Our Work

Introducing Journalists to World’s Forest Guardians

Work with the World Resources Institute and the Rights and Resources Initiative

The world's forests are being destroyed at a rate of 50 soccer fields every minute, accounting for 11 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions. A solution exists that is both cost-effective and available: deforestation rates are dramatically lower in forests where governments actively enforce the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities over their land.

Helping Cities Around the World Ride the Bike Share Boom

Work with the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy

Bike share is one of the fastest growing public transportation modes around the world, with more than 800 municipal systems implemented on five continents. Bike share addresses the question of the “last mile,” how people can travel from large … Continue reading Helping Cities Around the World Ride the Bike Share Boom →

Pushing for Change in Canadian Mining Practices in Central America

Work with the Ford Foundation

In the forests of Central America, far from the eyes of reporters and human rights watchdogs, a war is raging. Canadian-based mining companies, hungry for profit, are clearing the forests that Indigenous Peoples have lived in and protected … Continue reading Pushing for Change in Canadian Mining Practices in Central America →

Generating Support for Land Rights on Behalf of Indigenous Peoples

Work with the Rights and Resources Initiative

Economic development in countries containing most of the world’s tropical forests often takes the shape of natural resource extraction. Governments claim more than 60 percent of these forests. They grant large concessions to multinational companies for logging, mining, … Continue reading Generating Support for Land Rights on Behalf of Indigenous Peoples →

Raising Profile of Forests: Climate Summit 2014

For the last two decades, the climate change conversation had overlooked the role forests play in reducing climate pollution. Forests, if left standing, are major carbon sinks; they are projected to have the potential to absorb and store … Continue reading Raising Profile of Forests: Climate Summit 2014 →

Keeping Forests in the Climate Change Conversation

Forests, especially tropical forests, are among the most important bulwarks against global warming. These natural resources store carbon, a greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change. Yet across the global tropical forest belt, forests—even protected forests—are being felled for pulp and paper and to make room for soy fields, cattle pastures and palm oil plantations.