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May 2013

Courrier International (in French): Mozambique : la ruée vers l’arbre
May 17, 2013
Courrier International (in French): Mozambique : la ruée vers l’arbre
May 17, 2013
CIFOR Polex: Beyond carbon storage: the Congo Basin forest as rainmaker
May 17, 2013
CSE: Wind energy and small hydro power can exert severe environmental impacts
May 17, 2013
Jakarta Globe: Constitutional Court Annuls Government Ownership of Customary Forests
May 17, 2013
Reuters: 5 facts: Why forests matter for food security
May 16, 2013
The Diplomat: Global Witness: IFC and Deutsche Bank Support Vietnamese Land Grabs
May 15, 2013
Bangkok Post: Rubber boom fuelling SE Asia land grabs: report
May 15, 2013
Time: In Latin America's Second Largest Rainforest, an Indigenous Tribe Fights for Its Land
May 15, 2013
Reuters: Cameroon hopes EU timber labelling can protect forests
May 14, 2013
Blue and Green Tomorrow: Land grabbing in Laos and Cambodia breach human rights
May 14, 2013
New York Times: Fewer Rain Forests Mean Less Energy for Developing Nations, Study Finds
May 14, 2013
COONAPIP: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN-REDD Programme
May 13, 2013
BBC: Vietnam firms involved in 'illegal land grabs'
May 13, 2013
The Economist: The rights and wrongs of Belo Monte
May 10, 2013
Reuters: Ethnic minority land rights next hurdle for Myanmar peace
May 09, 2013
Forest Action: Quarterly Updates
May 08, 2013
FERN: FLEGT VPA Update
May 08, 2013
UN: Members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues for the term 2014-2016
May 08, 2013
CED (in French): Lettre ouverte au Président de la République au sujet de la nomination de représentants des peuples autochtones au Sénat
May 08, 2013
Ecuador: Defenders of Pachamama Protest Breach of the Mining Mandate
May 07, 2013
Afrika (in German): Kampf gegen den Landraub
May 07, 2013
Corriere (in Italian): In Camerun quasi metà della terra è oggetto di “land grabbing”: e nessuno combatte più
May 07, 2013
All Africa (in French): Cameroun: Accordez des droits fonciers aux communautés locales
May 06, 2013
BBC: Nicaragua cloud forest 'under siege' by illegal loggers
May 03, 2013
Reuters: Violence hits Nicaraguan rainforest as land invasions mount
May 03, 2013
Human Rights Violations in Guatemala - ILRC Letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry
May 03, 2013
Les Echos (in French): Cameroun: "corruption" lors de l'acquisition de terres pour un projet américain (rapport)
May 02, 2013
The Hindu: Dalit activists announce two-day sit-in for land rights
May 02, 2013
AFP: Indonesia moves towards approving deforestation plan
May 02, 2013
WSJ: A Priceless Asset For India’s Women
May 02, 2013
Reuters: Exclusive: Resource Deals Audit Overshadows Liberia Anti-graft Push
May 01, 2013

April 2013

Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter: Safeguarding Human Rights in International Finance
April 30, 2013
All Africa: Liberia 'We Made Mistakes' - Sirleaf Admits Missteps in Gvl Concession, Intervenes in Sinoe
April 30, 2013
AllAfrica: African Governments Recognise Land Rights but Promote Landgrabbing
April 26, 2013
The Guardian: Indigenous rights are the best defence against Canada's resource rush
April 26, 2013
Inter Press Service: Come Grab Our Land
April 25, 2013
Indian Nations & Neighbors Launch Campaign Commemorating 400th Anniversary of Two Row Wampum Treaty
April 24, 2013
African Arguments: East African Communities Rising Against Land Acquisition
April 24, 2013
United Press Internationa (in Spanish): Colombia expuesta a sanciones por no cumplir normas ambientales
April 23, 2013
Amnesty International: India: Landmark Supreme Court ruling a great victory for indigenous rights
April 22, 2013
New documentary on Indonesian communuities as they "map their future" with oil palm
April 22, 2013
Elespectador.com (in Spanish): Colombia está expuesta a una sanción internacional
April 22, 2013
The Guardian: Ireland's Michael Higgins calls for land deal rules to tackle hunger
April 17, 2013
Voice of America: Growing Pressure for Land Reform in Cameroon
April 16, 2013
ThinkAfricaPress: Who Owns the Land? Cameroon's Large-Scale Land-Grabs
April 15, 2013
Al Jazeera: 'Quick-fix' development gives away more than it gets back
April 15, 2013
AlertNet: Q+A: Forest-tenure reform advances, but questions remain
April 12, 2013
Skoll World Forum debate: "How do we feed the world and still address the drivers of deforestation?"
April 11, 2013
Mongabay: Indigenous group: Brazil using military to force Amazon dams
April 10, 2013
Green Pages: Q+A: Forest-tenure reform advances, but questions remain
April 10, 2013
Canal Capital TV (video in Spanish): Interview with Panelist at RRI Dialogue in Bogotá, Colombia
April 09, 2013
AllAfrica: Liberia: Ellen Wants Companies to Relinquish Lands
April 08, 2013
IRIN: Balancing conservation and people's access to land
April 08, 2013
IPS: India Undercuts Tribal Rights
April 08, 2013
New website by Forest Trends to track REDD Expenditures and Forest Finance
April 05, 2013
PRESSTV: Are African countries giving away too much land at the expense of their people?
April 03, 2013
The Guatemala Times: Group Warns of "Natural Resources Giveaway" in Latin America
April 03, 2013
El Nuevo Siglo: Consultas previas, poco usadas
April 03, 2013
Time: In India, Development Fuels Disputes Over Land
April 03, 2013
The World Bank: Within Our Grasp: A World Free of Poverty - World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim's Speech at Georgetown University
April 02, 2013
Bloomberg: Asian Palm-Oil Planters head to West Africa
April 02, 2013

