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With the support of SERVIR, decision-makers can more easily track and respond to wildfires.

• 01/09/2024
• Lena Pransky, Jake Ramthun

At an end-of-project event in March 2023, USAID’s Strengthening the Capacity of Indigenous Organizations in the Amazon (SCIOA) activity brought together the three Indigenous organizations it has been supporting in the Brazilian Amazon over the past four years.

• 06/22/2023
• Luana Luizy

O projeto da USAID de Capacitação de Organizações Indígenas na Amazônia (SCIOA) reuniu as três organizações indígenas da Amazônia brasileira que receberam apoio nos últimos quatro anos para celebrar o final do projeto em março de 2023.

• 06/22/2023
• Luana Luizy

En las zonas más remotas de esta región, los efectos del cambio climático incluyen lluvias menos previsibles, temperaturas más cálidas y cambios en la humedad, afectando gravemente a las 1.5 millones de personas pertenecientes a pueblos indígenas que viven dentro del bioma amazónico.

• 03/17/2023
• Wendy Putnam

An estimated 45,000 people hoping to inform crucial discussions surrounding climate policy attended United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention’s 27th Conference of Parties (UNFCCC COP 27). Among these delegations was a group of Indigenous women leaders working to build capacities and train emerging Indigenous women leaders from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

• 03/07/2023
• International Union for Conservation of Nature

Under the USAID and NASA–funded SERVIR-Amazonia activity, scientists are working to understand how deforestation, forest degradation, and road construction affect biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, as well as to develop data and tools to support residents in achieving sustainability in the region.

• 02/14/2023
• Wendy Putnam

The Climatelinks photo gallery has more than 600 images from 71 countries, covering a range of topics from agriculture to water security. Check out some photos that you may have missed in 2022.

• 12/22/2022
• Krystelle Thomas

Recent clean energy projects in Latin America show that even large, utility-scale renewable power projects can bring durable benefits to historically marginalized indigenous communities, if the private sector and government join forces to recognize community rights and involve indigenous groups in project design from the start. 

• 11/15/2022
• Christine Pendzich

USAID is advancing gender-responsive climate action by implementing evidence-based, high-impact programs in a range of sectors, including gender-equitable access to green jobs, land rights, natural resource management, and climate finance.

• 11/14/2022
• M. Mena

The Climate Strategy recognizes nature as critical to climate solutions and integrates nature-based solutions throughout.

• 05/03/2022
• USAID

Climate change, with its increasing fires, droughts, and floods, poses an enormous threat to the Amazon and forest-dependent communities.

• 04/28/2022
• Tedi Rabold

USAID’s Páramos and Forests Activity and the REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) program are helping these women and their communities manage and protect their lands.

• 04/26/2022
• Helena Andrade, Mario González, Luis Fernando Jara

Indigenous women and girls are key actors in maintaining environmental sustainability – so why are they experiencing rising gender-based violence in connection with the environment and what can be done to stop it?

• 04/21/2022
• Jamie Wen-Besson, Dr. Anita Tzec

This blog is the second part in an Editor’s Pick Series highlighting USAID’s work with Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

• 04/19/2022
• Sophie Schrader

In order to effectively act against deforestation within their territories, Indigenous communities first must be able to quickly detect it.

• 03/08/2022
• Global Waters