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Global leaders must acknowledge that land and forests owned and managed by local communities are more likely to prevent deforestation and deliver greater carbon storage


Call for nominations open for Equator Prize 2024
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The 15th cycle of the Equator Initiative aims to identify innovative approaches and solutions led by Indigenous Peoples and local communities in three categories.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) led Equator Initiative releases a global call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2024. The nominations are open through 26 February 2024. 

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Welcome to the newly redesigned website of Legal Services of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. CARICOM Law is intended to provide updated and accurate information to Member officials, Attorneys-at-Law, students and the general public regarding developments in Community law and jurisprudence.

CLAES (Centro Latino Americano de Ecología Social) es una organización no gubernamental independiente, dedicada a la investigación, acción y promoción de la ecología social. Reconociendo una vinculación recíproca entre grupos humanos con su entorno ambiental, en un contexto histórico, se consideran problemas socioambientales, vinculándose la investigación con la acción, desde un compromiso ético con la defensa de la vida y la promoción de alternativas al desarrollo. CLAES fue fundado en 1989, su sede se encuentra en Montevideo (Uruguay).

La CIDH es un órgano principal y autónomo de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) encargado de la promoción y protección de los derechos humanos en el continente americano. Está integrada por siete miembros independientes que se desempeñan en forma personal y tiene su sede en Washington, D.C. Fue creada por la OEA en 1959 y, en forma conjunta con la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH), instalada en 1979, es una institución del Sistema Interamericano de protección de los derechos humanos (SIDH).

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La red internacional de mujeres nace con el propósito de visibilizar los impactos de la minería sobre las mujeres, visibilizar sus luchas, cuestionar este sistema colonizador de los pueblos, de sus tierras, de las mujeres y de la naturaleza, del voraz saqueo de los recursos minerales para el beneficio económico de las corporaciones mineras.


 


Suyo is a public benefit corporation that unlocks the transformational impact of secure property rights by making it easier and more affordable for low-income families to formalize their property. Empowered with formal recognition of their property rights, low-income families have access to numerous benefits that help lift them out of poverty, such as credit, home ownership security and the ability to transfer rights.

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We are a 'think and do tank'. We're working with national and local governments, with NGOs and businesses, and with local communities to realise an ambitious vision: a world where no child or adult dies of causes related to water and sanitation. A world where everyone has access to safe and reliable WASH services, forever.

Coalición internacional fundada en 1990 en Argentina y cuya coordinación internacional es atendida por dirigentes campesinas de Brasil, Bolivia, México, Nicaragua, Perú, Argentina, República Dominicana y Uruguay.

O Banco Audiovisual de Frentes Socioambientais é um canal centralizador de material audiovisual (VIMEO) com cunho socioambiental que tem como objetivo disponibilizá-lo gratuitamente para pessoas ou instituições.



Founded in Germany by individuals from business and the natural sciences in 1989, OroVerde (“Green Gold”) is a non-profit foundation that initiates, supports, and promotes projects that conserve tropical forests. Though headquartered in Bonn, Germany, OroVerde works on projects in Indonesia and many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Dominican Republic and Cuba.

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FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (FAO Latin America & the Caribbean)

Latin America and the Caribbean was the first region to commit to the complete eradication of hunger through the 2025 Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative. This renewed political commitment is based on the full conviction that eradicating hunger in the Region is an achievable target.


Latin America and the Caribbean is at the forefront of the global fight against hunger. It is the Region that has made the most progress in reducing the percentage and total number of people suffering from hunger in the past 20 years.

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Hivos (in Dutch: Humanistisch Instituut voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking, Humanist Institute for Cooperation with Developing Countries) is a development aid organization, headquartered in The Netherlands. Hivos provides financial support to organizations working in Africa, Latin America and Asia, it provides advocacy and it supports knowledge sharing in particular in the field of social change, digital activism and rural innovations.


 


CALPI
El Centro de Asistencia Legal Para Pueblos Indígenas (CALPI) es una organización no gubernamental con personería jurídica otorgada por la Asamblea Nacional de Nicaragua por medio del Decreto No. 1316 del 27 de mayo de 1996, publicado en La Gaceta Diario Oficial No. 135 del 18 de junio de 1996.

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