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While financing increased by 36 percent from 2016 to USD 40 million in 2017, this represents only 1 percent of the USD 4 billion needed for universal access by 2030.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fordecl-000175#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Artisanal and small-scale mining is increasing in areas like the Peruvian Amazon, where it caused nearly 100,000 hectares of deforestation between 1984 and 2017, with 53 percent of that loss occurring since 2011.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fordecl-000175#insight-6","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Under REDD+ programs, 16 countries have committed roughly USD 3.5 billion to support livelihood alternatives to basic-needs forest loss, though these funds have not yet been distributed as programs have not gone into effect.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"fordecl-000175#insight-7","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["deforestation","forest degradation","clean cooking","land tenure","Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation","poverty reduction","sustainable development"],"geography_discussed":["Africa","Latin America","South Asia","East Africa","Congo Basin","Malawi","Democratic Republic of the Congo","Central African Republic","Indonesia","Haiti","Peru","Guatemala","Tanzania","Kenya","India","Brazil","Guyana"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["progress assessment","literature review","case study"]},{"id":"iisd-003676","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/iisd-003676","title":"Transforming Agriculture in Africa & Asia: What are the policy priorities?","publisher":{"name":"International Institute for Sustainable Development","organization":"international-institute-for-sustainable-development"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":"2019-09","source_url":"https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/transforming-agriculture-africa-asia.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report analyzes agricultural transformation across 117 countries from 1970 to 2015, identifying six phases of transformation and five structural contexts based on land fertility, availability, and population dynamics. 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It presents evidence that secure tenure reduces deforestation and carbon emissions more cheaply than technological carbon capture. The author calls for legal reforms, simplified formalization procedures, and a more equitable playing field between communities and corporations to protect these critical carbon sinks and support rural livelihoods.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000504#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"There is a significant gap between the amount of land managed by communities and the amount legally recognized by governments; while communities inhabit more than 50 percent of the world's land, national laws recognize only 10 percent as belonging to them, with an additional 8 percent designated for their use.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000504#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Securing community land rights is a highly cost-effective climate mitigation strategy compared to industrial carbon capture and storage (CCS). In Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia, the cost of securing indigenous lands is estimated at most 1 percent of the resulting ecosystem-service benefits, whereas CCS for coal-fired power plants is five to 29 times more expensive than securing indigenous lands in those countries.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000504#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Tenure security for indigenous and community lands leads to lower deforestation rates. In Bolivia, Brazil, and Colombia between 2000 and 2012, annual deforestation rates in tenure-secure indigenous forestlands were two to three times lower than in similar land not managed by indigenous people. In the Peruvian Amazon, titling indigenous lands in 2002 reduced forest clearing by over 75% and forest disturbance by roughly two-thirds within two years.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000504#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Community land is a critical global carbon reservoir; communities in 52 tropical and subtropical countries manage at least 22 percent of forest carbon and 17 percent of total forestland carbon (including soil carbon). Approximately one-third of this forest carbon is on community land that lacks legal recognition, risking a \"climate catastrophe\" if released.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"wri-000504#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Current land formalization processes are often prohibitively complex and favor corporations over communities. 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