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𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀! ![]()
Our Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative is seeking a consultant or specialized team to develop Principles for the Engagement and Effective Participation of Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Afrodescendant Peoples (IPs, LCs, & ADPs) in jurisdictional climate finance. ![]()
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Please consult the full Terms of Reference for submission instructions and detailed information on the scope of work and expected deliverables at bit.ly/FT-Careers![]()
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𝗩𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼! ![]()
Nossa Iniciativa Comunidades e Governança Territorial (ICGT) está buscando uma pessoa consultora ou equipe especializada para desenvolver Princípios para o Engajamento e a Participação Efetiva de Povos Indígenas, Comunidades Locais e Povos Afrodescendentes (PI, CL e AD) no financiamento climático jurisdicional. ![]()
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Consulte os Termos de Referência completos para instruções de submissão e informações detalhadas sobre o escopo do trabalho e os entregáveis esperados em bit.ly/FT-Careers ![]()
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¡𝗩𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗼𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘀!![]()
Nuestra Iniciativa de Comunidades y Gobernanza Territorial (CTGI) está buscando un(a) consultor(a) o equipo especializado para desarrollar Principios para el Compromiso y la Participación Efectiva de Pueblos Indígenas, Comunidades Locales y Pueblos Afrodescendientes (PIs, CLs y PAs) en el financiamiento climático jurisdiccional. ![]()
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Consulta los Términos de Referencia completos para instrucciones de postulación e información detallada sobre el alcance del trabajo y los entregables esperados en bit.ly/FT-Careers
Our Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative has restored 785+ hectares across the Ribeira and Paraíba Valleys in São Paulo, planted nearly 950,000 native trees, and engaged 138 Indigenous, quilombola, and rural families in agroforestry and seedling production, generating over 1.2 million Brazilian real in local economic value.![]()
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The team also piloted FarmerChat, Digital Green's AI-powered advisory tool designed to complement field-based extension and expand access to restoration knowledge. The result is a powerful model that pairs territorial governance with responsible digital innovation to scale durable, community-led landscape restoration.![]()
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Nossa Iniciativa Comunidades e Governança Territorial já restaurou mais de 785 hectares nos vales do Ribeira e do Paraíba em São Paulo, plantou cerca de 950.000 árvores nativas e envolveu 138 famílias indígenas, quilombolas e rurais em sistemas agroflorestais e produção de mudas, gerando mais de R$ 1,2 milhão em valor econômico local.![]()
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A equipe também pilotou o FarmerChat da Digital Green, uma ferramenta de assessoria com inteligência artificial criada para complementar a assistência técnica em campo e ampliar o acesso ao conhecimento sobre restauração. O resultado é um modelo robusto que combina governança territorial com inovação digital responsável para ampliar a restauração ambiental duradoura e liderada pelas comunidades.![]()
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Nuestra Iniciativa Comunidades y Gobernanza Territorial ha restaurado más de 785 hectáreas en los valles Ribeira y Paraíba en São Paulo, plantado casi 950,000 árboles nativos e involucrado a 138 familias indígenas, quilombolas y rurales en sistemas agroforestales y producción de plántulas, generando más de 1.2 millones de reales brasileños en valor económico local.![]()
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El equipo también puso a prueba FarmerChat de Digital Green, una herramienta de asesoría impulsada por inteligencia artificial diseñada para complementar la asistencia técnica en campo y ampliar el acceso al conocimiento sobre restauración. El resultado es un modelo sólido que combina gobernanza territorial con innovación digital responsable.
Illegal logging. Rare-earth element mining. Wildlife trafficking.![]()
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Our newest report, Nature Crimes: The Convergence of Criminal Economies in the Mekong Region, shows these are not isolated environmental crimes. They are the financial backbone of transnational criminal networks operating across the Mekong Region and beyond.![]()
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Since Myanmar’s 2021 coup, more than US$30 billion in natural resource imports have been reported by trading partners. China remains the dominant buyer, including for heavy rare-earth minerals critical to renewable energy technologies and advanced weapons systems.![]()
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The same routes that move illegal jade and timber now support drug trafficking, cyber scam centers, and money laundering operations worth tens of billions annually.![]()
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Nature crimes are not just a conservation issue. They are a global security issue tied to supply chains, conflict, and organized crime.![]()
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Read the full report: bit.ly/NatureCrimes
What does it mean to safeguard memory as an act of territorial governance?![]()
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Forest Trends is proud to support Ikorē’s launch of Balaio de Memórias, a digital platform that gathers and shares the historic archive of Brazil’s Indigenous Culture Center. The materials span the 1980s and 1990s, a period of unprecedented collaboration among Indigenous Peoples and a decisive moment in Brazil’s redemocratization.![]()
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Preserving and making accessible these Indigenous histories affirms their narrative autonomy and strengthens the foundations of territorial governance.![]()
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Discover the archive in Portuguese at www.balaiodememorias.org and read our press release at bit.ly/IkorePR-EN![]()
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#IndigenousRights #TerritorialGovernance #climatejustice ![]()
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O que significa salvaguardar a memória como um ato de governança territorial?![]()
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A Forest Trends tem orgulho de apoiar a Ikorē no lançamento do Balaio de Memórias, uma plataforma digital que reúne e compartilha o acervo histórico do Núcleo de de Cultura Indígena (NCI). Os materiais abrangem as décadas de 1980 e 1990, um período de colaboração sem precedentes entre os Povos Indígenas e um momento decisivo na redemocratização do Brasil.![]()
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Preservar e tornar acessíveis essas histórias indígenas reafirma sua autonomia narrativa e fortalece as bases da governança territorial.![]()
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Conheça o acervo em www.balaiodememorias.org e leia nosso comunicado de imprensa em bit.ly/IkorePR-PT![]()
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#DireitosIndígenas #GovernançaTerritorial #JustiçaClimática
¡𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼! 𝗡𝘂𝗲𝘃𝗼𝘀 𝗧𝗗𝗥 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗼𝘀—𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮 𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮 𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗱!![]()
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Nos complace anunciar la publicación de varios Términos de Referencia (TDR) de consultorías para apoyar áreas clave del arranque de un nuevo proyecto a favor de las Soluciones basadas en la Naturaleza en Perú. Buscamos personas excepcionales que puedan incorporarse de inmediato — la contratación comenzará tan pronto como se identifiquen candidatos calificados.![]()
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• Género y Derechos Humanos![]()
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• Fortalecimiento de Capacidades![]()
• Movilización de Inversiones![]()
• Monitoreo y Evaluación![]()
• Análisis y Plan Ambiental![]()
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Los TDR correspondientes a cada consultoría ya están publicados aquí y abiertos para postulaciones: bit.ly/FT-Careers![]()
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¡Gracias por ayudarnos a multiplicar esta convocatoria compartiéndola con tu red!
