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Person from Indigenous community in Peru managing a forest.
Advancing rights and equity in area-based conservation
… of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022, human rights and the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities were … way . The entire framework commits to adopting a human rights-based approach and highlights the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local … Governance … Advancing rights and equity in area-based conservation …
Event, 31 January 2024
Woman pastoralist herding cattle in Marsabit, rural Kenya
How are civil society and impacted communities working to change the governance of land-based investments?
… Land-based investments (LBIs) such as logging, mining and agribusiness have … in carbon and ‘green’ investments. In response, local communities and human rights defenders have been seeking ways to make LBIs fairer – by … Governance … and impacted communities working to change the governance of land-based investments? …
Insight, 22 July 2024
A few pastoralists oversee land with a hut in the background.
International workshop on advancing rights and equity in the implementation of Target 3+
… support for the delivery of more equitable governance and respect for rights in area-based conservation. The workshop, which takes place from 31 January to 3 … in Nanyuki, will provide space for inclusive discussion to address human rights, including the application of human rights-based approaches … Governance …
News, 30 January 2024
Hand holding wheat in a field.
A just transition in agriculture: putting workers at the centre
… above each one. As a tripartite organisation focused on advancing human rights in supply chains, Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) is not in a … via trade unions and worker organisations)? We’ve begun with desk-based research to explore these questions, including a rapid evidence …
Insight, 05 June 2025
Woman farmer cowshed down in a field, checking the crops.
What will green transitions mean for food producers and workers?
… about how this should be done from an environmental standpoint, the human dimension – specifically, the farmers and agricultural workers in … be inclusive or sustainable. Evidence gaps: agricultural labour and rights-based approaches To understand the impacts that such transitions could …
Insight, 24 June 2025
A trail through burned rainforest
Land rights and investments: why business standards are not enough
… law facilitate dispossession – for example, they undermine certain rights to land and resources and do not create effective avenues for … binding, the VGGT stress the close relationship between land and human rights, treating people as active rightsholders rather than … affected livelihoods, whereas the VGGT promote consensual approaches based on partnership, not expropriation. More than the IFC-PS, the VGGT …
Insight, 16 March 2020
Motorbike riding on a dirt road surrounded by nature.
Palm oil trade between Indonesia and Europe: promoting corporate accountability
… and adverse climate impacts, and violations of labour, land and human rights. Land conflicts are on the rise, particularly in connection with … from this work are now being taken forward through the Advancing Land-based Investment Governance (ALIGN) project. …
Project, 30 August 2023
Miners on a steep hillside mine tungsten
Secure land rights are now more important than ever
… backsliding Managed responsibly, facilitating natural resource-based investments for economic recovery could provide the much needed … responsible land-based investments . The importance of secure land rights for post-COVID economic recovery, as well as climate mitigation … government implementation. Global pandemics are watershed moments in human history. The ideas we adopt now will determine how effectively we …
Insight, 29 January 2021
Group of people standing in a circle, talking and laughing.
Brazilian philanthropies’ vision to tackle social and climate injustices
… philanthropy as a large organisation usually tied to a global North-based high-net individual (often white and male). Current forms of … and regenerative community funds to collaborating with and protecting human and environmental rights defenders in Indigenous communities, favelas and quilombolas …
Insight, 22 May 2025
Houses on stilts at the side of water, with trees behind
30x30 – a brave new dawn or a failure to protect people and nature?
… of Helsinki into 34 protected areas across the Congo Basin that found human rights violations in at least a half of them, displacement of local … of those least responsible for the climate and biodiversity crises. Based on a study published in the journal Nature and others, RFUK … Putting social and environmental justice at the core of conservation, climate and …
Insight, 21 October 2021