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This briefing by RMI analyzes the economic impact of utility-scale wind and solar energy on rural American agricultural lands, noting that revenues from these sources are becoming comparable to major agricultural commodities in several states.

This research paper by the Institute for Security Studies examines agricultural reforms in China, Brazil, and Egypt to identify potential lessons for improving productivity and food security in Africa.

The Forest Declaration Assessment submitted a formal response to the COP30 Presidency's call for inputs on the Roadmap for halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. The submission identifies systemic barriers and proposes high-impact, actionable measures across four clusters: ambition and planning, rights and governance, trade and real-economy incentives, and finance and financial systems.

This 2025 report by the Climate Policy Initiative and PUC-Rio evaluates the implementation of Brazil's Forest Code (Law No. 12,651/2012), focusing on the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Compliance Program (PRA). It details federal governance improvements to the National Rural Environmental Registry System (SICAR), the impact of Supreme Court rulings on land management integration, and the uneven progress of CAR validation and PRA adoption across Brazilian states.

This document is a legal conclusion submitted by the 'Gerakan Rakyat Menggugat Proyek Strategis Nasional' (GERAM PSN) to the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia. It argues that several provisions of Law No. 6 of 2023 (the Job Creation Law) regarding the 'ease and acceleration' of National Strategic Projects (PSN) are unconstitutional, claiming they facilitate land grabbing, environmental destruction, and the violation of human rights, including the right to food and a healthy environment.

The 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment is an executive summary produced by a civil society coalition to monitor progress toward global forest goals. It concludes that the world is 'off track' to meet 2030 targets, citing continued large-scale deforestation, increasing forest degradation, and a significant gap between international commitments and actual implementation in governance, finance, and corporate behavior.

This report examines a toolkit of regulatory and economic policy instruments used to curb deforestation and promote forest restoration in tropical regions. It analyzes the effectiveness of command-and-control measures, financial incentives, and the critical role of land tenure security, while highlighting how political cycles and electoral incentives create risks for long-term conservation success.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and PUC-Rio analyzes the 'self-declaratory' Environmental Regularization Program (PRA autodeclaratório) as a mechanism to accelerate forest restoration in Brazil. It examines how allowing rural producers to commit to restoring Permanent Preservation Areas (APPs) and Legal Reserves without prior validation of the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) can overcome administrative bottlenecks, while highlighting the necessity of robust monitoring and accountability systems to ensure environmental effectiveness.

This report by the Climate Policy Initiative outlines the environmental impact of agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), the financial barriers preventing their transition to sustainability, and how blended finance mechanisms can unlock private investment to address these challenges.

The Solidaritas Merauke Declaration, issued by the Solidaritas Merauke Movement, denounces state-corporate crimes linked to National Strategic Projects (PSN) and calls for an immediate halt to these projects to prevent widespread social-ecological chaos across the Indonesian archipelago.

A report by Trend Asia detailing how the revised Spatial Plan (RTRW) for South Papua Province facilitates National Strategic Projects (PSN) for food and energy, leading to massive deforestation, the displacement of indigenous peoples, and the destruction of high conservation value areas.

A statement from the Stockholm Environment Institute evaluating the Church of Sweden's forest inquiry, arguing that while the inquiry moves toward sustainable management and respect for indigenous rights, the Church could further strengthen its approach to avoid conflicts between forestry and reindeer husbandry.

This research paper provides a critical policy analysis of the Reindeer Husbandry Plan (Renbruksplan) in Sweden, evaluating its effectiveness in resolving land use disputes between Indigenous Sámi reindeer herding communities and large-scale industrial forestry.

The document discusses the necessity of evaluating ecological services provided by global biomes to inform conservation policies and assess vulnerability to land-use changes, noting that these values are not currently reflected in market prices.

This research paper examines the 'environmentalization' of social struggles among the communities of Pau Preto, Pau de Légua, and Quilombo da Lapinha in Northern Minas Gerais, Brazil, who organized as 'Vazanteiros em Movimento'. Using Political Ecology and Critical Sociology, the study analyzes how sustainable development ideologies facilitated agribusiness expansion via compensatory parks for irrigated fruit farming projects, while simultaneously sparking a territorial reclamation movement within the environmental sphere.

This research paper analyzes charcoal production in the Argentine Dry Chaco using remote sensing and socio-environmental data to map kiln distribution, production systems, and the social context of producers.

This research paper assesses the relationship between climatic variability, specifically the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), land use, and the areal variations of shallow lakes in the temperate plains of Argentina between 2002 and 2011.

This research paper analyzes a 25-year panel dataset from Machadinho, Brazil, to examine how smallholders' land use systems and livelihood strategies evolve across different stages of Amazonian frontier development.

This document is a comprehensive legislative directory compiled by the Climate Policy Initiative (CPI/PUC-Rio) that lists the federal and state laws, decrees, and normative instructions governing the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Regularization Program (PRA) across various Brazilian states as of 2025.

This 2024 report by the Climate Policy Initiative and PUC-RIO monitors the implementation of Brazil's Forest Code (Law No. 12,651/2012), specifically focusing on the Rural Environmental Registry (CAR) and the Environmental Compliance Program (PRA). It details the progress of various Brazilian states in registering rural properties, analyzing those registrations, and formalizing environmental recovery through Terms of Commitment (ToC).