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    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    August 11, 2014

    A Farmer In Africa: Balancing Property Rights With National Needs

    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    In Africa, farmers rely on their rights to community land, but governments don't always back them up with legislation. (photo credit: Gates Foundation/flickr)
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • land rights
    Equity
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    August 1, 2014

    Why Community Land Rights Belong in the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Equity
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    The proposed Sustainable Development Goals leave out a critical component of improving rural livelihoods—securing community land rights. Photo credit: Jane Boles, Flickr
    • Equity
    • International Climate Action
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    • united nations
    Climate
    Insights
    July 31, 2014

    Forest Loss and Climate: Empowering Communities Can Help

    • Forests
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    Legal rights for community forests in the Brazilian Amazon and other areas could prevent 27 million hectares (66 million acres) of deforestation by 2050. Photo Credit: CIFOR/Flickr
    • Forests
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    Equity
    Insights
    July 24, 2014

    Community Forests: An Undervalued Approach to Climate Change Mitigation

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    Legally recognized community forests store about 37 billion tonnes of carbon. Photo credit: Ollivier Girard, CIFOR
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    Forests
    Insights
    July 17, 2014

    Q&A: Why Are Community Forests So Important?

    • Equity
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Hundreds of millions of people across Africa, Asia, and Latin America depend on forests for their livelihoods and culture. Photo credit: Jolien Schure, CIFOR
    • Equity
    • climate change
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    May 12, 2014

    What Will it Take to End the “Resource Curses?”

    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Chad's oil fields continue to leach chemicals, create air pollution, and degrade Lake Chad. Photo credit: Carsen ten Brink, Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • natural resources
    • fossil fuels
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2014

    New Map Documents Natural Resource Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Water
    A farmer stands amidst a rice farm in Burundi, Africa. Photo Credit: Flickr/IRRI Images
    • development
    • environmental democracy
    • extractive industries
    • land rights
    • Water
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    December 11, 2013

    Overlapping Land and Natural Resource Rights Creates Conflict in Africa

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    In much of Africa, companies' and rural communities' property rights overlap, creating conflict. Photo credit: T. Samson/CIMMYT
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    May 13, 2013

    Emerging REDD+ Programs Need Additional Emphasis on Land Tenure

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • land rights
    Equity
    Africa
    Insights
    April 10, 2013

    Without Land, What Would a Farmer Do?

    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • poverty

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