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An Updated Analysis Of Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' Contributions to Climate Change Mitigation

Reports & Research
November, 2016
Global

The study’s findings offer the most compelling quantitative evidence to date of the unparalleled role that forest peoples have to play in climate change mitigation, reinforcing the critical importance of collective tenure security for the sustainable use and protection of the world’s tropical forests and the carbon they sequester.

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Reports & Research
October, 2016
Latin America and the Caribbean

Degraded lands—lands that have lost some degree of their natural productivity through human activity—account for over 20 percent of forest and agricultural lands in Latin America and the Caribbean. Some 300 million hectares of the region’s forests are considered degraded, and about 350 million hectares are now classified as deforested. The agriculture and forestry sectors are growing and exerting great pressure on natural areas. With the region expected to play an increasingly important role in global food security, this pressure will continue to ratchet up.

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O caso econômico para a proteção dos direitos de terras indígenas na Amazônia

Reports & Research
October, 2016
Amazonia

Esse relatório apresenta as conclusões da análise custo-benefício para garantir a proteção das áreas florestais

indígenas na bacia amazônica da Bolívia, Brasil e Colômbia. Esses países foram selecionados principalmente

porque incluem uma significativa porção da bacia da Floresta Amazônica e seus governos reconhecem

formalmente várias terras indígenas. A pesquisa tem por base o documento de trabalho recentemente publicado

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The Economic Case For Securing Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon

Reports & Research
October, 2016
South America, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia

A new report offers evidence that the modest investments needed to secure land rights for indigenous communities will generate billions in returns—economically, socially and environmentally—for local communities and the world’s changing climate. The report, Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs: The Economic Case for Securing Indigenous Land Rights, quantifies for the first time the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect forests, with a focus on Colombia, Brazil, and Bolivia.


 



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Reports & Research
July, 2016
Africa

Examines options for strengthening women’s participatory rights in the face of increasing commercial pressures on land in 3 countries: Mozambique, Tanzania, and the Philippines. Focuses on how regulatory reform – reforms in the rules, regulations, guidelines, and procedures that implement national land acquisition and investment laws – can promote gender equity and allow women to realize the rights afforded by national legal frameworks and international standards.

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