March 2013

AllAfrica: Cameroon: Forest Dwellers Lose Out as Land Handed to Developers
March 29, 2013
CameroonOnline: Cameroon’s forest dwellers lose out as land handed to developers
March 29, 2013
AlertNet: Cameroon's forest dwellers lose out as land handed to developers
March 28, 2013
Independant European Daily Express: Group Warns of “Natural Resources Giveaway” in Latin America
March 27, 2013
Inter Press Service: Group Warns of "Natural Resources Giveaway" in Latin America
March 27, 2013
The Economist: Land-grabs in Vietnam: Losing the plot
March 27, 2013
UN-REDD Responds to Withdrawal of National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples in Panama
March 26, 2013
Mongabay: Indigenous protester killed by masked assailants in Panama over UN-condemned dam
March 26, 2013
Alexander's Gas and Oil Connections: Resources Giveaway in Latin America Returning
March 26, 2013
AlertNet: Climate Conversations - Trees are 'not just for Christmas'
March 26, 2013
Global Magazin (in German): Rohstoff-Boom auf Kosten der Menschen (German)
March 25, 2013
Mining.com: Latin American chooses mining investment over environment: report
March 25, 2013
BrightSurf: Study shows resources giveaway in Latin America; Outdated model tramples human rights, environment
March 25, 2013
Nature World News: Latin American Governments Put Investment Over Environment, Study Shows
March 22, 2013
Reuters: Largest Liberian palm oil project is failing locals: study
March 22, 2013
Science Codex: Resources giveaway in Latin America; Outdated model tramples human rights, environment
March 22, 2013
Phys.org: Study shows resources giveaway in Latin America: Outdated model tramples human rights, environment
March 22, 2013
YubaNet: New Study Documents Natural Resources Giveaway in Latin America
March 22, 2013
Agencia EFE (in Spanish): Rueda de negocio forestal responsable alcanzó medio millón dólares en Panamá
March 22, 2013
Guatemala: Santa Maria Xalapan community denounces kidnap, torture and murder of Xinca leaders
March 21, 2013
The Huffington Post: Look to the World's Forests -- and the People Who Live There -- for Climate Change Solutions - Luis Ubiñas
March 21, 2013
Ground Report: Great Success for First Nations in Kenya as African Union Comes Out in Support of OGIEK Land Rights
March 21, 2013
FAO: International Day of Forests
March 20, 2013
Blue Channel 24: Protected Areas Successfully Prevent Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest
March 20, 2013
World Watch Blog: New Reports Reveal the Human and Financial Costs of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
March 20, 2013
Jakarta Globe: Greenpeace Lauds Forest Conservation Pilot From Indonesian Palm Oil Producer
March 18, 2013
IRIN: Why land rights matter in Cambodia
March 18, 2013
The Guardian Nigeria: African govts giving land away quickly, recognizing land rights slowly, says report
March 18, 2013
Press release: Indigenous Peoples of Panama Deny their Consent to UN-REDD
March 18, 2013
The Himalayan Times: Community forest's feisty champion
March 15, 2013
UCANews.com: Soldiers face charges for tribal family's killing
March 14, 2013
AllAfrica: Cameroonian Farmers Find Justice in Fair Fruit
March 14, 2013
La Voix de l’Amérique: Yaoundé acceuille une réunion d’experts sur la saisie de terres en Afrique
March 14, 2013
Good News Blog: Protected areas successfully prevent deforestation in Amazon rainforest
March 14, 2013
Innovations Report: Protected Areas Successfully Prevent Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest
March 14, 2013
Global Awareness 101: AFRICA: Reports Reveal African Governments Giving Land Away Quickly. People Are Having To Defend Their Land Private Property Rights!
March 13, 2013
Earth First! Newswire: 2012: A Deadly Year for Environmentalists
March 12, 2013
Média Terre: Les africains harmonisent leurs politiques en matière de gestion forestière et de changement climatique
March 12, 2013
EurekAlert: Protected areas successfully prevent deforestation in Amazon rainforest
March 11, 2013
CIFOR Forest News: Organisations join forces to fight for forest communities 
March 11, 2013
Reuters Point Carbon: Land ownership disputes hamper Latin American carbon projects
March 08, 2013
Voix de l'Amérique: Yaoundé acceuille une réunion d’experts sur la saisie de terres en Afrique
March 08, 2013
AllAfrica: African Governments Giving Land Away Quickly, Recognizing Land Rights Slowly
March 08, 2013
Reuters: TOP NEWS: Norway drops Asian palm oil firms in show of green credentials
March 08, 2013
AllAfrica: Photoessays: African Governments Giving Land Away Quickly, Recognizing Land Rights Slowly
March 07, 2013
A new information clearinghouse on investing in nature for Spanish speakers
March 07, 2013
AIDESEP rejects legal prosecution’s request for perpetual imprisonment of indigenous leaders and calls on the State to not create more social conflict
March 07, 2013
Reuters: China village seethes over land grabs as Beijing mulls new laws
March 07, 2013
The Hindu: 4 anti-POSCO activists killed in bomb blast
March 03, 2013
AIDESEP reports latest developments on community unrest in Bagua, Peru
March 01, 2013

February 2013

Le Monde: Mobilisation pour l'Amazonie équatorienne, déchirée entre pétrole et biodiversité
February 27, 2013
Oxfam: Behind the Brands
February 27, 2013
Reuters: Policeman killed, 42 injured in Myanmar land grab clash
February 27, 2013
Nourishing the Planet: New Reports Reveal the Human and Financial Costs of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
February 22, 2013
Guardian Environment Network: Green activists face grave threat as death toll doubles in a decade
February 21, 2013
Yale Environment 360: Where is Sombath Somphone? In Grisly Global Trend, Green Activists are Facing Deadly Dangers
February 21, 2013
Agence Congolaise de Presse: Tenue à Kinshasa d’un atelier national de validation de l’étude sur la gouvernance foncière en RDC
February 19, 2013
INTERPOL Press Release: Latin American countries in first INTERPOL operation against illegal logging
February 19, 2013
The Guardian: Land-grabbing firms beware: cost of ignoring people's rights is rising
February 18, 2013
Landscapes Blog for People, Food and Nature: Choosing Short-Cut Development Over Rights and Equality?
February 15, 2013
Namati: RRI Latin America Dialogue of Forests, Governance and Climate Change
February 14, 2013
Africa-Asia Confidential: Farmers take on agribusiness
February 14, 2013
Veckans Affärer (in Swedish): Skogsjätten lever inte som de lär
February 14, 2013
Synthesis of deliberations at the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples’ Forum at International Fund for Agricultural Development
February 14, 2013
Agence France Presse: Investors trampling land rights risk bottom line: experts
February 11, 2013
Democratic Voice of Burma: Burma 'latest flashpoint' in global land grabbing epidemic
February 11, 2013
Global Post: Investors who trample land rights risk bottom line: experts
February 09, 2013
AfricAvenir International: Silas Kpanan’Ayoung Siakor: The Real Price of Europe Going Green
February 08, 2013
Mongabay: Investors beware: global land grabbing ends in 'financial damage' and human rights violations
February 07, 2013
On the Horizon: Dialogue on extractive industries’ impact on communities & climate change - Bogotá, 21-22 March
February 06, 2013
Natural Justice: RRI Reports on Secure Land Tenure
February 06, 2013
U.S. Congress Sends Letter to Colombian President on the Protection of Land Rights Activists
February 05, 2013
New York Times: Paper Producer to Stop Clearing of Indonesian Forests
February 05, 2013
AlertNet: Land investors urged to respect local rights to avoid financial pain
February 05, 2013
Dow Jones NewsWire: Companies to Lead Way on Responsible Land Investment as Risks Grow, Says Study
February 05, 2013
New Agricultrualist: Ignoring land rights is an expensive mistake
February 05, 2013
Agence France Presse: Investir dans les terres des autres, un pari à haut risque
February 05, 2013
YubaNet: Global Land Grab Brings Significant Risk to Investors As Communities Respond to Economic Harm, Human Rights Abuses
February 05, 2013
Bloomberg: Land Disputes Seen Raising Mining Companies’ Financial Risk
February 04, 2013
Jakarta Globe: Destroying Local Livelihoods with Mifee
February 01, 2013
ABC News: In Vietnam, Rage Growing Over Loss of Land Rights
February 01, 2013
The Guardian: Liberia's landless people have a lesson for visiting world leaders
February 01, 2013

January 2013

New York Times: Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime
January 29, 2013
AllAfrica: Liberia: SCFF Seeks Calm in Butaw - Calls for Balance in Land Protests & Investment Loss
January 28, 2013
AllAfrica: Liberia: Land Commission Gives Local People Hope for Land Ownership
January 25, 2013
Delhi Sustainable Development Summit: Georgescu-Roegen Awards
January 25, 2013
The Guardian: Laos under international spotlight in search for land rights activist
January 24, 2013
Agence France Presse: Liberian farmers take on Indonesian palm oil giant
January 22, 2013
Agence France Presse: Forest, mines, farmland: Liberia is for sale
January 20, 2013
Press Release from Indigenous Peoples Organization of Bian Enim: The Impact of MIFEE presence at Bian River and Maro River, West Papua
January 17, 2013
Reuters AlertNet: Indonesia forestry ministry seeks moratorium extension
January 14, 2013
iReport CNN: Suri Tribe Massacred by Ethiopian Government
January 14, 2013
AllAfrica: Liberia: Suspend Agriculture Minister
January 11, 2013
AllAfrica: Liberia: Rural Dwellers to Be Compensated
January 09, 2013
Future Challenges: Resource curse or blessing: mining and Aboriginal communities in the Pilbara
January 07, 2013
CBC News: Native bands challenge omnibus budget bill in court
January 07, 2013
Public Agenda Online (Liberia): Trouble Still in Sinoe
January 02, 2013
AllAFrica: Liberia: President Sirleaf Begins Taking Action on PUP Abuse
January 02, 2013

