Around the world, the travel and tourism sector stands at a historic crossroads. Mounting pressures from climate change, biodiversity loss, overtourism, infrastructure strain, and growing community resistance are exposing the limits of business-as-usual approaches and incremental sustainability strategies. While tourism remains a major engine of
The Pan-Amazonia region — encompassing parts of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, and Suriname — is approaching a critical tipping point that could trigger irreversible ecosystem collapse. At the same time, global demand for nature-based solutions (NbS) and bio-based products has never been
Through its Green Bridge Facility and with support from the Nature Investment Lab (NIL), the Igarapé Institute developed the Territorial Risk Manual, an innovative tool designed to help entrepreneurs and implementers of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) understand, assess, and address systemic risks in the territories where
Collective challenges – such as shortcomings in land governance, insecurity, informality, illegality, and convoluted regulations – create an unfavorable business climate for advancing a green economy in the Amazon and other biomes where economic development and environmental preservation must be carefully balanced. To tackle these barriers,