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    Forests land rights Insights
    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
    • indigenous people
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • indigenous people
    Forests
    Insights
    January 20, 2022

    6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    Three woman point to a map hung on the side of a building.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    Equity
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • COP26
    Equity
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Community forest
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    August 8, 2019

    The IPCC Calls for Securing Community Land Rights to Fight Climate Change

    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • restoration
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

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

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    Equity
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    July 13, 2018

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Ilanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    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
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • poverty
    Equity
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • mapping
    indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    • mapping
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 18, 2017

    Land and Social (In)justice in South Sumatra

    • land rights
    Palm oil plantation
    • land rights
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    June 21, 2017

    Can “One Map” Solve Indonesia’s Land Tenure Woes?

    • land rights
    WRI Indonesia One Map team members and a government official examine local maps in the Musi Banyuasin sub-district of South Sumatra Province
    • land rights
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    June 19, 2017

    Conflicting Maps Leave Some Indonesian Farmers Landless

    • land rights
    Saad on the Musi River
    • land rights
    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
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Brazilian state of Acre
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Equity
    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
    • indigenous people
    • land rights
    Maasai tribe in the Serengeti National Park.
    • International Climate Action
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • natural infrastructure
    • indigenous people
    • land rights

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