56772697/">Wakx</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2015

    Details of Indonesia’s Climate Plan Remain Hazy

    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • forest monitoring
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • restoration
    <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/95747669@N00/56772697/">Wakx</a> via <a href="http://compfight.com">Compfight</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
    • International Climate Action
    • COP21
    • forest monitoring
    • Climate
    • climate finance
    • NDC
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2015

    4 Property and Land Rights Issues, Explained through Videos

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A farmer in Mali irrigates his crops. Photo by Tingju Zhu/IFPRI
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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