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Natural Capital forum: better data for better decisions
Project, 14 February 2023
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Protecting Indigenous lands: lessons from Chile
… ) The Observatorio Communitario (OC) is a Chilean NGO that challenges human rights violations in Chile and Latin America, with a particular … When Jose Aylwin, the coordinator of the Globalization and Human Rights Program of the Observatorio, met Ercilia Araya, Colla de … her with judicial prosecution for her activism.   The Human Rights Impact Assessment To address the contentious issues related …
Article, 17 November 2020
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Shared vulnerabilities? Connecting climate and health in cities: Make Change Happen podcast episode 7
Article, 06 August 2020
A barren landscape of chopped-down trees under a brilliant blue sky
Does the global biodiversity framework offer a plan B for protected areas?
… not only because of the level of damage to the environment on which human life depends but also because strategies to halt biodiversity … conservation is protecting certain sites of natural ecosystems from human-induced threats that may damage them, typically by designating …
Insight, 03 September 2021
A motorbike rides through a flooded road. A woman tries to cross the road from the left hand side pavement.
IPCC report signposts pathways to climate-resilient future for cities
Insight, 09 March 2022
Two men walk behind a herd in an arid landscape.
Navigating the challenges of land-based investment: new blog series
… mining activities on their land. Louise du Plessis from Lawyers for Human Rights explores its importance for other rural communities Moving … A just transition for communities: can wind and solar projects turn human rights lessons into leadership?  – wind and solar projects have a human rights problem. But they don’t have to... From conflict to …
News, 31 March 2022
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Tackling climate change loss and damage by strengthening anticipatory risk response under social protection programmes
Project, 29 October 2023
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Indigenous Seed Systems and Biocultural Heritage: The Andean Potato Park's Approach to Seed Governance
… culture and the sacred. Indigenous seed systems thus codify the human connection to nature. Yet such ‘informal’ systems, whether …
Publication, 12 February 2022
A man bends over and rummages through piles of garbage that surround him.
Local and regional governments hold key to tackling rising global inequalities
News, 11 October 2022
Elephants roam the plain in Kenya
Livelihoods Insurance from Elephants (LIFE) in Kenya and Sri Lanka
… Human-wildlife conflict (HWC) imposes major economic and human costs on poor women and men farmers in many parts of the world, … Asia. They trample or eat crops, damage property, and sometime cause human injury or even death. In many cases this leads to killing of …
Project, 26 October 2018