Researchers today released a report showing that Indigenous Peoples and local communities worldwide manage massive amounts of carbon in the trees and soil of their forests, yet governments largely fail to recognize their rights to the lands they have cared for, sometimes for millennia.
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PRESS RELEASE
- New analysis reveals that Indigenous Peoples and local communities manage 300,000 million metric tons of carbon in their trees and soil—33 times energy emissions from 2017
- Un nuevo análisis revela que los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades locales gestionan unos 300.000 millones de toneladas métricas de carbono en sus árboles y tierras —lo que equivale a 33 veces las emisiones de energía liberadas durante 2017
NEW ANALYSES (FULL REPORTS)
- A Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands (English)
- A Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands (Spanish)
- At a Crossroads: Consequential Trends in Recognition of Community-based Forest Tenure From 2002-2017 (English)
FACT SHEETS
- A Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands (One-Pager, English)
- Fact Sheet (English)
- Fact Sheet (Spanish)
INFOGRAPHICS
- Map of 64 countries analyzed across 4 biomes (tropical, subtropical, temperate, and boreal forests)
- Percent of 293,061 million metric tons of carbon managed by communities across 64 countries by region
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND RESOURCES
- Report: Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, 2018)
- Report: Cornered by Protected Areas: The rise of “fortress” conservation is hurting people and forests alike (Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Janis Alcorn, and Augusta Molnar, 2018)
- Brief: Securing Community Land Rights: Priorities & Opportunities to Advance Climate & Sustainable Development Goals (Rights and Resources Initiative, 2017)
- Report: Toward a Global Baseline of Carbon Storage in Collective Lands (Rights and Resources Initiative, Woods Hole Research Center, and World Resources Initiative, 2016)