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What Exactly Are "Nature-based Solutions”?

  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure
A woman reaches up to tend to a tree she's planted.
  • nature-based solutions
  • Climate
  • Climate Resilience
  • biodiversity
  • natural infrastructure

Indigenous Forests Are Some of the Amazon’s Last Carbon Sinks

  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
  • land rights
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
  • Equity & Governance
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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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
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It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

3 Ways to Scale Up Nature-Based Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance
A river flowing at the base of a large mountain in Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Honduras
  • infrastructure
  • natural infrastructure
  • adaptation finance
  • climate finance

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
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Restoring Ethiopia's Ecosystems Can Support Livelihoods and COVID-19 Recovery

  • coronavirus
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • restoration
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration
A degraded landscape in Ethiopia under a cloudy sky.
  • coronavirus
  • Water Security
  • natural infrastructure
  • restoration
  • Forest and Landscape Restoration

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
  • Climate
  • Forests
  • National Climate Action
  • Paris Agreement
  • deforestation
  • climate change
  • land rights
  • COP26
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
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A Green Recovery Starts with Cities

  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Cities
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • climate policy
  • Climate
  • climate finance
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure

The Upstream Battle to Protect Drinking Water in North Carolina

  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
A small lake with trees in the background in North Carolina's Triangle region
  • Freshwater
  • Forests
  • natural infrastructure
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Why Investors Bought the First Certified Green Bond to Protect Forests for Drinking Water

  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality
Lake Maumelle in central Arkansas
  • Forests
  • Freshwater
  • adaptation finance
  • green bonds
  • Finance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Water Quality

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
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4 Opportunities to Shore Up the World's Coastal Ecosystems and Communities

  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • natural infrastructure
The coastal city of Sisal in Mexico.
  • infrastructure
  • Climate Resilience
  • natural infrastructure

Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Brazil nut producer, Peru
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

La Minería Legal e Ilegal Amenazan el 20% de las Tierras Indígenas en la Amazonía

  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Peru farmer
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
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Green Space: An Underestimated Tool to Create More Equal Cities

  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development
People walking through a park.
  • Climate Resilience
  • Forests
  • coronavirus
  • Cities
  • Equity & Governance
  • natural infrastructure
  • Urban Development

Rural Women Must Be at the Heart of COVID-19 Response and Recovery

  • Equity & Governance
  • coronavirus
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
Manioc farmer
  • Equity & Governance
  • coronavirus
  • agriculture
  • food security
  • Gender
  • human rights
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities

COVID-19, Rising Gold Prices and Illegal Mining Threaten Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

  • coronavirus
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance
Mining for gold in South America
  • coronavirus
  • land rights
  • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
  • Equity & Governance

Collaboration on Nature-Based Solutions is Key to Resilient City Infrastructure

  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • Cities
  • natural infrastructure
Cross-agency collaboration and investing in blue-green infrastructure resulted in Singapore’s redesigned Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park.
  • Economics
  • Climate Resilience
  • infrastructure
  • Cities
  • natural infrastructure
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4 Investment Areas to Stimulate China's Economy After COVID-19

  • coronavirus
  • low carbon development
  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Economics
  • Health & Road Safety
Installation of solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs of the Hongqiao Passenger Rail Terminal in Shanghai, China.
  • coronavirus
  • low carbon development
  • natural infrastructure
  • renewable energy
  • transportation
  • Economics
  • Health & Road Safety