December 2012

Al Jazeera: Peru tribes decry rise of the 'carbon pirate'
December 28, 2012
China Daily: Farmer's land rights
December 28, 2012
Bangkok Post: Equal forest rights for all
December 28, 2012
Times of India: Over 130 districts facing land conflicts
December 25, 2012
Le Figaro (in French): Liberia: arrêtés pour avoir parler à l'AFP
December 21, 2012
The Tribune India: 'India Among Top Land-grabbing Nations'
December 21, 2012
NewsBlaze: Arrests and Harassment of Community Leaders in Liberia Must Stop, Says Rights and Resources Initiative
December 20, 2012
IPS: Cambodian Activists Challenge ASEAN Policies
December 19, 2012
Times of Oman: Land conflicts on the rise due to brazen takeover
December 19, 2012
Radio Australia: Interview with RRI's Arvind Khare on landgrabs in India
December 19, 2012
India Vision: 'India can expect rising civil unrest as result of massive land grab by investors for commercial projects'
December 18, 2012
Down To Earth: India Inc. involved in land grab abroad too, says international non-profit
December 18, 2012
Truthdive: ‘India can expect rising civil unrest as result of massive land grab by investors for commercial projects’
December 18, 2012
Instituto Carbono Brasil: Workshop aborda diretrizes e indicadores para o setor pecuário dentro do programa de Incentivos a Serviços Ambientais do Acre
December 18, 2012
NewKerala: India joins land-grabbing nation league: RRI
December 17, 2012
EurekAlert: New research predicts rising trend in India's Violent Land Conflicts; 130 districts struggle
December 17, 2012
CIFOR: For indigenous people in Latin America, land rights are only half the battle
December 17, 2012
Down To Earth: Land unrest set to increase in India: study
December 17, 2012
IANS: Violent land conflicts increasing in India: Report
December 17, 2012
IBNS: India joins land-grabbing league, says RRI
December 17, 2012
ForestAction: Quarterly Update December 2012
December 11, 2012
FPP: Civil society raises serious concerns about Cameroon’s draft revised Forest Code
December 11, 2012
SciDevNet (in Spanish): Colombia y Perú certifican proyectos REDD
December 11, 2012
RAISG (in Spanish): Amazonía bajo presión
December 11, 2012
Deccan Chronicle: Special rights for land givers likely
December 09, 2012
IPP Media: The land factor in gold mining reserves in Tanzania
December 08, 2012
REFACOF: Workshop on Gender and Tenure in Africa Position Document
December 06, 2012
Wall Street Journal: China Tackles Land Grabs, Key Source of Rural Anger
December 06, 2012
ClimateWire: Forestry protection talks break down in Doha
December 03, 2012

November 2012

Huffington Post: Peru's New Gas Plans Spark Fears for 'Isolated Peoples' in the Amazon
November 27, 2012
Oakland Institute: Action Alert: Stop Palm Oil Plantations from Destroying Africa's Ancient Rainforests and Local Livelihoods in Cameroon
November 21, 2012
Survival International Press Release: Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter land dispute
November 21, 2012
New York Times: Opinonator: What a Little Land Can Do
November 21, 2012
President Obama calls the right to own title to land on which you live, work "the most fundamental"
November 20, 2012
AllAfrica: Liberian Gov't Admits Error in Signing Some Concession Agreements
November 20, 2012
AllAfrica: Herakles Farms Continues Forest Clearing in Cameroon
November 20, 2012
Christian Science Monitor: Prince of Blackwater heads to Africa
November 20, 2012
Vientiane Times: National Assembly members tackle land disputes
November 14, 2012
UN News Centre: Foreign investment in developing countries must involve local farmers to succeed – UN
November 13, 2012
Securing Territories for Peruvian Communities: Video on Indigenous History in Peru
November 13, 2012
Regnskogfondet: The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund joins battle against rainforest destruction
November 12, 2012
Communique De Presse De Survival International
November 12, 2012
New York Times: As Coal Boosts Mozambique, the Rural Poor Are Left Behind
November 10, 2012
Forest Carbon Asia: RRI dialogue considers strategies to reduce emissions in forest areas
November 08, 2012
AllAfrica: Kenya: Cost of Deforestation in Kenya Far Exceeds Gains From Forestry and Logging, UN Joint Study Finds
November 06, 2012
IISD: RRI Dialogue Considers Strategies to Reduce Emissions, Advance Development in Forest Areas
November 05, 2012
FAO: Africa land grabs like "Wild West"
November 02, 2012
Wall Street Journal: Combating Poverty at Its Roots
November 01, 2012

October 2012

The Guardian: Land deals in Africa have led to a wild west – bring on the sheriff, says FAO
October 29, 2012
The Irrawaddy: Report Urges Govt to Address Land Grabbing Issue
October 26, 2012
Cultural Survival: What Happened in Toto?
October 25, 2012
Sage Magazine: Tragedy of the Commons in Reverse: Talking Land Grabs with Fred Pearce
October 23, 2012
Future Challenges: A Zero-Sum Game?
October 22, 2012
RFI: Land Grabbing in Africa
October 21, 2012
Inter Press Service: Giving Women Land, Giving them a Future
October 16, 2012
L'Observateur: Gestion communautaire des forêts : Les Africaines défendent leurs droits (in French)
October 16, 2012
Oxfam: Lao communities’ land and natural resources are not for sale
October 16, 2012
NPR: Forest People Return to Their Land..as Tour Guides
October 12, 2012
AIDESEP communique to INDUFOR
October 11, 2012
IRIN Global: FOOD: Land-grabbing Linked with Hunger
October 11, 2012
El Universal: Representantes de Laos visitarán QRoo
October 09, 2012
Global Witness press release: African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments
October 09, 2012
AllAfrica: Liberia - Farmers Attribute Climate Change to Govt Concession Policies
October 09, 2012
UN University: Land use, climate change adaptation and indigenous peoples
October 08, 2012
AllAfrica: World Bank Refuses Call to Halt Land Deals
October 05, 2012
FAO: FAO Gender and Land Rights Database integrated with the Land Portal
October 05, 2012
Comunicado de prensa: 48 Cantones de Totonicapan
October 05, 2012
Washington Post: Angry Guatemalans demand justice at burial of 6 people fatally shot during protest
October 05, 2012
Le Monde: Oxfam s'alarme de la flambée des accaparements de terres
October 04, 2012
Comité de Unidad Campesina: Represión estatal en Totonicapán
October 04, 2012
Oxfam: Land sold off in last decade could grow enough food to feed a billion people
October 04, 2012
Common Breath Media: Women’s Inequality in Asia Affecting Climate & Poverty
October 04, 2012

September 2012

The New York Times: A Conversation with Landesa Founder Roy Prosterman
September 28, 2012
IRIN: NEPAL: Community forest value untapped
September 26, 2012
Financial Times: Palm oil producers face Africa challenges
September 23, 2012
TED: Land Rights in Laos: Village Focus International
September 21, 2012
TrustLaw: The great Cambodian giveaway
September 21, 2012
Financial Times Special Report: Doing Business in Liberia
September 17, 2012
Plaza Pública: El Mirador: el incierto futuro de unas ruinas
September 17, 2012
Focali.se: New RRI publication compares national legislations on community and indigenous peoples forest tenure rights.
September 17, 2012
ABC de Sevilla: La deforestación del continente africano
September 16, 2012
CIFOR: Going once, going twice….. The great green land grab
September 14, 2012
Cambodian Journalist Who Reported on Rampant Illegal Logging Found Murdered
September 12, 2012
Press Release: Group of Civil Society Organizations Launches New Campaign for Securing Communal Property in Peru
September 12, 2012
Global Witness Releases Annual Forest Transparency Report
September 10, 2012
Reuters: African farmers must do more to beat climate change -study
September 07, 2012
IPS: U.S. Company Accused of Greenwashing Cameroon ‘Land-Grab’
September 07, 2012
Front Page Africa: Fire on the Mountain: Sinoe County Citizens and Legislative Caucus at logger-head
September 05, 2012
TerraNullius: Corporate social responsibility in a changing world: Targeting conflict resource exploitation
September 05, 2012
Montreal Gazette: Atikamekw reach a last-minute deal to protect their environment
September 04, 2012
BBC News: 60% of Liberia's rainforests 'handed to logging companies'
September 04, 2012
SciDev.Net: Ten African countries unite to protect rainforests
September 04, 2012
Wall Street Journal: Pulp Fiction? Paper Maker Sows Greener Image
September 03, 2012

