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    land rights Insights
    Forests
    Insights
    May 31, 2018

    For Indigenous Peoples, Losing Land Can Mean Losing Lives

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Children in Siem Reap, Cambodia
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Women Get Shortchanged in Commercial Land Deals—Despite National Commitments to Gender Equality

    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    December 20, 2017

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

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    indigenous people
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 11, 2017

    Land Ruling Threatens Brazil’s Indigenous Peoples and Climate Commitments

    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    view of Chapada Diamantina in Brazil
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    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
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    June 19, 2017

    Indigenous Rights Must Be Protected During Brazil’s Political Crisis

    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    4,000 indigenous activists demonstrated for their rights in April.
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 20, 2017

    By the Numbers: Indigenous and Community Land Rights

    • Climate Resilience
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Aerial view of Amazon rainforest near Manau
    • Climate Resilience
    • International Climate Action
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    December 23, 2016

    Brazil’s Proposed Environmental Laws Would Weaken Indigenous Rights, Forfeit Billions in Economic Benefits

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Yudja man in Amazon forest
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    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 and Local Communities
    Brazilian state of Acre
    • COP22
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 7, 2016

    Protecting Indigenous Land Rights Makes Good Economic Sense

    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    River in Colombia
    • deforestation
    • Economics
    • Climate
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    September 28, 2016

    3 Reasons Property Rights Are Essential for Healthy Ecosystems

    • Water
    • conservation
    • land rights
    Filipino farmers plowing rice field with carabao
    • Water
    • conservation
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    September 15, 2016

    Indigenous Peoples and Communities Face Growing Barriers to Land Ownership

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Indigenous community in Peru
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    August 9, 2016

    Indigenous Land Rights: How Far Have We Come and How Far Do We Have to Go?

    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Indigenous People in Peru
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    June 13, 2016

    6 Ways to Bring Land Expropriation Laws Up to International Standards

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    May 24, 2016

    4 Big Reasons Why Land Rights Matter

    • Paris Agreement
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    A farmer in Babati, Tanzania.
    • Paris Agreement
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • sustainable development goals
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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