The Global Climate Action Summit
News from the Summit
The Role of Indigenous Peoples Living in Intact Forests
We released a new analysis with our partners showing that at least 35 percent of remaining intact forest landscapes are managed or owned by Indigenous Peoples. It illustrates just how essential these groups will be in helping the world avoid catastrophic climate change.
Consider the Tacana
WCS CEO Cristian Samper for Scientific American
The story of the world's most biodiverse wilderness, the Madidi-Tambopata landscape that crosses from Bolivia to Peru, is worth discussing this week.
The Protection of Rights in the Amazon
WCS's Lilian Painter for National Geographic
The movement there has been able to secure legal recognition of almost 75 percent of existing territorial demands.
Working to Re-establish Local Control
WCS's
Deo Kujirakwinja and Michael Painter for National Geographic
After years of violent conflict, people in DR Congo are using the creation of protected area and community forestry concessions.
Deep History Recognized
WCS's Cheryl Chetkiewicz for National Geographic
Indigenous communities in Canada's boreal forest are finally being acknowledged as guardians and leaders of this important wilderness.
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WCS has protected the planet’s most critical natural strongholds for over a century, leading with an effective science-driven model that is shaped and championed by communities.
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Deforestation-Free Cocoa Activity
The Makira Project, managed by WCS, is the largest carbon emission reduction program in Madagascar’s land use sector, playing a critical role in demonstrating the success of forest conservation in reducing climate change and keeping global temperature increases below two degrees Celsius. It's a good example of how we're working with local communities and governments on this issue. In the Makira landscape, WCS works to incentivize forest conservation by introducing sustainable, high-earning cocoa and clove farming opportunities.
Nature 4 Climate
For more on natural solutions to climate change, check out Nature 4 Climate, a new collective effort by many of the world’s leading environmental groups to raise awareness of this forgotten part of the climate puzzle.
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