August 2012

CBD: REDD+ & Biodiversity e-newsletter
August 31, 2012
Mongabay: Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD to meet promises
August 31, 2012
REDD Monitor: COONAPIP, Panama’s Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Body, denounces UN-REDD
August 30, 2012
Net News Publisher: Lao Announces Dramatic Shift in Land Policy, Commits to Expand Rights of Communities, Ethnic Groups
August 30, 2012
Nuestras Ciudades: Rights and Resources Initiative: Tenure Trends: Human Rights, Conservation, or Both?
August 30, 2012
Land Issues Working Group: The people of Asia facing common crises, experts say
August 30, 2012
The Guardian: As Colombia jails army general, NGOs combating land grabs should take note
August 29, 2012
International Rivers: Brazil Supreme Court overturns suspension of contentious Belo Monte Dam
August 29, 2012
Vientiane Times: Laos shares land and forestry management goals
August 29, 2012
Science Codex: Lao announces dramatic shift in land policy, commits to expand rights of communities, ethnic groups
August 28, 2012
Oxfam America: SEC brings oil and mining transparency provision of Dodd-Frank to life
August 27, 2012
Financial Times: India wrestles with rival land demands
August 27, 2012
AllAfrica: Cameroon: Redd Processes Reinforces Community Rights
August 26, 2012
Tebtebba: Empowering Indigenous Women to Reclaim and Manage Their Lands and Forests
August 25, 2012
Tebtebba Workshop: Asian Indigenous Women’s Strategy on Forest/Land Tenure and Climate Change
August 24, 2012
New York Times: Will Emissions Disclosure Mean Investor Pressure on Polluters?
August 24, 2012
REDD-Monitor: Interview with Scott Poynton, TFT: “We help companies clean up their supply chains"
August 23, 2012
AllAfrica: Liberia - Golden Veroleum 'Illegally' Clears Farmland
August 22, 2012
CEESP Side Event at ICUN World Conservation Congress 2012: Promoting a New Conservation Ethic Based on Respect for Indigenous Peoples
August 21, 2012
Vientiane Times: Government urged to review land compensation
August 20, 2012
Amazon Watch: Belo Monte Dam Suspended by Brazilian Appeals Court
August 15, 2012
The Financialist: How to Eke Out a Living Deep in the Amazon
August 14, 2012
Bahia Notícias: Justiça determina paralisação das obras de Belo Monte (Portuguese)
August 14, 2012
Ecosystem Marketplace: Tracking REDD+ Finance: Separating The Payers From The Posers
August 13, 2012
New publication from TFT helps communities establish and run their own forest businesses, reach international wood markets
August 10, 2012
Liberian Daily Observer: 50 Residents Get GPS Technology Knowledge
August 10, 2012
Jakarta Globe: Plantation Permits Approved for 300,00 Forest Hectares So Far in 2012
August 10, 2012
Amnesty International: Inter-American Court ruling marks key victory for Indigenous Peoples in Ecuador
August 08, 2012
Ecosystem Marketplace: This Week In Forest Carbon: We The People
August 06, 2012
The New York Times: Reclaiming the Forests and the Right to Feel Safe
August 03, 2012
Current.com: Women are 'the foot soldiers' of climate change adaptation
August 03, 2012
Reuters AlertNet: Women 'are the foot soldiers of climate change adaptation' - expert
August 02, 2012

July 2012

Reuters TrustLaw: The Word on Women - Impact of Forestland Reforms on Rural Women in China
July 31, 2012
Amazon Watch: Human Rights Court Sets New Standard on Consultation of Indigenous Peoples
July 31, 2012
The Missoulian: International foresters visit Flathead Reservation to study tribes' example
July 30, 2012
Forest Carbon Portal: Norway supports report on role of women in Asia's forests
July 29, 2012
Amazon Watch: Amidst Broken Promises, Indigenous Authorities Detain Belo Monte Dam Engineer
July 26, 2012
ScandAsia: Norway Supports Report on Role of Women in Asia’s Forests
July 25, 2012
TerraDaily: Asia unlikely to achieve climate, poverty goals unless women's rights are recognized
July 24, 2012
Gender cc: Challenges in Securing Women's Forest Tenure and Leadership in Asia
July 24, 2012
IPS: Deck Stacked Against Women’s Land Rights in Asia
July 24, 2012
EcoSeed: Women marginalized in resource management process in Asia –Rights and Resources Initiative
July 24, 2012
Norwegian Embassy in Indonesia: The Norwegian Embassy supports New Suite of Research Reports on Critical Role of Women in Asia’s Forests
July 24, 2012
REDD-Monitor: REDD in the news: 16-22 July 2012
July 23, 2012
EurekAlert: Research warns Asia unlikely to achieve climate, poverty goals unless women's rights are recognized
July 23, 2012
Bikyamsr: In Asia, women’s empowerment key to battling climate change, poverty
July 23, 2012
Science Codex: Asia won't achieve climate, poverty goals unless women's rights are recognized
July 23, 2012
UN Webcast: Struggle in the Amazon: The Clash Between Energy and the Environment
July 20, 2012
The Cutting Edge News: Asia to Achieve Climate, Poverty Goals: Recognize Women's Rights
July 20, 2012
Community Forest Management Blog (Blog do Manejo Florestal Comunitário): Families of the Chico Mendes Reserve receive the license to develop a management plan
July 19, 2012
Blog Do Manejo Florestal Comunitário: Famílias da Reserva Chico Mendes recebem licença para explorar Plano de Manejo (Portuguese)
July 19, 2012
Cameroon Online: Cameroon to protect forests with satellite monitoring
July 18, 2012
New York Times: The Ecology of Disease
July 14, 2012
Vientiane Times: Land issues top public concerns
July 13, 2012
The Huffington Post: Indonesia Palm Oil Firm's Violations Test Government's Environmental Enforcement
July 13, 2012
Bloomberg: Shootout Makes Land Disputes Vietnam’s Priority: Southeast Asia
July 11, 2012
The Guardian: Guatemala farmers losing their land to Europe's demand for biofuels
July 11, 2012
WWF: Emerging trends in land-use conflicts in Cameroon: Overlapping natural resource permits threaten protected areas and foreign direct investment
July 10, 2012
Les guerres des matières premières, nouveau hors-série d'Alternatives Internationales (French)
July 10, 2012
Leaders of Brazilian Movement Opposed to Controversial Belo Monte Dam Threatened with Imprisonment for Lawful Protests
July 09, 2012
Amazon Watch: Amazonian Indigenous Leaders call for Suspension of Construction License for Belo Monte Dam
July 09, 2012
Bolivia: Indígenas de la vigilia por el Tipnis: “estaremos hasta las últimas consecuencias”
July 06, 2012
Science Magazine: Turning Over a New Leaf in China's Forests
July 06, 2012
One World South Asia: Nature's guardians: Odisha’s tribal women save their forest
July 05, 2012
The Guardian: Liberia's hasty forest sell-off risks more conflict
July 05, 2012
CIFOR: Is REDD+ moving too slow? Not necessarily…
July 03, 2012
India Environment Portal: The challenges of securing women’s tenure and leadership for forest management: the Asian experience
July 01, 2012

