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    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 7, 2016

    If You Care About the Environment, You Should Care About Gender

    • Gender
    • human rights
    A woman collects firewood in India’s Western Ghats.
    • Gender
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    March 2, 2016

    A New Global Goal: Doubling Community and Indigenous Land by 2020

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    rice harvesting
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 22, 2016

    Putting Leonardo DiCaprio’s Words into Action: 3 Ways to Ensure Responsible Land and Resource Governance

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Uganda farmer
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    January 4, 2016

    Tackling Climate Change through Budget Transparency

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Dry season bean production in drought-affected Nicaragua. Photo by Neil Palmer (CIAT)/Flickr.
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Climate
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Sustainable Transport: Building Equitable and Low-Carbon Cities

    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    BRT and bike lane
    • International Climate Action
    • Cities
    • Urban Mobility
    • COP21
    • public transit
    • human rights
    • transportation
    • Health & Road Safety
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    December 6, 2015

    Ensuring Adaptation Finance Accountability

    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Climate-smart agriculture in Kenya
    • Climate Resilience
    • Climate
    • International Climate Action
    • climate finance
    • climate change
    • Finance
    • human rights
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    November 10, 2015

    LandMark: Protecting Indigenous and Community Lands by Making Them Visible

    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • poverty
    Up to 65% of the world's land is held by Indigenous Peoples and communities. Photo by Jane Boles/Flickr
    • Sustainable Development Goal 10
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • mapping
    • poverty
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    November 9, 2015

    3 Trends in US Wildfires

    • fires
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Fire northwest of Fairbanks, AK. Photo by USFS/Flickr
    • fires
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • mapping
    Asia
    Insights
    October 29, 2015

    With Latest Fires Crisis, Indonesia Surpasses Russia as World’s Fourth-Largest Emitter

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    October 26, 2015

    3 Ways Obama Could Help Fight Indonesia's Massive Fires

    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Fires in Indonesia are creating haze throughout Southeast Asia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • U.S. policy
    Asia
    Insights
    October 16, 2015

    Indonesia’s Fire Outbreaks Producing More Daily Emissions than Entire US Economy

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • fires
    • commodities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 25, 2015

    Kebakaran di Indonesia Menghasilkan Polusi Udara dengan Level “Sangat Berbahaya” di Singapura

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Sumber foto: Choo Yut Shing/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    September 24, 2015

    Indonesian Fires Create “Hazardous” Levels of Air Pollution in Singapore

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • fires
    • global forest watch
    Insights
    September 21, 2015

    Leveraging the Power of the Crowd to Identify Illegal Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia

    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • mapping
    Forest fire in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by CIFOR/Flickr.
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • fires
    • mapping
    Asia
    Insights
    September 16, 2015

    Land and Forest Fires in Indonesia Reach Crisis Levels

    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    A fire in Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • Forests
    • forest monitoring
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • fires
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    August 18, 2015

    4 Real-World Challenges to Environmental Democracy

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Outdoor air pollution caused the deaths of 3.7 million people under the age of 60 worldwide in 2012. Photo by Leo Fung/Flickr.
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 9, 2015

    Forest Fires Blaze in Indonesia’s Tesso Nilo National Park

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • commodities
    Tesso Nilo is home to endangered species like the Sumatran tiger. Photo by Steve Wilson/Flickr
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • fires
    • commodities
    Forests
    Asia
    Insights
    July 1, 2015

    Indonesia’s Forest Fires Reignite, Threatening Protected Areas and Peatlands

    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Fires are again burning in Indonesia's forests. Photo by Rini Sulaiman/ Norwegian Embassy for Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    • fires
    • mapping
    • commodities
    Climate
    Insights
    June 16, 2015

    The Pope, the Economy and the Case for Climate Action

    • Economics
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Pope Francis issues his long awaited Encyclical on Climate Change this week. Photo by Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk
    • Economics
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    June 11, 2015

    Why Are Environmental Rights So Hard to Assess?

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    Environmental democracy means that citizens have rights to information, public participation and justice. Photo by Annette Berhardt/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation

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