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June  2021

 

 

From Indigenous partners

 

‘Indigenous Insights – Stewarding the Earth’ campaign launches

 

Indigenous peoples are key stewards and defenders of the world’s biodiversity. Engage with IUCN's Indigenous Peoples Organisation members in the new campaign to amplify their voices and advance their rights and priorities at the World Summit of Indigenous Peoples and Nature hosted at the IUCN congress.

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Biden listens to indigenous voices at Leaders’ Summit on Climate

 

Tuntiak Katan, from Ecuador, represented the Global Alliance on Territorial Communities when he spoke about nature-based solutions to the climate crisis at President Biden’s recent Summit.

“The forests that are the focus of this climate summit are not vast empty spaces. We, indigenous peoples and local communities, occupy those forests, and we are ready to contribute our forests to one of the most important challenges of our era: restoring the Earth,” he said. 

 

 

 

Videos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Women from the forests together for Mother Earth

Indigenous governance and conservation from Ramiro Batzin, IUCN Councillor and Director of Sotz’il

 

Indigenous peoples and local communities are the best solution to climate change, AMPB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From partner countries

 

Cacao: Un regalo del Bosque para cambiar vidas

 

En Bolivia, el cacao va tomando cada vez mayor vuelo en diferentes regiones, un ejemplo claro de ello es su producción en el trópico de Cochabamba que ha comenzado a destacarse.

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Lancement de la campagne nationale de reboisement au Togo

 

Cette campagne vise à contribuer à l’objectif national de restauration de 1,4 millions d’hectares d’ici 2030.

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Lessons from Zambia on promoting sustainable wood fuel management

 

Charcoal production alone contributes to almost a quarter of the country’s deforestation, with 300,000 hectares of forests a year lost to tree felling.

Read the story.

 

 

 

Direct funding empowers small-scale producers

 

FFF is pioneering the use of Direct Beneficiary Grants – a new way of funding which empowers groups on the ground by allocating money to them directly. Find out how these types of grants are already making a difference in Togo and Bolivia.

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Recent events

 

 

Experiences of community groups at the International Conference on Forest Education

Webstory, 23 June

 

 

 

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Climate-resilient smallholders hold key to food security

Webstory, 9 June

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New publications

 


New guide to tree inventories on small farms for better livelihoods

FAO Forestry Working Paper

 

 

 

 

 


Trees need locally-grown politics

IIED’s Blog by James Mayers

 

 

 


Unleashing the potential of forest farmers to address climate change and biodiversity loss

IIED’s Q&A with Estrella Penunia (AFA)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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