June 2012

AllAfrica: Africa: Two-Year Study Helps African Communities Resolve Land Conflicts, Protect Rights From Land Grab
June 28, 2012
Al Jazeera: Brazil tribes call for halt to dam project
June 28, 2012
RTCC: Rio+20: Long way to go on road to sustainable development, say NGOs
June 22, 2012
AIPP: RIO+20 - Final draft of the outcome document "recognizes" the importance of the UNDRIP
June 22, 2012
Instituto del Bien Común: La Red Amazónica de Informaciòn Socioambiental lanza el mapa Amazonía 2012
June 21, 2012
The Guardian: Rio+20: the Earth Summit diaries, Thursday 21 June
June 21, 2012
TerraViva: “Sustainable” Development Locks Out Indigenous People
June 21, 2012
Deutsche Welle: Mehr Waldrechte für Ureinwohner (German)
June 20, 2012
Helvetas: Aktuelle Studie zeigt mangelhafte Umsetzung der Schutzrechte für Regenwald-Völker auf (German)
June 20, 2012
Forest Peoples Programme: Indigenous peoples insist on rights-based approaches and respect for traditional knowledge and practices in Rio+20 outcomes
June 20, 2012
The Financial Times: Awareness grows of need to be sustainable
June 20, 2012
FAZ: Der Umweltschutz im "Açaí-Land" fruchtet endlich (German)
June 20, 2012
CIFOR: Nepalese community forestry expert: ‘With green forests comes a green economy’
June 20, 2012
IBNS: The Green Brigade
June 20, 2012
O Dia: Luis A. Ubiñas: Propriedade comunitária da floresta ajuda a todos (Portuguese)
June 20, 2012
IPS: Economia verde: proteção das florestas por comunidades tradicionais (Portuguese)
June 19, 2012
China Radio International: Environment Matters
June 19, 2012
The Guardian Blog: Rio+20's sustainable development goals should reflect today's world
June 19, 2012
The Bengal Post: Women rise to save their forests
June 19, 2012
Forest Tenure Reform- New Resource on Rights for Forest-based Communities
June 18, 2012
REDD+ as an idea is a success but implementing it is fraught with challenges, new global study says
June 18, 2012
Rio+20: New Report Presents Opportunities to Fast Track Transition to Green Economy, Sustainable Development
June 15, 2012
National Geographic News Watch: Natural and Urban Settings Both Need Our Attention
June 15, 2012
Next Billion: Guest Post - A Letter to Rio+20 - Sustainable Development Isn’t Possible Without Land Rights
June 14, 2012
The Kathmandu Post: Seed of hope
June 14, 2012
Indigenous Peoples from Across the World to Convene in Rio de Janiero
June 13, 2012
Nigeria News: Six Ways to Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Development
June 12, 2012
AllAfrica: Six Ways to Secure Land Rights for Sustainable Development
June 12, 2012
TerraNullius: What Rights? Comparing developing countries’ national legislation on community forest tenure rights
June 11, 2012
Reuters Alert News: Climate Conversations - 6 ways to secure land rights for sustainable development
June 11, 2012
AFP: Expectations for the Rio Summit, in quotes
June 11, 2012
Natural Justice: New RRI Report on Forest Tenure Rights
June 08, 2012
Radio France International (Português): Ilha no norte do Brasil é exemplo de exploração sustentável, diz Le Monde
June 07, 2012
Deutsche Welle (Portuguese): Após expulsarem latifundiários, moradores da floresta dão exemplo de sustentabilidade
June 07, 2012
Treehugger: How Land Rights are Turning the World's Rural Poor Into Unexpected Conservationists
June 06, 2012
CSR Asia: Land rights and forest peoples
June 06, 2012
Traditional Knowledge Bulletin: Resource: RRI paper on forest tenure reform since Rio 1992
June 06, 2012
Landscapes for People, Food and Nature Blog: Rights and Resources for Rio
June 06, 2012
IISD Reporting Services: RRI Reviews Forest Tenure Rights of Indigenous Peoples
June 05, 2012
Namati: Comparing Developing Countries’ Legislation on Forest Tenure Rights
June 05, 2012
Ecosystem Marketplace: Indigenous Land Rights on the Rise But Still Short
June 05, 2012
The Huffington Post: Climate Change This Week
June 04, 2012
The Guardian Nigeria: Why community land rights in tropical forests Africa is unenforced=
June 04, 2012
Climate Change Reports: Land Reform Key to Saving Forests, Fighting Climate Change – Study
June 04, 2012
Mongabay: Indigenous rights rising in tropical forests, but big gaps remain
June 04, 2012
Un Nuevo Tiempo: Las leyes sobre las tierras indígenas tropicales limitan el derecho de los pueblos
June 01, 2012
The China Post: Studies show land rights key to preventing deforestation
June 01, 2012
REDD-Monitor.org: Forest tenure rights and REDD: Most laws in Asia and Africa, “meaningless or unenforced”
June 01, 2012
TerraDaily: New study reports rise in community land rights in tropical forests; most laws unenforced
June 01, 2012
Macau Daily Times: Land rights key in increasing forests
June 01, 2012
Mongabay: Hak Masyarakat Asli: Dipahami Negara, Namun Tetap Diabaikan (Bahasa Indonesia)
June 01, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek: Studies show land rights key to saving forests
June 01, 2012
Redd-Monitor: Forest tenure rights and REDD: Most laws in Asia and Africa, “meaningless or unenforced”
June 01, 2012

May 2012

International Herald Tribune/NY Times: This Forest is Our Forest
May 31, 2012
The Washington Post: Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change
May 31, 2012
Agencia EFE: Las leyes sobre las tierras indígenas tropicales limitan el derecho de los pueblos
May 31, 2012
Ciência Hoje: Direitos garantidos? (Portuguese)
May 31, 2012
Thaindian News: Community land rights unenforced in Third World
May 30, 2012
Brasil.gov: Brasil tem situação positiva sobre áreas florestais ocupadas por índios
May 30, 2012
Associated Press: Studies show land rights key to saving forests
May 30, 2012
Bernama Media: World's forest peoples gain rights, but laws are not enforced
May 30, 2012
Deutsche Welle: Brasil lidera em avanço para dar controle de florestas a comunidades locais (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
Agência Brasil: Apesar de aumento de áreas florestais ocupadas por comunidades locais, grupo alerta para risco de retrocesso (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
Terra Nullius: New RRI report (and upcoming guest post) on community land rights in tropical forests
May 30, 2012
Agrosoft Brasil: No interior da Amazônia, ribeirinhos se sentem traídos com novo Código Florestal (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
CAPRi: Global Analyses of Tenure Reform and Impacts Since the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
May 30, 2012
Yahoo! finance: Studies show land rights key to saving forests
May 30, 2012
Modern Ghana: Tropical Forests Community Land Rights Increase in Developing Nations
May 30, 2012
Época NEGÓCIOS: DIREITO À TERRA FOI UM DOS RESULTADOS DA RIO-92 (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
Folha Vitoria: Direito à terra foi um dos resultados definidos na Rio-92 (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
CBS News: Studies show land rights key to saving forests
May 30, 2012
New Kerala: Community land rights unenforced in Third World
May 30, 2012
Correio do Brasil: Áreas florestais ocupadas por comunidades locais cresce mas grupo alerta para risco de retrocesso (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
Correio do Brasil: Áreas florestais ocupadas por comunidades locais cresce mas grupo alerta para risco de retrocesso (Portuguese)
May 30, 2012
Washington Post: Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change
May 30, 2012
The Republic: Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change
May 30, 2012
Studie: Schutz der Tropenwälder existiert vor allem auf dem Papier (German)
May 30, 2012
Teletipos: Las leyes sobre las tierras indígenas tropicales limitan el derecho de los pueblos
May 30, 2012
India Blooms News Service: Unenforced laws undermine forest people's rights: Study
May 30, 2012
AP: Studies show land rights key to saving forests
May 30, 2012
Studie: Mehr Rechte für Regenwald-Völker, aber Gesetze oft zahnlos
May 30, 2012
Indo-Asian News Service: Community land rights unenforced in Third World
May 30, 2012
AP: Brazil’s leader vetoes parts of bill that weakens benchmark law protecting Amazon rainforest
May 25, 2012
Reuters: U.N. warns agrofuel growth may breach human rights
May 25, 2012
Climate and Land Use Alliance: Community Forest Management
May 24, 2012
OOSKAnews: World Bank, G20 Urged to Make Infrastructure Work for World’s Poor
May 23, 2012
Deutsche Welle: In Cambodia, protesting logging gets deadly
May 21, 2012
Inter Press Service: World Bank Accused of Ignoring Lessons on Mega Infrastructure
May 18, 2012
Mongabay.com: Up to 20% of humanity directly dependent on forests
May 17, 2012
Declaration of Indigenous Peoples of Africa on Sustainable Development and Rio+20
May 17, 2012
Colombian Court Upholds Rights of Indigenous Community
May 17, 2012
Native People of El Salvador Finally Gain Recognition
May 15, 2012
ThinkProgress: Open Thread Plus African Land Grab Cartoon
May 14, 2012
Public Statement of Protest and Letter to Government from Indigenous Peoples from Costa Rica
May 14, 2012
FAO Approves Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security
May 11, 2012
Inter Press Service: Struggles over Land Rights Fall Under the Rio+20 Radar
May 10, 2012
Red MOCAF: Mexican senate approves legal reforms, strengthening forest communities' rights to forest carbon
May 08, 2012
La Jornada: Organizing in indigenous communities under policy that favors security
May 08, 2012
Mongabay: Cambodia Suspends Economic Land Concessions
May 07, 2012
Nature: Brazil set to cut forest protection
May 01, 2012

