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REDDheads: Sheryl Sturges and a coal-fired power plant in the USA “offset” by tree planting in Guatemala

Posted on 11 December 201614 June 2018

In 1987, Sheryl Sturges was Director of Strategic Planning at AES Corporation, the US-based energy company. AES was planning to build a new 181 MW coal-fired power plant in Connecticut. But the company’s CEO, Roger W. Sant, was worried about climate change.

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REDD in Central America: It’s better to ask for forgiveness than permission

Posted on 23 October 201621 August 2017

This month’s World Rainforest Movement Bulletin includes an article about REDD in Central America, written by Henry Picado (Red de Coordinación en Biodiversidad), Zuiri Méndez (Kioscos Ambientales), and Mariana Porras (Coecoceiba Amigos de La Tierra).

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Half a million hectares of hope in community forests in Guatemala’s Maya Biodiversity Reserve

Posted on 21 January 201621 January 2016

In the northeast of Guatemala is the site of one of the largest community forests in the world, covering almost half a million hectares of forest. It is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, established by the Government of Guatemala in 1990.

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Benefits of Territory: “If we have territory, we have control over our futures”

Posted on 11 November 201511 November 2015

This new video by LifeMosaic features communities explaining why their territory is important to them and why secure tenure and land rights are crucial. It’s another video in the series “Territories of Life“.

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Land rights: “Our territory belongs to us and we belong to our territory”

Posted on 3 November 20156 November 2015

LifeMosaic’s new video on “Land Rights” takes a look at three different types of land rights: community concessions on state land, individual land ownership and communal ownership of territory. It’s the fourth in LifeMosaic’s series “Territories of Life“.

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