Rights and Resources Initiative - Supporting Forest Tenure Policy and Market Reforms



	Press Release: Citing Collapse of Copenhagen Climate Process, Study Projects Increased Conflict and Speculation in Tropical Forests January 22, 2010 RRI featured in World Bank report on Social Dimensions of Climate Change January 06, 2010 A happy and prosperous 2010 to all from RRI January 01, 2010
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a global coalition working to advance forest tenure, policy and market reforms, primarily in developing countries. Our mission is to promote pro-poor reforms that will increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees. Learn more... New! Learn more about the key findings published in the report: From Exclusion to Ownership? Challenges and opportunities in advancing forest tenure reform... Learn More...
	18th Commonwealth Forestry Conference Edinburgh, United Kingdom - June 28, 2010 - July 02, 2010
The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change Rights and Resources Group Staff, Liz Alden Wily, David Rhodes, Madhu Sarin, Mina Setra, Phil Shearman Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, often urban, actors and seen to be of little use to national development or the world except as a supply of low-valued natural resources. 2009 marks the beginning of the end of this era: Forest lands are booming in value for the production of food,... Read More...	Event: 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons (IASC) February 05, 2010 Event: International Association for the Study of the Commons North American Regional Meeting February 05, 2010 Papua New Guinea - Australian TV reports on Carbon Chaos December 17, 2009 Legal opinion affirms ownership of carbon rights by indigenous group in the Amazon December 10, 2009

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