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    Forests Africa Business land rights
    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
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

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

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 5, 2019

    For Small Businesses in Africa, Climate Resilience Is an Economic Opportunity

    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Herders with cattle in Tigray, Ethiopia. Mohammed Bakarr / GEF
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • restoration
    • Business
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    November 26, 2018

    Young Entrepreneurs See Business Opportunity in Rural Africa’s Degraded Lands

    • Business
    • restoration
    Farmers who just bought Safi Sarvi fertilizer
    • Business
    • restoration
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 13, 2018

    Disaster-Focused Headlines from the Congo Often Hide Signs of Progress

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    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
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Data
    July 11, 2018

    INFOGRAPHIC: Experience the Unequal Ways Communities and Companies Get Land Rights

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    February 28, 2018

    As More Companies Go “Deforestation-Free,” What Does It Mean for Heavily Forested Nations?

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Oil palm plantation in Gabon
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Forests
    Africa Asia Latin America
    News
    June 8, 2016

    RELEASE: For the First Time, Companies Can Gauge Deforestation Risk by Evaluating Palm Oil Mills

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

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

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

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Women in Cameroon prepare to plant saplings. Photo by Cameroon Ecology.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • Gender
    • land rights
    Forests
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    October 15, 2014

    3 Maps Show Importance of Local Communities in Forest Conservation

    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Panama's Omar Torrijos National Park. Photo credit: Lon & Queta, Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Climate
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    September 2, 2014

    5 Reasons To Watch NYC’s Climate Summit

    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    UN headquarters in New York City (Photo credit United Nations)
    • International Climate Action
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Cities
    • Finance
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Resilience
    • Business
    • Climate
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Data
    July 23, 2014

    Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Forests
    Asia Africa
    Insights
    June 25, 2013

    3 Ways to Achieve Zero Tropical Deforestation by 2020

    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    • Business
    • Responsible Corporate Advocacy
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • illegal logging
    • commodities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa North America
    Insights
    January 18, 2013

    6 Top Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2013

    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Business
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    • fossil fuels
    • U.S. policy

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