April 2012

Land Portal: New data on large-scale land deals shows land acquisition not a "bubble"
April 27, 2012
Women News Network: Indigenous forest peoples worldwide seek greater inclusion
April 26, 2012
Kathmandu Post: Ineffective forest law mars timber corporation
April 26, 2012
BBC: Brazil's Congress approves controversial forest law
April 26, 2012
Kathmandu Post: Forest conservationist in Nepal undeterred by brutal attack
April 24, 2012
BBC Interview with Luiz Carlos Joels, former director of the Brazilian Forest Service
April 24, 2012
National Geographic Channel: Greenpeace and NatGeo present "La Revolución Forestal" in Mexico
April 23, 2012
Treehugger: From Fracking to Water Rights: How Foregin Interests are Cleaning Out Africa
April 23, 2012
Jakarta Globe: Indigenous People Want to Have a Say in What’s Happening to Their Lands
April 23, 2012
República: Forest Encroachers Attack Conservationist
April 22, 2012
Razão Social: Interview with RRI's Jeffrey Hatcher (Portuguese)
April 19, 2012
Al Jazeera English: The significance of indigenous mobilisations
April 19, 2012
Forest Trends: Indigenous group becomes first to earn carbon credits under internationally certified standards
April 18, 2012
Redd-Monitor: Interview with Bernadinus Steni, HuMa: “REDD should be a way of supporting and strengthening the tenure of local communities and indigenous peoples that manage forests sustainably”
April 17, 2012
The Guardian: The Rio+20 Earth Summit must back peasant farmers on land rights
April 17, 2012
Cameroon's 1994 Forestry Law - review process under way (French)
April 16, 2012
IRIN: LAOS-Communal land titles could save more than forests
April 16, 2012
National Geographic: Traditional Slash and Burn Agriculture Sustainable Solution to Climate Change
April 13, 2012
SciDev Net: Indigenous Brazilian group certified to trade carbon credits
April 13, 2012
Inter Press Service: Brazil is a Model for the Rights of Forest Communities
April 10, 2012
REDD-Monitor: NGOs demand that Forest Investment Program in Indonesia is postponed until demands are met
April 06, 2012
Kathmandu Post - Goverment Mulls Over Reducing Rights of Community Forestry Users
April 06, 2012
The struggle for indigenous and peasant land rights in Guatemala
April 03, 2012
The Guardian: Chinese villagers clash with police in land-grab protests
April 03, 2012
Inter Press Service - Payments for Environmental SIPS: Rural Women in Mexico
April 02, 2012
Redd-Monitor: Interview with Hasbi Berliani, Joko Waluyo and Avi Mahaningtyas, Kemitraan: “REDD is challenging, but we’re optimists”
April 02, 2012

March 2012

Presentación del Anteproyecto de "Ley de Desarrollo Integral de la Amazonía
March 28, 2012
SAPA/ AFP - Foreign Buying of Farms Explosive
March 25, 2012
Kathmandu Post: Multi-million dollar forestry program courts controversy
March 20, 2012
Deforestation rates double in the Congo Basin
March 20, 2012
Redd-Monitor: Interview with Chip Fay and Steve Rhee, Climate Land Use Alliance: “It’s about land use rationalisation based on the recognition of rights of local communities”
March 14, 2012
United Nations University: Bali declaration calls for palm oil justice
March 09, 2012
Humanitarian News: Turning Point: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order?
March 06, 2012
The Guardian: What should companies do when states offer prime lands on a platter?
March 06, 2012
CNN: Brazil vote sparks fears for future of rainforest
March 05, 2012
The Economist: A Fall to Cheer
March 03, 2012
The Guardian: How African governments allow farmers to be pushed off their land
March 02, 2012

February 2012

Peace and Conflict Monitor: Africa for Sale-The Land Grab Landmine
February 29, 2012
allAfrica: Liberia:The Plantation Blues
February 29, 2012
Nepali Times: Uprooting Grassroots Democracy
February 24, 2012
República: Nurturing Nature
February 24, 2012
Nepali Times: Don't fix what ain't broke
February 24, 2012
Nations Commit to Scaling up Environmental Sustainability in UNEP's 40th Anniversary Year
February 23, 2012
TIME: Land Wars: Indonesia Unrest Shows Risks of Resource-Led Growth
February 19, 2012
Yale Environment 360: Busting the Forest Myths: People as Part of the Solution
February 16, 2012
Responding to Climate Change: Interview with Cecile Ndjebet from REFACOF on women's rights to land in Cameroon
February 16, 2012
Policymic: Weak Land Rights in Africa Make Way for a New Type of Colonialism
February 16, 2012
Reuters AlertNet: Village management turns around Nepal's forests
February 14, 2012
AFP: Cameroun - une ONG dénonce un projet de culture de palmier à huile
February 14, 2012
Trust.org: The Word on Women - Africa’s Latest Land Rush: The Effect Of Land Grabs On Women’s Rights
February 13, 2012
BBC World News: Live interview with Andy White, 1 Feb 2012
February 13, 2012
The Guardian: Rio+20 shows little sign of living up to original earth summit
February 09, 2012
Terra Nullius Blog: Investment-related conflict in South Sudan: contested rights and the power of information
February 09, 2012
Terra Eco: Comment on accapare les terres de l’Afrique
February 08, 2012
Indigenous Ngäbe Bugle face violent State repression in Panama
February 08, 2012
Africa Business: Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Response to Sime Darby Berhard’s Claim of “False and Inaccurate Reports on Liberian Operations”
February 08, 2012
Declaration by Indigenous Peoples of Honduras on National REDD+ Activities
February 08, 2012
RECOFTC blog: Proposed Forest Act amendment could derail community forestry in Nepal
February 07, 2012
Kathmandu Post: CIAA probe confirms massive deforestation in Far-West
February 06, 2012
National Geographic: New Global Land Rush Trampling Human Rights
February 06, 2012
United Press International: Africa land grabs 'could cause conflicts'
February 03, 2012
Redd-Monitor.org: Turning Point: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order?
February 02, 2012
Daily Trust (Nigeria): Africa: Weak Land Rights Promote Land Rush
February 02, 2012
Forest Carbon Portal: Turning Point: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order?
February 02, 2012
Prensa Latina: Land Sales Propel Civil Wars, Experts Warn
February 01, 2012
The Guardian: Global Land Grab Could Trigger Conflict, Report Says
February 01, 2012
Reuters AlertNet: Weak land rights in Africa fuel potential for conflicts
February 01, 2012
Radio France International: Les droits fonciers des communautés africaines en danger
February 01, 2012
Bloomberg: Africa Land Purchases May Spark Rights Discord, Group Says
February 01, 2012
Voice of America: Lack of Land Rights Could Lead to Land Rush
February 01, 2012
Associated Press: Liberian residents say foreign firm threatens their land rights
February 01, 2012
Science Codex : Warning of unrest, new study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa
February 01, 2012
Nature: African Land Grabs Hinder Sustainable Development
February 01, 2012

January 2012

New York Times: Rural Land Grabs (Letter to the Editor)
January 29, 2012
REDD+ Payments and the Limitations of Opportunity Cost Approaches
January 29, 2012

December 2011

Grain.org: GRAIN calls for end to land grabbing at Swedish Parliament
December 15, 2011
REDD-Monitor.org: Investing in Communities is the most effective way of reducing deforestation
December 15, 2011
Anthropology News: Forest Tenure Reform in Indonesia
December 09, 2011
New Scientist News: Durban 2011 - Urgent warning on tropical deforestation
December 08, 2011
UN-REDD News: Central African and Donor Partner Countries Announce a Joint Declaration of Intent on REDD+ in the Congo Basin
December 07, 2011
Antara News: Rights Body Proposes Special Board to Handle Land Disputes
December 02, 2011

November 2011

EIA International: Villagers Face Off Against Palm Oil Firm's Bulldozers
November 28, 2011
CIFOR Forests Blog: Fears About Community Rights Under REDD+ Are Justified Despite Tenure Reforms
November 21, 2011
BBC News: Brazil Indigenous Guarani Leader Lisio Gomes Killed
November 21, 2011

