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    Forests indigenous people mapping Insights
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    January 17, 2022

    Mapping, Management, and Mitigation: How Peatlands Can Advance Climate Action in Southeast Asia

    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Peatland forest in Parupuk village, Katingan. Central Kalimantan.
    • deforestation
    • restoration
    • mapping
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

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

    • indigenous people
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • indigenous people
    • forest monitoring
    • Forests
    • forest products
    Forests
    Africa
    Insights
    January 11, 2022

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

    • indigenous people
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    Sunset over the Sangha River in Bomassa, Republic of Congo.
    • indigenous people
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • forest products
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    June 2, 2020

    We Lost a Football Pitch of Primary Rainforest Every 6 Seconds in 2019

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    Large logs sit on a truck bed in a forest concession in Ghana.
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • mapping
    Forests
    Insights
    January 10, 2020

    10 Big Changes for Forests Over the Last Decade

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • indigenous people
    • restoration
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • biodiversity
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • indigenous people
    • restoration
    Equity
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2019

    For Rural Communities, Protecting Land Is a Better Investment than Deforestation

    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • indigenous people
    • agriculture
    In India's Narmada District, legal recognition of communities' land rights have enabled villages to invest in sustainable, more productive land management. Photo by...
    • Food
    • Forests
    • land use
    • indigenous people
    • agriculture
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    June 10, 2019

    A New Tool Can Help Root Out Deforestation from Complex Supply Chains

    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Oil palm
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Corporate Climate Policy Leadership
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • Business
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • mapping
    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
    Forests
    Insights
    April 25, 2019

    The World Lost a Belgium-sized Area of Primary Rainforests Last Year

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    jungle forest trees
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    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
    Equity
    Insights
    September 13, 2018

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

    • climate change
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    A man canoeing in Orientale, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • indigenous people
    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
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    January 29, 2018

    To Save Indonesia’s Carbon-Rich Peatlands, Start by Mapping Them

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    Peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • mapping
    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
    Asia
    Insights
    December 5, 2017

    3 Ways Governments Can Prevent Fake Data on Forests

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • mapping
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 7, 2017

    Indigenous Communities Fend Off Invaders in the Peruvian Amazon

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • indigenous people
    Settlement seen from the Ucayali River in Peru.
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • global forest watch
    • indigenous people

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