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    Forests Commentary Vignette conservation human rights International Climate Action Insights
    Forests
    Insights
    December 22, 2023

    Outside the Spotlight, Forests and Nature Saw Important Wins at COP28

    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    A man on a boat in a river surrounded by lush green forest, casting a large fishing net.
    • Forests
    • COP28
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    Food
    Insights
    July 20, 2023

    How to Manage the Global Land Squeeze? Produce, Protect, Reduce, Restore

    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    An aerial view of a section of rain forest cleared for agriculture.
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • food security
    • land use
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • nature-based solutions
    • conservation
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    June 18, 2020

    Connecting the People Growing a Trillion Trees the Right Way

    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • conservation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Forests
    Insights
    November 7, 2019

    6 Barriers to Protecting and Restoring Forests – and Strategies to Overcome Them

    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Congo Basin
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • Forests
    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
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    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
    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 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
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    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
    Insights
    January 16, 2018

    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
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    • Equity & Governance
    • Finance
    • Ocean
    • Climate
    • Energy
    • Food
    • Forests
    • Freshwater
    • Cities
    • Business
    • Economics
    • Aqueduct
    • stories to watch
    • Air Quality
    • climate change
    • restoration
    • international climate policy
    • fossil fuels
    • pollution
    • UNFCCC
    • U.S. policy
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

    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
    Climate
    Insights
    April 4, 2017

    The Roadmap to Decarbonization Won’t Go Far without Land

    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Farming field in the Amazon
    • International Climate Action
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Paris Agreement
    • agriculture
    • restoration
    • global forest watch
    Insights
    November 10, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Are the World’s Secret Weapon in Curbing Climate Change

    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Brazilian state of Acre
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    September 7, 2016

    Forest Restoration Gets a Tiny Fraction of the Money It Needs. How to Fill the Gap?

    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • restoration
    • Forests
    People in India’s Nilgiri mountains
    • conservation
    • deforestation
    • Finance
    • restoration
    • Forests
    Climate
    Insights
    January 5, 2016

    Forests Are in the Paris Agreement! Now What?

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Myanmar forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • NDC
    • international climate policy
    • mapping
    • restoration
    • UNFCCC
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 29, 2015

    LandMark Puts Indigenous Peoples and Other Communities on the Global Map

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • natural infrastructure
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Maasai tribe in the Serengeti National Park.
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • natural infrastructure
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Climate
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 22, 2015

    A COP21 Surprise: Brazilian States Commit to Restore More than 3 Million Hectares of Degraded Land

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • NDC
    Mato Grosso forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • NDC
    Climate
    Insights
    December 1, 2015

    Forest Agenda at COP21 Gathers Steam, but Faces Headwinds

    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC
    Brazil forest
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • COP21
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • international climate policy
    • UNFCCC

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