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    Forests Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Europe
    Technical Perspectives
    June 10, 2024

    Unpacking the EU Deforestation Regulation’s Legal Production Requirement

    • deforestation
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forest Legality
    Trucks carry timber from the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.
    • deforestation
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forest Legality
    Equity & Governance
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    Indonesia’s Indigenous and Community Groups Secure Legal Rights to Forests

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Forests
    • conservation
    Local people from Takal Pasir Village conducting a survey of the Singkil peat swamp forest.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Forests
    • conservation
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    September 7, 2023

    From Ethiopia’s Highlands to India’s Villages, Faith Organizations Are Restoring the World’s Forests

    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    A small white church with a cross on top is perched on a steep mountainside encircled by trees.
    • Forests
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Climate Equity
    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 & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • data visualization
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity & Governance
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • data visualization
    Forests
    News
    December 19, 2022

    STATEMENT: Countries Agree to Landmark Deal to Protect World’s Ecosystems

    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Ocean
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • restoration
    • biodiversity
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Outcomes
    September 19, 2022

    Global Forest Watch Helps Indigenous Peoples Reduce Deforestation

    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Aerial view over a tropical forest with a river meandering through the canopy
    • Top Outcome: 2021
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia
    Technical Perspectives
    March 10, 2022

    How To Responsibly Grow Millions of Trees Outside of Forests in India

    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A small farm with dozens of trees growing around it.
    • restoration
    • landscapes
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    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
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 actions pour garantir que la foresterie communautaire marche en République du Congo

    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

    5 Actions to Ensure Community Forestry Works in the Republic of Congo

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Forests
    Asia
    Update
    January 5, 2022

    Building a New Restoration Economy in India

    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    A small solar panel in a dense forest.
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Help Fight Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • COP16
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • COP16
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Community forest
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    January 21, 2021

    Forests Absorb Twice As Much Carbon As They Emit Each Year

    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • GHG emissions
    • Forests
    • COP26
    • 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
    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

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