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    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    October 18, 2023

    Sixteen Businesses, One Mission: Advancing Landscape Restoration and Entrepreneurship Across Africa

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Farmer with mangoes at Goshen Farm Exporters Ltd.
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    December 20, 2022

    Meet 16 African Businesses Restoring Land and Making Money

    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Aerobic Agroforestry staff happy in a full greenhouse
    • restoration
    • forest products
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Update
    March 29, 2022

    Meet 20 Entrepreneurs Restoring Land in Malawi

    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women collect seeds in a Malawi field
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Entrepreneurs Need Funding to Restore Africa's Degraded Land

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • COP26
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 4, 2021

    Les entrepreneurs ont besoin de financement pour restaurer les terres dégradées de l'Afrique

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Caroline Kariuki, CEO of Kenya's GreenPot Enterprises, with one of her employees at a bamboo nursery. The company's bamboo helps farmers restore degraded land and make extra income.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    Climate
    Asia
    Insights
    July 15, 2020

    A Low-Carbon Recovery Can Create Jobs and Boost Indonesia’s Economy

    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Aerial view of people and goods in a busy Jakarta street market. Photo by Henry Sudarman/Flickr.
    • Climate
    • coronavirus
    • fossil fuels
    • Economics
    • development
    • Energy
    • Forests
    • low carbon development
    • commodities
    • renewable energy
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    October 25, 2019

    Attention Investors: African Entrepreneurs Are Restoring Land and Making Profit

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Caroline Kariuki co-founded GreenPot Enterprises to help farmer-investors plant bamboo and restore degraded land in Kenya. Photo by Will Anderson/WRI.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    Business
    Africa
    Insights
    September 25, 2019

    For Sustainability in Cocoa Production, Both Countries and Companies Need to Commit

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    Cacao farmer in Colombia. Flickr/World Bank Photo Collection
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2019

    For Rural Communities, Protecting Land Is a Better Investment than Deforestation

    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    In India's Narmada District, legal recognition of communities' land rights have enabled villages to invest in sustainable, more productive land management. Photo by...
    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Asia
    Insights
    July 10, 2019

    Will the Start of Forest Fires Season Hamper Indonesia’s Progress in Reducing Deforestation?

    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Indonesia forest fires
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 9, 2019

    Congo Basin Deforestation Threatens Food and Water Supplies Throughout Africa

    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Women model the handmade baskets they use every day in Malolo 2, Republic of Congo.
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Water Security
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    February 21, 2019

    Indonesia Reduces Deforestation, Norway to Pay Up

    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Cyathea Papua Rain Forest Papua-Indonesia
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    September 27, 2018

    Places to Watch: 3 Forests Experiencing Rapid Clearing Right Now

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Mountain gorilla
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • agriculture
    • commodities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    August 8, 2018

    Tracking Deforestation in DRC's Forest Concessions Is Complicated

    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    Road near the village of Ilanga in the DRC. Photo by Molly Bergen
    • Forests
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    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
    Asia
    News
    July 11, 2018

    COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Una nueva investigación revela un campo de juego desigual entre las comunidades y las empresas que compiten por los derechos sobre las tierras

    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land use
    • commodities
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

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