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    Asia human rights
    Asia
    Insights
    March 25, 2019

    Urban Transformations: In Pune, India, Waste Pickers Go from Trash to Treasure

    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Members of a waste-pickers cooperative push collection carts along the streets of Pune, India
    • Cities
    • Urban Transformations
    • waste
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Oceania
    Insights
    July 11, 2018

    Mientras los grupos indígenas esperan durante décadas para los títulos de tierras, las empresas están adquiriendo sus territorios

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Shipibo-Konibo
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • commodities
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Data
    July 11, 2018

    INFOGRAPHIC: Experience the Unequal Ways Communities and Companies Get Land Rights

    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • deforestation
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    April 24, 2017

    The Man Who Stopped the Mine. Q&A with Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize Winner

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Prafulla Samantara, 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize winner. Photo by Goldman Environmental Foundation
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • extractive industries
    • human rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Initiatives
    April 1, 2017

    Climate Governance

    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Cities
    Latin America Asia
    Insights
    July 25, 2016

    Thinking “Incrementally:” Addressing the Global Housing Deficit by Engaging the Poor

    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Slum in Bangkok,
    • Buildings
    • Cities
    • human rights
    • poverty
    Cities
    Asia
    Insights
    May 12, 2016

    What Can We Learn from Thailand’s Inclusive Approach to Upgrading Informal Settlements?

    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    Housing along the canals in Bangkok.
    • human rights
    • poverty
    • Urban Development
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 10, 2016

    Environmental Justice and Democracy Failures at the Heart of Flint’s Water Crisis

    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Water plant in Flint, Mich.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Freshwater
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • Water Quality
    • water risk
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    News
    November 5, 2015

    ADVISORY: New Online Platform on Indigenous and Community Territories to Help Secure Land Rights Worldwide

    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    • mapping
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • Equity & Governance
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 21, 2015

    A New Way to Measure Environmental Rights Around the World

    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Shipbreaking workers in Bangladesh handle asbestos and other dangerous materials. Photo by Adam Cohn/Flickr
    • environmental democracy
    • environmental justice
    • human rights
    • public participation
    • low carbon development
    • sustainable development goals
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Insights
    March 18, 2015

    3 Ways to Tackle the Global Problem of Insecure Land Rights

    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    When land rights are weak, indigenous peoples can lose access to critical resources like forests. Photo by rbairdpccam/Flickr
    • Equity & Governance
    • Forests
    • human rights
    • land rights
    • natural resources
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Africa Latin America
    Data
    July 23, 2014

    Infographic: Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change

    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    • Climate
    • Forests
    • deforestation
    • climate change
    • human rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    • land rights
    Equity & Governance
    Asia
    Insights
    May 9, 2013

    New Jakarta Declaration Aims to Strengthen Rights to Environmental Information in Asia

    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation
    • Equity & Governance
    • environmental democracy
    • freedom of information
    • human rights
    • pollution
    • public participation

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