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    Equity & Governance Latin America deforestation environmental justice Ocean Insights News
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America Oceania North America Europe
    Insights
    April 6, 2021

    4 Ways to Reduce Plastic Pollution

    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Plastic waits for recycling landfill in the Philippines.
    • Business
    • circular economy
    • coronavirus
    • waste
    • Ocean
    • pollution
    • regulation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    October 7, 2020

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    News
    September 30, 2020

    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 15, 2020

    6 Keys to Turn Coastal Resilience Plans into Action

    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    A man wheels a megaphone mounted on bicycle along a neighborhood path in Bangladesh.
    • Climate Resilience
    • adaptation finance
    • biking
    • extreme weather
    • climate change
    • Ocean
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    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
    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
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 26, 2018

    4 Environmental Activists Are Murdered Every Week. A New Agreement Could Help in Latin America and the Caribbean

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    • public participation
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    February 26, 2018

    4 activistas ambientales son asesinados cada semana. Un nuevo acuerdo regional podría mejorar la situación en América Latina y el Caribe

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    Rally in a Colombian town
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • human rights
    • environmental justice
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    December 20, 2017

    RELEASE: New LandMark Data Measure Impacts of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Forests and Climate

    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • GHG emissions
    • land rights
    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
    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 North America
    Insights
    December 9, 2016

    Localizing Open Government Reforms

    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    Cícero Pompeu de Toledo stadium
    • Cities
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    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
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 21, 2015

    Meet the Yudja, Brazil's Forest Guardians

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    The Yudja rely on their community forest for food, shelter and livelihoods. Photo by André D’elia
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    November 14, 2014

    Nicaragua’s Indigenous Peoples Protect their Forests Even Without Government Support

    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Nicaragua's government recognizes 49 percent of the country's forests as community forests--but it wasn't always this way. Photo credit: Lon&Queta, Flickr
    • Forests
    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights

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