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RELEASE: 14 Latin American and Caribbean Countries Adopt an Ambitious Plan of Action to Improve Access Rights in the Region

By Lauren Zelin on April 19, 2013
Location: GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

Fourteen Latin American and Caribbean countries adopted an ambitious Plan of Action to improve access rights in the region, including access to information, public participation, and access to justice.

Coming Soon: Global Forest Watch 2.0

Global Forest Watch 2.0 is a powerful near real-time forest monitoring system that unites satellite technology, data sharing, and human networks around the world to fight deforestation.

EMBARQ Joins Launch of "Decade of Action for Road Safety"

May 12, 2011
Location: WASHINGTON, D.C.

This week marks the official launch of the Decade of Action for Road Safety, a worldwide effort declared by the United Nations to save 5 million lives over a ten-year period.

Declarations and Due Care: Insights from Another Lacey Case

By Craig Hanson on October 5, 2010

En Español

Enforcement of the amended Lacey Act has begun, both on and off the public radar. Here are tips on how to remain in compliance.

REDD Alert: Lessons from Peru’s Camisea Pipeline Project

By Janet Ranganathan and Linnea Laestadius on August 2, 2010

Can forest-rich countries learn from the mistakes of extractive projects and avoid unleashing their own resource curse?

Tracking Transformative Forest Actions to Reduce Emissions: An Illegal Logging Case Study

Florence Daviet, Lauren Goers Williams, Larry MacFaul, Andrea Johnson, and Kirsten Stasio

July, 2010

This working paper explores the types of information and supporting data necessary to ensure that national strategies to reduce emissions are developed and implemented effectively. It does so by focusing on measures to address illegal logging, drawing on specific strategies and recommendations from Peru and Indonesia

People, Power, and Pipelines: Lessons from Peru in the Governance of Gas Production Revenues

Isabel Munilla, in collaboration with Oxfam America, WRI, Bank Information Center, and Grupo Propuesta Ciudadana

2010

This report draws on lessons from recent experiences in Peru to suggest ways to help subnational governments manage extractive industry risks and revenues.

MEDIA ADVISORY: CTS-Brasil, Challenge Bibendum Unite Latin American Mayors to Advance Sustainable Urban Transport

November 23, 2009

Bloomberg Philanthropies Awards EMBARQ, Partners $125 Million for Global Road Safety Work

November 18, 2009
Location: NEW YORK CITY, N.Y.

EMBARQ – The World Resources Institute Center for Sustainable Transport is one of six organizations awarded a total of $125 million by Michael Bloomberg to implement programs in low- and middle-income countries to prevent death and disability from road traffic crashes. This is the largest single donation ever for international road safety.

Learning to Walk in Arequipa, Peru

By Ethan Arpi on October 15, 2009

EMBARQ’s Ethan Arpi brings an update from Arequipa after the city turns its main commercial drag into a zone for pedestrians.

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The Access Initiative: a Network in Action

By Monika Kerdeman and Andrew Rizzardi on July 24, 2009

Here is a quick summary of recent progress by Access Initiative partners working to strengthen civil society, increase participation, and improve environmental policy choices.

Whose Amazon Is It?

By Ruth Nogueron and Isabel Munilla on June 25, 2009

Following the recent violence over natural resource use, Peru has an opportunity to balance economic development with human rights protections.

Letter to World Bank, Re: Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru

By Jon Sohn, Sarah Paraghamian, Richard Chase Smith on October 12, 2007

The following letter was sent to the Socially Sustainable Development Unit of the Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the World Bank on October 12th, 2007, regarding the proposed Environmental Development Policy Loan to Peru.