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An investor guide to negative emission technologies and the importance of land use
Net Zero commitments and the Paris Climate Accords may well be driving a massive shift Negative Emission Technologies (NETs), which are surveyed here with the intention of highlighting the private...
Assessment Report on Land Degradation and Ecosystem Services
Published by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, this is a powerful eye-opening work by 184 authors, summarizing some 4,000 sources. Insights: Land degradation—a pervasive, systemic phenomenon...
Center for International Forestry Research
Is a nonprofit scientific research organization striving for a “more equitable world where forestry and landscapes enhance the environment and well-being for all.” It conducts “research on the most pressing...
Center for Large Landscape Conservation
A research center connecting "ideas, individuals, and institutions to catalyze collaboration and amplify progress towards the imperative of our time: to conserve Earth's resilient, vital large landscapes." It aims to...
Climate and Land Use Alliance
The Climate and Land Use Alliance is a “collaborative of foundations” that “seeks to realize the potential of forests and land use to mitigate climate change, benefit people, and protect...
Climate Change and Land
This Special Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looks into the connection between climate change and land, but also the impacts of human land use on the ecosystem....
EcoAgriculture Partners
It is a “non-profit organization working to reduce hunger, increase agricultural production, improve rural people’s lives and conserve biodiversity using an innovative whole landscape approach.” It partners up with “international...
Food System Economics Commission
An independent academic institution dedicated to providing policymakers and the general public with the tools and evidence they need to make informed decisions about the food system. Its long-term goal...
Global Land Tool Network
The Global Land Tool Network is a "dynamic and multisectoral alliance of international partners committed to increasing access to land and tenure security for all, with a particular focus on...
Headwaters Economics
A nonprofit research organization dedicated to improving community development and land management decisions. It informs community decision-making and identifies practical solutions by making complex data understandable and interactive, thereby assisting...
International Land and Forest Tenure Facility
Is an "international, multi-stakeholder financial mechanism exclusively focused on securing land and forest rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities." It provides "grants to implement tenure rights under existing law...
International Land Coalition
Is a "global alliance of civil society and intergovernmental organisations working together to put people at the centre of land governance." It strives to "achieve land governance for and with...
James Hutton Institute
The James Hutton Institute is a research organisation "delivering fundamental and applied science to drive the sustainable use of land and natural resources." It's "research directly addresses the need for...
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature
Is an "international collaborative initiative of knowledge sharing, dialogue, and action to support integrated landscape management in order to achieve three simultaneous goals: improved food production, ecosystem conservation, and sustainable...
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Is a nonprofit private operating foundation seeking "to improve quality of life through the effective use, taxation, and stewardship of land." It “researches and recommends creative approaches to land as...
Movement Generation
An organization that "inspires and engages in transformative action towards the liberation and restoration of land, labor, and culture." It is "rooted in vibrant social movements led by low-income communities...
Open Philanthropy
A research and grantmaking foundation that makes donations based on the theory of effective altruism. Its purpose is to serve people as much as possible using its resources. The organization...
Property and Environment Research Center (PERC)
An independent nonprofit working on innovative market solutions for conservation. It has "over 40 years of pioneering research and a network of respected scholars and practitioners." It explores "how aligning incentives for...
Rights and Resources Initiative
A global coalition of over 150 organizations and their allies committed to advancing local peoples' land and resource rights, informed and driven by Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant Peoples, and local communities...
The Tenure Facility
It "provides grants to secure the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to their lands and forests, thereby strengthening their communities and reducing global climate change and poverty in...