Por: Andrea Ana Gálvez

Mujeres de más de 130 pueblos originarios se unieron en Brasilia en la Primera Marcha de Mujeres Indígenas. Alertan sobre la amenaza para el medio ambiente que suponen las políticas desarrollistas del gobierno de Bolsonaro.

Introduction

The Deforestation and Forest Degradation in the Amazon Biome map was produced by Imazon in order to contribute towards monitoring in the region. The methodology applied simultaneously generates mapping of deforestation and forest degradation [caused by logging activity and forest burning] using Landsat satellite images. Existing methods individually detect and map those processes, which can lead to overlaps in the results and increasing uncertainty in estimates of annual deforestation rates.

By Kathleen Buckingham

Trees have become an iconic image of environmentalism, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we should plant millions of them.

Author: Ahmadou Aly Mbaye

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Por Laura Islas

La crisis de violencia y de impunidad por la que atraviesa México ha convertido la labor de proteger el medio ambiente en una de las más letales y peligrosas, especialmente para las mujeres activistas, quienes no sólo son víctimas de los agresores, sino también de las autoridades que las revictimizan, problemática que aún no se sabe cómo enfrentará el nuevo gobierno

The 2015 U.N. climate change conference was a historic moment in which the world agreed to limit global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Through the Paris Agreement, parties consented to a long-term pathway of climate-resilient development.

The failure to secure the property rights of rural communities shows a clear policy gap between citizens and rights to land as per the Constitution and the attitude and practices of the state, traditional leaders, white farmers and mining companies in relation to such rights. 

Absent from the discourse spurred by the motion passed in the National Assembly on 27 February is what could be achieved in the interim for land reform programme using existing legislation while the country awaits a verdict on the constitutional amendment to determine whether is possible to expropriate land w

In March, the Trump Administration released a new budget proposal that would cut funding to the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development by 28 percent. The proposal also reduces funding to the United Nations for ongoing climate change efforts.

Blog por YOLY GUTIERREZ, Cifor, 12 de diciembre de 2017

Estudio en cuatro países observa debilidades y ofrece lecciones para avanzar con la restauración en la región.