Land-use change has affected ‘almost a third’ of world’s terrain since 1960
17 May 2021
Current estimates of land-use change may be capturing only one-quarter of its true extent across the world, new research shows.
forestry
Latest news
'Forest gardens’ show how Native land stewardship can outdo nature
26 April 2021
Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.
New UN report shows evidence that Indigenous and Tribal Peoples are the best guardians of the forests of Latin America and the Caribbean
25 March 2021
Improving tenure of forests by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples can lower deforestation rates and biodiversity loss, avoiding C02 emissions, but more investment is urgently needed to address rising threats.
25 March 2021, Santiago Chile - Deforestation rates in Latin America and the Caribbean are significantly lower in Indigenous and Tribal territories where governments have formally recognized collective land rights, and improving the tenure security of these territories is an efficient and cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions.
Blogs
Un projet de journalisme met en lumière des solutions aux défis fonciers et environnementaux
03 February 2023
Il y a un an, grâce à une bourse LEDE de Réseau de journalisme de solutions (Solutions Journalism Network ) et en collaboration avec le Land Portal, j'ai lancé un projet visant à trouver des histoires de réponses aux dommages causés à la terre et à l'environnement. Pendant cette période, j'ai affirmé que les communautés et les personnes du monde entier travaillent à la protection et à la guérison de l'environnement, même si ces histoires parviennent à peine aux grands médias.
Journalism project highlights solutions to land and environmental challenges
03 February 2023
One year ago, thanks to a Solutions Journalism Network LEDE Fellowship and in collaboration with the Land Portal, I started a project to find stories of responses to the damage caused to the land and environment. During this time, I affirmed that communities and people around the world are working to protect and heal the environment, even if those stories hardly make it to the mainstream media.
New Data Story: Communities, Carbon and the Climate Crisis
01 February 2022
Indigenous Peoples and local communities have successfully stewarded biodiversity rich landscapes for generations, helping to conserve and protect forests and other critical ecosystems while pursuing their own self determined priorities and livelihood needs. However, in the absence of legally recognized rights to their lands and forests, forest communities face an increasing array of threats from growing local and global demand for land and resources.
Events
Land governance and the politics of fair transitions: Deepening the search for social justice
03 July 2024 - 05 July 2024
Utrecht University
Utrecht
Netherlands
Building on the successful collaboration in last year’s Annual Conference, the IoS Fair Transitions Platform (UU) and LANDac are pleased to launch this Call for a second joint Conference, which will have a somewhat different set-up from what you are used to and end with a Summit. We welcome your suggestions for panel sessions and round tables for the first two days. Building on your input, we will conclude on the last day with an experiment of democracy – a more-than human Summit. There will be limited hybrid options for participation in the Conference and the Summit.
IOS Fair Transitions
LANDac
A Call For Action: Improved Land Use Required to Meet Paris Agreement Commitments
08 December 2023
This session brings together a range of actors to discuss ways to improve land use and set in motion a renewed agenda on the critical role that land tenure security and land access play in climate action.
World Bank Group
Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Earth Science
19 April 2023 - 03 May 2023
NASA’s Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) has opened a new online introductory webinar series: Fundamentals of Machine Learning for Earth Science. This three-part training, presented in English and Spanish, is open to the public and will provide attendees an overview of machine learning in regards to Earth Science, and how to apply these algorithms and techniques to remote sensing data in a meaningful way. Attendees will also be provided with end-to-end case study examples for generating a simple random forest model for land cover classification from optical remote sensing. We will also present additional case studies to apply the presented workflows using additional NASA data.
Library
Policy Brief: Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples
Policy Papers & Briefs
February, 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
Indigenous and tribal peoples control about one third of Latin America and the Caribbean’s forests. Supporting their efforts to control, sustainably manage, and benefit from these forests can greatly help to solve the problems of climate change, loss of biological and cultural diversity, rural vulnerability, and food insecurity.
Forest governance by indigenous and tribal peoples
Reports & Research
February, 2021
Latin America and the Caribbean
This report highlights the importance and urgency for climate action initiatives of protecting the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories1 and the communities that look after them. Based on recent experience, it proposes a package of investments and policies for climate funders and government decision-makers to adopt, in coordination with the indigenous and tribal peoples.
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