Latin America
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Best of 2014: In Peru, isn’t it good (illegal) wood
BOGOR, Indonesia—The forest has long been seen as a “safety net” for farmers, who can grow trees in agricultural fallows…
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Small farmers in Peru build climate resilience with innovation, ‘living lab’
LIMA, Peru—As a warming climate shrinks the land area suitable for growing potatoes, Quechua farmers high in the Peruvian Andes…
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Global change, climate change upend livelihoods, food security in the Amazon
LIMA, Peru—In an indigenous village deep in the Amazon forest, a family clears a small plot in the forest, plants…
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Latin American countries pledge to restore 20 million ha of degraded land
LIMA, Peru—An initiative to restore forests and make use of degraded land throughout Latin America and the Caribbean has been…
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Paula Caballero: See Sustainable Development Goals through landscapes prism
LIMA, Peru—Paula Caballero, Senior Director of Environment and Natural Resources Global Practice at the World Bank, says the United Nations…
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Indigenous leader: Development efforts in forests must be inclusive, respect rules
LIMA, Peru—Global agreements on forests and climate change must safeguard the rights of indigenous peoples, said a Latin American indigenous…
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Nepstad: Solution against climate change will “come from the land”
LIMA, Peru–The “big winning solutions” against climate change, at least in the near term, “are going to come from the…
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Nicaragua study offers hard lessons for inclusion of women in forest decision-making
BOGOR, Indonesia—For climate change mitigation initiatives such as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD+), which aim to work…
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Food and forests: Bolivia’s balancing act
BOGOR, Indonesia—In Bolivia, Mother Earth has the right to life, biodiversity, clean water and air, equilibrium, restoration and pollution-free living.…
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Power and political interest pervade Peru’s land sector
LIMA, Peru—Madre de Dios, a region of Peru best known for its gold fever, is not the only place in…
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INTERACTIVE: Who has power over land use in Peru?
Land is business. Land is money. Land is power. This is why it’s often confusing to find out which actors…
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Carrots or sticks? Balancing cost-effectiveness, equity in Brazil’s deforestation policy
BOGOR, Indonesia — In the ongoing debate about how best to combat deforestation in Brazil, a new study shows that…
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Peru should start monitoring deforestation ahead of Lima summit, expert urges
A new partnership with Norway and Germany is an opportunity for Peru to put in place a comprehensive, public deforestation…
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Amazon forest could become an ‘impoverished savannah’ under climate change
One of the world’s top climate scientists warns that the tropical forests of the future could look like an ‘impoverished…
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Climate crisis ‘could become a global revolution’
Success in the Brazilian Amazon is evidence that it is possible to reduce deforestation and turn around the climate crisis,…
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