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Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands


The role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in effective ...

Whether for protected areas in biodiversity hotspots or restoration of highly modified ecosystems, whether involving highly traditional or diverse and dynamic ...

Respecting Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in ...

Many challenges, such as deforestation, water management, land conflicts, labor rights, and smallholder support, require collective action ...

Collective property rights lead to secondary forest growth in ... - PNAS

We find strong evidence that indigenous territories with secure tenure not only reduce deforestation inside their lands but also lead to higher ...

The World's Best Forest Guardians: Indigenous Peoples

They manage at least one quarter of the world's lands—a figure that would likely be doubled if we factored in territories for which they ...

Major land rights win for Indigenous Peoples over forest area the ...

With today's legal recognition, we hope that the Indigenous community can continue to employ their local wisdom to manage their customary ...

INDIGENOUS LAND MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA

Limitations of native title, recognition of rights and access to traditional lands and waters. A key barrier experienced by many Indigenous people is lack of.

1 IPCC Land Report on Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities ...

• “Land tenure insecurity has been identified as a key driver of deforestation and land degradation ... lands, helps reduce arbitrary appropriations of ...

Working with Indigenous Peoples for a fairer, greener future | WWF

Indigenous Peoples' lands and waters, for example, cover around 25% of the world's land surface and contain over 80% of its remaining biodiversity. Their ...

Land grabbing, investments & Indigenous People's rights to ... - IWGIA

In what has been labelled 'land grabbing', there has been a sharp acceleration in acquisition of lands globally, notably by foreign investors in search of.

Forests regenerate on titled Indigenous territories - cifor-icraf

other uses, thereby supporting more forest regeneration. •. Formalizing tenure for Indigenous territories can be an important component in advancing regional, ...

The role of Indigenous Peoples in restoring their ecosystems to ...

Indigenous Peoples and Local communities are an integral part in ecosystem restoration, ensuring land tenure rights and empowering ...

Constitutional Trial Threatens Indigenous Peoples' Land Rights in ...

And the titling of Indigenous peoples' lands, which increases security and reduces deforestation, is a cost-effective conservation mechanism ...

No Better Time for Indonesia's Indigenous Communities to Reclaim ...

A 2013 legal opinion from Indonesia's Constitutional Court opened the door for indigenous communities to reclaim customary lands.

Pathways from Deforestation to Restoration | NACLA

The science is clear: rehabilitating the Amazon rainforest is essential to mitigating climate change and reversing biodiversity loss. Indigenous ...

Amazon indigenous peoples hold key to forest's future

PROAmazonia was set up in 2017 to conserve and restore the forest through strengthening land planning and supporting deforestation-free and sustainable natural ...

Indigenous Fire Practices Shape our Land - National Park Service

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland highlighted the importance of incorporating Indigenous knowledge into discussions on climate change, at ...

Customary Communities Fight Palm Oil Producers for Land Rights in ...

Besides being morally right, it is well established that the most effective and efficient way to keep ecosystems intact and forests standing is ...

Climate Benefits, Tenure Costs.The Economic Case For Securing ...

The analysis finds that the annual deforestation rates in the tenure-secure indigenous forestlands are significantly lower than on other similar lands in all ...

Protecting indigenous land rights makes good economic sense

Tenure-secure” indigenous lands generate billions of dollars' worth of benefits in the form of carbon sequestration, reduced pollution, ...

Indigenous peoples' rights to lands, territories and resources

It has related these rights on a number of occasions to cultural integrity, thereby recognizing the fundamental connection between indigenous land tenure and ...