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    land rights
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    January 6, 2023

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

    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Man in a canoe in Ecuador's Amazon forest
    • land rights
    • Forest and Landscape Restoration
    • Equity
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Forests
    Insights
    January 20, 2022

    6 Ways to Ensure Ecosystem Restoration Prioritizes People

    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Three woman point to a map hung on the side of a building.
    • restoration
    • agriculture
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Climate
    Insights
    November 29, 2021

    It’s About Time: The Climate Community Invests in Securing Community Land

    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    A large patch of lemongrass in the Chisapani Community Forest
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    August 18, 2021

    3 Benefits of Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    An all-women community forest user group in Nepal.
    • Gender
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Podcasts
    May 12, 2021

    Women and Land Rights

    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 25, 2021

    4 Ways Indigenous and Community Lands Can Reduce Emissions

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • National Climate Action
    • Paris Agreement
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • land rights
    • COP26
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    February 11, 2021

    5 Lessons for Securing Women’s Collective Land Rights

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Community forest
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    News
    January 22, 2021

    STATEMENT: Escazú Agreement Moves A Big Step Closer to Making the World Safer for Environmental Defenders

    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

    Mining Threatens 20% of Indigenous Lands in the Amazon

    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Brazil nut producer, Peru
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    October 7, 2020

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

    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Peru farmer
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    September 21, 2020

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

    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Manioc farmer
    • Equity
    • coronavirus
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Latin America
    Insights
    September 8, 2020

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

    • coronavirus
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Mining for gold in South America
    • coronavirus
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    March 3, 2020

    Beyond Title: How to Secure Land Tenure for Women

    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    woman-planting-cabbage
    • Sustainable Development Goal 1
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Initiatives
    January 17, 2020

    Defending Earth’s Defenders Initiative

    Silas Matoke and his wife Yordana Yawate, pose for photograph as they harvesting sago known as 'pangkur' on the banks of the Tuba river in Honitetu village, West Seram regency, Maluku province, Indonesia on August 22, 2017.
    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
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Women of Peru's Awajun Native Community of Shampuyacu
    • Equity
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • Sustainable Development Goal 16
    • climate science
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • restoration
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Africa
    Insights
    May 1, 2019

    Goldman Prize Winner Alfred Brownell Stopped Palm Oil Companies from Destroying Liberian Forests

    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Alfred Brownell on a street in Boston, Massachusetts
    • Environmental Rights
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • environmental justice
    • land rights
    • low carbon development
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    January 24, 2019

    Land Matters: How Securing Community Land Rights Can Slow Climate Change and Accelerate the Sustainable Development Goals

    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    indigenous-people-forest
    • Environmental Rights
    • sustainable development goals
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Sustainable Development Goal 2
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Sustainable Development Goal 9
    • Sustainable Development Goal 13
    • Sustainable Development Goal 14
    • Sustainable Development Goal 15
    • Sustainable Development Goal 11
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Equity
    Insights
    January 23, 2019

    Peru’s Indigenous Communities Manage Their Forests. Others Should Follow Their Lead

    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
    Harvesting sago along the Tuba River in Maluku province, Indonesia
    • Equity
    • Forests
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

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