October 2011

BBC: Interview with Nigerian forest activist, Odigha Odigha
October 25, 2011
World Resources Institute: Announcing the World Resources Report 2010-2011
October 20, 2011
CCMIN : Eleventh RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
October 17, 2011
Reuters AlertNet: Forest protection efforts faltering
October 12, 2011
Mongabay: Should Public or Private Money Finance Efforts to Save Forests? Two Experts Weigh In
October 12, 2011
Forest Carbon Asia: 11th RRI Dialogue on Forests Begins
October 11, 2011
Ecosystem Marketplace: 11th RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change Tomorrow
October 11, 2011
Down to Earth: Forest Department is the Encroacher
October 04, 2011
IPS News: Women Left Out of U.N. Forest Plan
October 04, 2011
Reuters AlertNet: Uprooting Families to Save Trees
October 04, 2011
The International: Developing Countries United Under UN Agency to Counter Deforestation
October 03, 2011

September 2011

CIFOR: President Calls on Businesses to Unite and Protect Indonesia's Forests
September 28, 2011
Guardian: Oxfam warns of spiraling land grab in developing countries
September 22, 2011
The New York Times: In Honduras, Land Struggles Highlight Post-Coup Polarization
September 20, 2011

August 2011

NPR: A Battle Is Under Way For The Forests Of Borneo
August 22, 2011
Deutsche Welle: Indigenous Indonesians Fear Forest Sell-Off
August 16, 2011
Deutsche Welle: Forest groups say Indonesia should look to Chinese model
August 15, 2011
REDD-Monitor: Guest Post: Women Remain Outside the Global Forest Estate
August 11, 2011
UN: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
August 09, 2011
Reuters AlertNet: Jakarta Must Set Up Forest Bodies to Unblock Aid - Norway
August 01, 2011
Africa Review: Cameroon Meeting Declares Women's Interests in Land
August 01, 2011

July 2011

NY Times: New Rule Would Allow Tribes to Gather Plants, Minerals From National Parks
July 28, 2011
US Department of State: Joint Statement of the Second Indonesia-U.S. Joint Commission Meeting Bali, Indonesia
July 27, 2011
Missoulian: Foresters from Around World Studying Montana Timber Management
July 26, 2011
Missoulian: International Forest Managers Heading to Lubrecht to Learn about Montana's Management Policies
July 25, 2011
IPS: Indonesians Await Forest Tenure Reform
July 22, 2011
IPS: 'Participatory Map Vital for Indonesia’s Environment Plans'
July 22, 2011
Development and Change: ‘The Law is to Blame’: The Vulnerable Status of Common Property Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 21, 2011
Forest Carbon Asia: UPK4 Kuntoro’s Keynote Speech on Tenure Reform in RI
July 19, 2011
ClimateWire: Indonesia Announces 'Unprecedented' Expansion of Land Rights
July 18, 2011
NCN Guyana: Forest ownership can significantly improve people’s lives - FAO
July 15, 2011
Reuters AlertNet: Forest Carbon Rights for Poor at Risk – Study
July 15, 2011
Asia Times Online: Jakarta rethinks forest policy
July 15, 2011
Terra Daily: Lack of Meaningful Land Rights Threaten Indonesian Forests
July 14, 2011
IPS: Activists Press for Gender Equality in Forest Tenure Reforms
July 14, 2011
Reuters AlertNet: Indonesia pledges to resolve forest land conflicts
July 13, 2011
AFP: Indonesia's pledge to forest people welcomed
July 13, 2011
Eco-Business: Forestry experts say forest communities have the best hope of sustainably managing the world's forests
July 13, 2011
Mongabay.com: Indonesia to recognize rights of forest communities, indigenous peoples
July 13, 2011
IPS: Expanding Land Rights to Boost Growth, Cut Emissions
July 13, 2011
ASIA: Indigenous People gain greater forest rights
July 12, 2011
Forestry and Development: Carbon Markets Contracting
July 11, 2011
EKantipur.com: Forest Ministry Withdraws Amendment Bill
July 11, 2011
Mongabay: Community Control, Rather than Government Control, Helps Forests Recover, Says Study
July 07, 2011
UEA Debate: Does REDD+ make international forestry more just?
July 06, 2011

June 2011

Guardian UK: Forests in danger as study warns UN funding is unlikely
June 28, 2011
Nature: Misconceptions About Forest-Dwellers Overturned
June 20, 2011
SIFI: Institutional Reform, ‘Quality’ Growth, May Help Sustain World’s Natural Resources
June 13, 2011
ICTSD: Sustainable Tropical Forest Initiatives Receive Mixed Report
June 13, 2011
Discovery News: Protection Gives Mighty Boost to Few Forests
June 09, 2011
BBC: Tropical Forests "Better Managed"
June 08, 2011
Financial Times: Sustainable forests rise by 50%, says study
June 08, 2011
Mongabay: 90% of Tropical Forests Managed Poorly or Not at All
June 07, 2011
TIME: Good News and Bad News for the World's Tropical Forests
June 07, 2011
The Himalayan Times: Minister Joshi Hints to Scrape Second Amendment of Forest Act
June 03, 2011

May 2011

IWGIA: The Indigenous World 2011
May 31, 2011
White House: US-UK Partnership for Global Development
May 31, 2011
BBC: Brazil Eases Rules on Conserving Amazon Rainforest
May 26, 2011
REDD-Monitor: Interview with Andy White, Rights and Resources Initiative
May 24, 2011
UN: Tenth Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
May 18, 2011
Amazonian Indigenous Organizations Define Position on REDD+
May 06, 2011

April 2011

Washington Post: Global Well-Being: Rooted in the World's Forests
April 28, 2011
FIAN International: United Nations under Pressure to Denounce Human Rights Abuses in Carbon Offsetting Scheme
April 21, 2011
Mongabay: Scientists urge Papua New Guinea to declare moratorium on massive forest clearing
April 20, 2011
The Himalayan Times: Forest Act Amendment Bill in Limbo
April 18, 2011
Nairobi Star: Shamba System Good for Forests, Experts Says
April 14, 2011
TIME: Palm Oil Plantations Equal Deforestation
April 13, 2011
Hindustan Times: 10,000 Tribals March into City for Land Rights
April 13, 2011
Phnom Penh Post: SRP to Lodge Prey Lang Complaint
April 13, 2011

March 2011

Mongabay: Involving Communities in Forest Governance Boosts Biodiversity, Local Income
March 30, 2011
Police and Army in Peru convicted in "Baguazo" clash
March 28, 2011
Nature: Cash Alone Will Not Slow Forest Carbon Emissions
March 16, 2011
Dartmouth College: Climate Justice Research Project Scholarly Note
March 14, 2011
Deutsche Welle Radio: Giving Forest Dwellers a Greater Say Over Their Territory
March 03, 2011
Collective Partnership on Forests via CIFOR: Climate change highlights need for women to take greater role in forest management, experts say ahead of International Women's Day
March 02, 2011
DFID: Rights and tenure highlighted as priority items in new UK aid report
March 02, 2011

February 2011

AFP: Mexico's forest dwellers carve out a future in trees
February 22, 2011
International Land Coalition: Top Forestry Experts at London Event Present Evidence, Warn of Further Displacements and Land Grabs in 2011
February 22, 2011
Mongabay.com: Slow but steady progress on recognizing indigenous land rights is interrupted by commodity boom
February 10, 2011
Mongabay.com: Rising land, food prices cause recognition of indigenous peoples' rights to stagnate
February 09, 2011
Nature: Land Grabs Intensify as Local Rights Are Disregarded
February 09, 2011
Reuters UK: Keeping forest dwellers involved in forest protection and REDD
February 08, 2011
TreeHugger.com: Indigenous Communities Fighting For Land Rights More Than Ever - Governments & Corporations Fighting Back
February 08, 2011
Financial Times: Tackle Export Bans To Ease Food Crisis
February 03, 2011
Guardian UK: Brazilian president's promises crumble under weight of Belo Monte dam
February 01, 2011

