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Curbing deforestation and securing land rights to create new responsible investment opportunities

05 Novembro 2018
Joseph Feyertag
Julian Quan

Commercial agriculture has driven land use changes and not only affected millions of hectares of forested land, but also farmers’ and local people’s land rights. Efforts to combat deforestation are at the forefront of the international aid agenda, and clarifying and securing land rights is important for its success.

As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories

11 Julho 2018
Laura Notess
Peter Veit

The Santa Clara de Uchunya community has lived in a remote section of the Peruvian Amazon for generations. Like many indigenous groups, this community of the Shipibo-Konibo people have traditionally managed and relied on forests for hunting, fishing and natural resources.


But in 2014, someone started cutting down large sections of the community’s ancestral forests.