Director of our Communities and Territorial Governance Initiative, Beto Borges, will be moderating a panel at Brown University as part of Brown Climate Week and the conference “Banking on Nature: Sustainable Finance and the Environment.”![]()
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His session, Indigenous Knowledge & Rights of Nature, brings together Anderson Suruí (Brazil), Nkamunu Patita (Kenya), and Vic Hogg (Potawatomi Nation) to reflect on what meaningful governance requires in practice, where nature finance has supported communities, and where it still falls short.![]()
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As nature-based finance expands, the real question may not be how fast markets scale, but whether they can align with the governance systems that have sustained these territories for generations.
Communities are essential stewards of forests and nature. As climate finance grows, it’s critical that Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities and Afro-descendant Peoples (IPs, LCs & ADs) lead the way and benefit directly. ![]()
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We are excited to launch Phase 2 of Forest Trends’ Jurisdictional REDD+ work, supported by a grant from the Walmart Foundation, to deepen community-led, rights-based engagement of IPs, LCs, & ADs in Brazil and Mexico. ![]()
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Check out what we accomplished in Phase 1 and how this next phase will advance community co-design, shared decision-making, and long-term community leadership: bit.ly/Phase1_EN![]()
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#JurisdictionalREDD #ClimateFinance #BenefitSharing #FPIC ![]()
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As comunidades são guardiãs essenciais das florestas e da natureza. À medida que o financiamento climático cresce, é fundamental que Povos Indígenas, Comunidades Locais e Povos Afrodescendentes (PIs, CLs e ADs) estejam à frente desses processos e se beneficiem diretamente deles. ![]()
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Temos o prazer de lançar a Fase 2 do trabalho da Forest Trends de apoio ao REDD+ Jurisdicional, o qual conta com recursos de doação da Walmart Foundation, para aprofundar o engajamento liderado pelas comunidades e baseado em direitos de PIs, CLs e ADs no Brasil e no México. ![]()
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Confira o que realizamos na Fase 1 e como esta nova fase irá avançar no co-desenho com as comunidades, na tomada de decisões compartilhada e no fortalecimento da liderança comunitária de longo prazo: bit.ly/fase1_PT![]()
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#JREDD #FinanciamentoClimatico #ReparticaoDeBeneficios #CLPI ![]()
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Las comunidades son guardianas esenciales de los bosques y de la naturaleza. A medida que el financiamiento climático crece, es fundamental que los Pueblos Indígenas, las Comunidades Locales y los Pueblos Afrodescendientes (PPII, CCLL y ADs) estén al frente de estos procesos y puedan beneficiarse directamente de ellos. ![]()
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Nos complace lanzar la Fase 2 del trabajo de Forest Trends de apoyo al REDD+ Jurisdiccional, financiado mediante una donación de la Fundación Walmart, para profundizar el compromiso liderado por las comunidades y basado en derechos de PPII, CCLL y ADP en Brasil y México. ![]()
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Conoce lo que logramos en la Fase 1 y cómo esta nueva fase avanzará en el co-diseño junto con las comunidades, la toma de decisiones compartida y el fortalecimiento del liderazgo comunitario a largo plazo: bit.ly/Fase1_ES![]()
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#REDDJurisdiccional #FinanciamientoClimatico #DistribucionDeBeneficios #CLPI![]()
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📷: Nicia Coutinho, FT/Greendata
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Four years after Myanmar’s military coup, what does the latest trade data show? ![]()
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Our team has updated our 2025 analysis on timber, sanctions, and conflict in Myanmar’s forest sector. Using the most recent official trade data, the briefing finds that more than US$1.45 billion in forest products have been traded with Myanmar since the coup, despite ongoing international sanctions. ![]()
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Our report highlights major discrepancies between reported imports and exports, ongoing risks of sanctions evasion, and the need for coordinated international action to prevent illicit timber trade from financing conflict and environmental harm. ![]()
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Check out the updated analysis and key recommendations here: bit.ly/Myanmar_Update![]()
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#Myanmar #IllicitTrade #Timber
Landesa and Forest Trends have released a rights-based protocol to better integrate Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (#FPIC) across regulated and voluntary carbon markets. ![]()
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Grounded in instruments such as the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and ILO Convention 169, this protocol makes clear that FPIC is not a one-time approval. It is a continuous, rights-based process that gives Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples (IPs, LCs, & ADs) the meaningful ability to say yes, no, or yes with conditions. ![]()
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By strengthening consultation, tenure safeguards, benefit sharing, and gender inclusion, robust FPIC processes can reduce risk and support more durable climate and community outcomes. ![]()
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Read the full protocol here: bit.ly/FPIC_Protocol
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