Latin America
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Growing together: Agroecology community strengthens ties in Latin America
The 2026 Agroecology TPP Annual Members’ Forum brought 131 researchers, farmers, practitioners and policymakers together in Costa Rica to exchange…
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Centering rights in conservation: Lessons from the Andean-Amazon region
For decades, global conservation efforts focused on establishing Protected Natural Areas (PNAs) under strict protection models. In many cases, these…
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How Latin America can lead on climate, biodiversity & the circular economy
Vincent Gitz–forest engineer, natural resources scientist, and economist—brings a rich and varied background to his new role at the Centre…
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Doing better than ‘Do no harm’
The climate crisis is leading to greater interest from countries and companies in forest-based solutions, such as the framework for…
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Characterizing and evaluating integrated landscape initiatives
The pressing environmental and social challenges driven by deforestation, biodiversity loss, climate change, poverty and food insecurity often intersect in…
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Natural forest regeneration: A good choice for biodiversity
Forests are full of surprises. Parts of the Amazon, Panama’s Darien and many other places we think of as home…
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Why there’s more to ecological restoration than ecology
In August 2017 Paula Meli, a restoration ecologist and researcher at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, flew to…
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Governing our “greater good” in challenging times
Lima, Peru- Lima’s Pontificia Universidad Católica, opened its doors today as hosts of the 17th International Association for the Study…
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International Forests Day: Two heads look to a future of restoration
Robert Nasi is Director-General of Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), Tony Simons is Director-General of World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF).…
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From paper to reality: The task of restoring Latin America’s forest landscapes
Latin America has committed to restoring 27.7 million hectares of forest landscapes by 2020 under the Bonn Challenge — but…
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Women left out of forest decisions
Firewood for fuel, fruits to feed their families, palm fiber for baskets, medicinal plants to heal their children — women…
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Forests could keep the buzz in your coffee
From friends meeting over cappuccino in the local café to students pulling all-nighters, we humans count on coffee to put…
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Finding what works for national restoration plans
Although only four Latin American countries have drawn up national plans so far to meet international commitments for forest restoration,…
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Advancing forest landscape restoration worldwide
Since 2010, national governments worldwide, alongside technical and financial partners, have stepped up ambitious commitments to implement forest landscape restoration…
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Q&A: Lessons from Latin America for forest landscape restoration
This interview is Part II of a three-part series on forest landscape restoration to coincide with the IUCN World Conservation…
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