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IAPB launches Biodiversity Credit Markets Framework at COP16

CALI, Colombia: The International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits (IAPB) today launched its Framework for high integrity biodiversity credit markets. The Framework lays the foundation for how biodiversity credits, a financing mechanism, can be harnessed to drive much needed investment towards the conservation and restoration

Press Release

From deliberation to implementation: in New York, Igarapé Institute reinforces the need to strengthen global cooperation and include environment in global climate and development agendas

Discussions, platforms, and agreements established during Climate Week must be connected to future global milestones, including the G20 and COP30 in Brazil Rio de Janeiro, October 3, 2024 – As it happens every year, New York once again hosted Heads of State, diplomats, experts, private

International

Gang Violence Is Moving to the Amazon’s Fast-Growing Cities

This is the second article in a series on the challenges and opportunities of the urban Amazon. Read the first one here. Framed by an elegant riverside promenade and a modest skyline with streets enviably free of gridlock, Macapá is that rare major Brazilian city with

International

State weakness could hamper US bid to stem Amazon organized crime

BOGOTA/RIO DE JANEIRO Aug 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A new U.S.-backed initiative to disrupt illicit financial flows from nature crimes such as illegal logging and mining in the Amazon rainforest has been welcomed by security experts, but the effort could be hampered by lawlessness

International

Eder logra trazar su visión de centro para la seguridad desde Cali

Alejandro Eder llegó a la Alcaldía de Cali con la promesa trabajar por la seguridad. La propuesta que presentó en campaña tenía una visión integral, más allá de la mano dura o el “azote a los bandidos”. Eder se propuso una estrategia de seguridad equilibrada,

International

Las tendencias que revelan las tasas de homicidios en América Latina

Las ciudades son un referente del progreso de las naciones. Cuando ellas prosperan, también lo hacen sus países. Y cuando son frágiles, es más probable que sus naciones sufran una amplia variedad de males, desde el deterioro de la calidad de vida hasta la disminución

International

Guardianas del Amazonas 2: vivencias y herramientas desde el territorio

Colombia es un país rico en biodiversidad y con una historia marcada por conflictos, hoy se encuentra en una encrucijada crítica en la búsqueda de una paz duradera. En este contexto, las mujeres que lideran la defensa de los derechos humanos y la protección ambiental

International

Bolivia: 2023 Record Deforestation Due to Environmental Crime

“Behind this destruction there are out-of-control forest fires, the expansion of the agricultural frontier, rampant gold mining, and the construction of airports and drug laboratories in the middle of natural parks and protected areas,” indicated the recent report The Plundered Amazon: The Roots of Environmental Crime

International

The plight of Brazil’s indigenous groups worsens

Since PORTUGUESE colonisers first appeared, the story of indigenous Brazilians has been littered with horror. Disease and violence killed many after the conquest. Slavery on rubber plantations existed into the 20th century. Today wildcat miners, ranchers and loggers are the threat to the indigenous peoples of

International

Confronting the Organized Crime Pandemic

RIO DE JANEIRO – Transnational organized crime is a paradox: ubiquitous yet invisible. While criminal tactics evolve rapidly, government-led responses are often static. When criminal networks are squeezed in one jurisdiction, they rapidly balloon in another. Although the problem concerns everyone, it is often considered

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Where are the world’s most homicidal cities in 2023?

May 2024 Recent findings from the Homicide Monitor demonstrate that Latin American and Caribbean cities exhibit persistently high homicide rates compared to other regions.   Cities are powerful indicators of the progress of nations. When cities prosper, so do the prospects of countries. When they

International

Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence

As Haiti has again plunged into violent chaos, images of gang members bearing high-powered rifles, pump-action shotguns or automatic weapons in the streets of Port-au-Prince have become ubiquitous. But this weaponry is not made in Haiti, a country with no firearms or ammunition manufacturing capabilities. It is

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International

Haiti: these are the gangs and leaders that invade and threaten Port-au-Prince

The situation in Haiti It seems to be getting more and more complicated. Recently, it was learned that the prime minister, Ariel Henrywill resign from his position after “the establishment of a transitional presidential council and the appointment of an interim prime minister.” The decision was adopted after

International

Haiti Crisis: Who Are the Gangs That Have Overrun the Capital?

Haiti, a Caribbean nation with a long history of upheaval, is enduring one of its worst periods of chaos. Gangs have shut down the airport; looted seaports, public buildings and shops; and attacked nearly a dozen police stations. Roads are blocked, cutting off the food

International

Ecuador’s Homicide Rate Is Skyrocketing

Homicide rates are skyrocketing in Ecuador with official figures recording a death count of 4,800 in 2022. This is according to data from the Ecuadorian Ministry of Interior, published by the Rio de Janeiro based think tank, the Igarapé Institute. According to the Ecuadorian government’s latest estimates

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