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DíadelaNiña| Trabajamos por un mundo con #SeguridadHídrica, donde las niñas puedan ser grandes protagonistas.
📷 Foto finalista del Concurso “Reflejos de Igualdad” promovido por nuestro proyecto “Infraestructura Natural para la Seguridad Hídrica”. #InfraestructuraNatural #IgualesporelAgua #MujeresdelAgua
USAID PeruI Embajada de Canadá en Perú y en Bolivia CONDESAN Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental - SPDA Imperial College London Ministerio del Ambiente - Perú Ministerio de la Mujer y Poblaciones Vulnerables del Perú
IKEA Foundation and Forest Trends collaboration with the Surui and Yawanawa peoples in the Amazon to help sustain their cultures through the sustainable management of their forests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUmxL5LBNVE
Creating a better future for children in the Amazon
Forest Trends has partnered with the IKEA Foundation to help create opportunities for indigenous youth and women of the Surui and Yawanawá tribes to increase...Environmental Markets and Finance Summit
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Join AEMI and Forest Trends for a high-level gathering of public, private, and philanthropic communities in forestry, carbon, ecologicalWe End Forest Loss in the Amazon through Investment in the Indigenous Frontline
We End Forest Loss in the Amazon through Investment in the Indigenous Frontline
The Amazon is burning again, and has been for years – largely because of small#Amunas| ¿Sabías que hace 1400 años, culturas preincaicas construyeron sistemas de infiltración de agua en Lima, cuya recuperación y escalamiento permitiría HOY incrementar hasta en 33% la disponibilidad de agua?
Esta investigación, publicada en la famosa revista Nature Sustainability demuestra que la #InfraestructuraNatural es una gran opción para asegurar la disponibilidad de agua en cantidad y calidad, ante un contexto de posible crisis hídrica en Lima. Ver resumen de hallazgos en: bit.ly/estudioamunas
USAID Peru Embajada de Canadá en Perú y en Bolivia SUNASS Ministerio del Ambiente - Perú Autoridad Nacional del Agua del Perú Imperial College London CONDESAN Sociedad Peruana de Derecho Ambiental - SPDA
Maxciel Pereira dos Santos, a Brazilian Indigenous agency worker, was killed in the remote Amazon town of Tabatinga.
“In a statement, INA cited evidence that his murder occurred in retaliation for Santos' role in combating illegal invasions by hunters, loggers and gold miners in the Vale do Javari reservation, home to the world's highest concentration of uncontacted indigenous tribes.”
www.nytimes.com/reuters/2019/09/08/world/americas/08reuters-brazil-indigenous.html
Brazil Indigenous Agency Worker Killed in Remote Amazon Town
Indigenist Maxciel Pereira dos Santos was murdered execution-style before members of his family in the Amazon town of Tabatinga, according to INA, a union group representing workers at Brazil's indigenous protection agency FUNAI, on Sunday.Did you know the virtues of ancestral knowledge can help us optimize water resources in some parts of the world? Boris Ochoa-Tocachi of Imperial College London and @forestrends gave a Ted talk on how Peru is working towards water security. ow.ly/fXWx30pw4lf
Aprendamos de nuestros ancestros | Boris Ochoa - Tocachi | TEDxCuenca
Las virtudes del conocimiento ancestral nos pueden ayudar a optimizar recursos hídricos en algunos lugares del mundo. Joven cuencano que ha realizado aportes...How do we end forest loss in the #Amazon? By creating a sustainable economy that keeps forests intact. We can do this by investing in forest-based enterprises owned by indigenous communities.
Interested in how this can change the fight against deforestation in the Amazon? Read our advisory here: advisory here: ow.ly/eVm130puiYh
We End Forest Loss in the Amazon through Investment in the Indigenous Frontline
The Amazon is burning again, and has been for years – largely because of smallOur new work shows how Myanmar’s peace process is at an impasse over natural resources. Ethnic armed organizations… twitter.com/i/web/status/11853…
Estamos en #ExpoaguaPerú compartiendo experiencias de aplicación de herramientas para la identificación y priorizac… twitter.com/i/web/status/11853…
Did you know natural resources are central to Myanmar's peace process? Forest Trends just released a new report abo… twitter.com/i/web/status/11852…
Myanmar’s peace process is at an impasse as the military blocks any moves toward transferring control over natural… twitter.com/i/web/status/11849…
RT @WeatherProf: “335K people work in the solar industry & 111K work in wind industry, compared to 211K work in fossil fuel extracti… https://t.co/bhCcX597Eq
Did you know over 50% of ceasefires collapse within 5 years? Our new Forest Trends report finds natural resources a… twitter.com/i/web/status/11846…
In Myanmar, natural resources and the history of ethnic armed conflict are inextricably linked. Our new baseline st… twitter.com/i/web/status/11845…
Slovenia, Poland, Finland, Portugal, and Latvia reported more than 20% increases in forest product imports in 2018… twitter.com/i/web/status/11845…
Mark Kieser, científico Senior de Kieser & Associates, capacitando a funcionarias y funcionarios peruanos en metodo… twitter.com/i/web/status/11842…
Wood imports from Myanmar were up 50% in 2018, despite European officials concluding that operators could not rule… twitter.com/i/web/status/11841…
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