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For many Indigenous communities, land titles aren’t the same as tenure security
With international climate negotiations putting Indigenous Peoples and other local communities in the spotlight for climate funding, more attention is…
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Finding patterns in forest loss
If there’s one lesson to be learned from the many conservation efforts implemented around the world, it’s that what works…
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Placing justice at the heart of climate action
Amid the scars of deforestation in southeastern Brazil, the Kayapo Indigenous Territory is a heart-shaped green oasis whose inhabitants defend…
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Do climate pledges rely too much on tree planting?
Countries worldwide have pledged to plant millions of hectares of trees to offset their greenhouse gas emissions, but many of…
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Bridging the information gap
Millions of people in Africa have been affected this year alone by drought, severe weather and flooding, but farmers lack…
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Study brings satellite data down to earth for biomass tracking
For really accurate calculations of tree cover, or above-ground biomass, there’s no substitute for getting out into the woods with…
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‘Learning how to learn’ is crucial for researchers in the field
When a team of scientists set out to study women’s participation in community forest management in communities in Nicaragua, they…
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Tackling the science ‘misinformation machine’
How is the coronavirus like climate change? Both are invisible to the naked eye, their impacts reverberate around the world,…
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Considering context in participatory forest landscape initiatives
Why do some participatory processes help level the playing field in conservation and development projects while others reinforce unequal power…
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Sustainable wildlife management key as Guyana faces rapid economic change
If you drive along a rural road in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region at night, your headlights are likely to pick…
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Life lessons: Teaching conservation and celebrating culture in Guyana
Late one sunny afternoon in September, in teacher Kim Spencer’s ninth-grade class, groups of students raced each other to guess…
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Planning a sustainable future for Rupununi fisheries in Guyana
The vast savannah in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region has varying moods. From April through August, the rainy season, it turns…
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Rupununi region in Guyana rides ecotourism wave
Tourism in Guyana’s southern Rupununi region has long been a small business aimed at foreign visitors. But growing demand for…
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Keeping wild meat on the table
When Denkel Ilipi was 10 years old, his grandfather took him to the forest and to the river, teaching him…
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What Peru’s government officials think of collective titling
To legally obtain title to their community lands, indigenous people in the Peruvian Amazon must navigate a maze of legal…
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