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Nature Is An Economic Winner for COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance
canada-wetlands
  • coronavirus
  • infrastructure
  • Economics
  • Equity & Governance

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
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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
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Indonesia and Democratic Republic of the Congo Accelerate Social and Community Forest Management

  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A man in Ilanga Village, DRC, holds a map showing commercial concessions on community lands. Photo by Molly Bergen/WCS, WWF, WRI
  • Top Outcome: 2018
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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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

Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

Safeguarding the Carbon Stored in Indigenous and Community Lands is Essential to Meeting Climate Goals

  • climate change
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
A man canoeing in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  • climate change
  • Forests
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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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

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

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
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For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • poverty
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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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
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  • fossil fuels
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  • U.S. policy
  • water risk
  • Equity & Governance
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  • restoration
  • international climate policy
  • fossil fuels
  • pollution
  • UNFCCC
  • U.S. policy
  • water risk

5 Maps Show How Important Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are to the Environment

  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
indigenous people
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • deforestation
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • mapping
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Forest Watcher Brings Data Straight to Environmental Defenders

  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Rangers checking Forest Watcher. Photo by Lilian Pintea
  • forest monitoring
  • deforestation
  • global forest watch
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Careers at WRI

  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance
  • Forests
  • Food
  • Freshwater
  • Ocean
  • Business
  • Equity & Governance

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

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