January 2011

IUCN Press Release
January 14, 2011
Slow Death by Carbon Credits: Indigenous peoples can suffer from pollution compensation plan
January 11, 2011
Mexico, the Leader in Community Forest Management
January 11, 2011
CONGO: New law to protect rights of indigenous peoples
January 07, 2011
Tree-conomics
January 03, 2011
Growing a Forest, and Harvesting Jobs
January 03, 2011

December 2010

Community forests show the way forward at Cancun climate talks
December 09, 2010
Forest plan hangs in balance at climate conference
December 09, 2010
The Guardian: Cancún climate change summit: One lesson not to learn from Mexico
December 03, 2010
Mexican foresters invoke less destructive logging
December 03, 2010
REDD: The Realities in Black and White
December 02, 2010
To save forests, women call for inclusion in REDD talks
December 01, 2010

November 2010

Huffington Post: At Global Climate Change Talks, an Answer Grows Right Outside
November 29, 2010
In Mexico, Sustainable Forest Management as a Strategy to Combat Climate Change
November 24, 2010
New York Times reports on recent RRI partnership in Mexico
November 23, 2010
Canada endorses United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
November 12, 2010

October 2010

An Open Letter on Tropical Forest Conservation
October 26, 2010
First Nations of Canada welcome historic forestry agreements
October 15, 2010

September 2010

Bank Information Center launchs new Forest resource
September 23, 2010
Forest finance side steps UNFCCC process
September 23, 2010

August 2010

Report Finds Peruvian Amazon Oversight Lacking
August 03, 2010

July 2010

Reforestation Efforts in Haiti
July 28, 2010
Land Reform Benefits Pakistani Women
July 14, 2010
Peruvian President Vetoes Conservation Bill for Indigenous Peoples
July 08, 2010

June 2010

Accra Caucus Report on Rights in Forests
June 30, 2010
New Report examines land grabbing in Africa
June 29, 2010
Ugandan Government Agrees to Customary Land Tenure Reform
June 17, 2010
"Investment Promotion Law" allows foreigners to invest in residential land in Lao PDR
June 08, 2010
In Papua New Guinea, indigenous peoples' land rights revoked
June 07, 2010

May 2010

Central African Republic ratifies ILO Convention No. 169
May 05, 2010
New forest tenure act introduced in Canada
May 03, 2010

April 2010

Implementation of India's Forest Rights Act deemed ineffective
April 28, 2010
RRI Annual Report featured on chinadialogue
April 20, 2010
UNDRIP endorsed by New Zealand and under review by the United States
April 20, 2010

December 2009

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
CIRAD Perspective: Questioning REDD markets, highlighting rights
December 01, 2009

October 2009

Effectiveness of indigenous forest management highlighted in World Bank report
October 28, 2009
Local workshop presents key recommendations on India's Forest Rights Act
October 06, 2009

September 2009

IFC Agrees to Halt Palm Oil Funding Following Global Critique
September 17, 2009
Spears vs Bulldozers in Borneo
September 02, 2009

August 2009

Latin America's Indigenous Peoples Grapple with Climate Change
August 05, 2009
Debates in Brazil Over Corporate Role in Deforestation
August 04, 2009

July 2009

Kenya moves toward new land policy
July 17, 2009
African Union adopts land policy declaration
July 13, 2009

June 2009

Forest and resource tenure at the heart of clashes in Peru
June 15, 2009
Early warning signs in forest carbon market
June 10, 2009
Small Island States champion UN vote linking climate change and security
June 04, 2009
British Columbia moves forward ‘New Relationship’ with First Nations
June 02, 2009

May 2009

Reflecting on Conservation's past
May 26, 2009
Malaysian court upholds Native Customary Rights
May 06, 2009

April 2009

Australia adopts UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
April 07, 2009

March 2009

In Indonesia, UN committee concerned over forest peoples’ land rights under REDD
March 25, 2009
As Raposa Serra do Sol is protected, precedent is set for indigenous land tenure
March 20, 2009
Australia’s Aborigines compelled to give up land tenure for state housing assistance
March 06, 2009

February 2009

Colombia's Awá indigenous people become target of violent political faction
February 23, 2009
Forest livelihoods in Thailand threatened by ill-defined land rights
February 17, 2009
Indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol await final decision on historic land struggle
February 03, 2009

January 2009

Indigenous Peruvians decry violation of rights in new forest law
January 22, 2009
Malaysia’s indigenous Orang Asli continue struggle for customary lands
January 05, 2009

December 2008

Awas Tingni people finally receive land title from the Government of Nicaragua
December 18, 2008
An Expert Group on Indigenous Peoples in the UNFCCC?
December 08, 2008
Brazil on the cusp of passing Policy on Family and Community Forestry
December 04, 2008
Cambodia advances community-managed forestry
December 03, 2008
Who profits from current global land grab?
December 01, 2008

November 2008

Friends of the Earth report links REDD and rights
November 24, 2008
Indigenous peoples continue to be marginalized in climate negotiations
November 20, 2008
Land encroachment threatens Nepalese forest communities
November 05, 2008

October 2008

PNG Supreme Court rules Rimbunan Hijau concessions illegal
October 29, 2008
Ecuador passes new Constitution acknowledging indigenous rights
October 23, 2008
Chinese goverment announces pro-growth land policy for rural farmers
October 19, 2008
Historic forestry settlement redresses Māori land claims
October 01, 2008

September 2008

Indigenous groups wary of post-Kyoto agreement
September 25, 2008
Indigenous Peoples in Peru protest government-backed land grab
September 23, 2008

August 2008

Forests & Carbon Markets: Exacerbating the land grab?
August 21, 2008
RightsLINK Lao - new initiative to strengthen governance of land and natural resources in Lao PDR
August 05, 2008
Government of Liberia puts forest reforms in jeopardy
August 01, 2008

July 2008

China announces household contract system for collective forests
July 28, 2008
Land siezures in Cambodia threaten the poor
July 27, 2008
New studies predict record land grab in poor, forested countries, as demand soars for new sources of food, energy and wood fiber
July 15, 2008
New Study: Deforestation increasingly driven by industrial agriculture in Latin America and Asia
July 03, 2008

June 2008

Via Campesina report: agro-fuels threaten smallholders and the environment
June 25, 2008
Indonesia: Provincial Government Signs REDD Carbon Deal
June 03, 2008

May 2008

Seeking pro-poor and people-centered responses to climate change
May 27, 2008
Indigenous Peoples decry carbon trading endorsement
May 09, 2008
Devolved land governance - key to tackling land issues in Kenya?
May 02, 2008

April 2008

DRC: Forest peoples use technology to secure their lands
April 28, 2008
Indigenous leaders demand representation in climate change mitigation efforts
April 26, 2008
For whom should we conserve the forests?
April 21, 2008
Lawlessness in the Brazilian Amazon threatens people and forests
April 18, 2008
Lao: Demand for land fuels economic growth, at the expense of locals' livelihoods
April 15, 2008
"The Last Great Land Grab" threatens forest dwellers and indigenous peoples
April 11, 2008
International Alliance of Forest Peoples demands representation for forest dwellers in climate negotiations
April 08, 2008
Agrofuel projects threaten Mozambique's forests
April 07, 2008
Indian Tribals call for recognition of rights to land and livelihoods
April 04, 2008

March 2008

NFFPFW condemns violent conflict in the Indian forest
March 29, 2008
Peruvian community leader murdered by illegal loggers
March 28, 2008
India’s Forest Rights Act
March 21, 2008
Thailand's Community Forest Bill: Jeopardizing rights and livelihoods?
March 14, 2008
Namibia: Community forests a boon
March 10, 2008
India: conflict as locals occupy forest land in Gujarat
March 04, 2008

February 2008

How community forest enterprises can lead the way on poverty reduction and avoided deforestation
February 29, 2008
John Vidal on 'the great green land grab'
February 15, 2008
Climate change in Indonesia: Respecting the rights of indigenous people
February 12, 2008
Wangari Maathai - on equal distribution of land and natural resources
February 08, 2008
BBC asks: Is land ownership at the root of Africa's problems?
February 07, 2008
So who owns Liberia's forest?
February 05, 2008

January 2008

Demand for food, fuel and fiber drive accelerated deforestation of the Amazon Basin
January 25, 2008
Indigenous community in Chile receives title to rare araucaria forest
January 22, 2008
UNFCCC Conference results present both opportunities and challenges
January 11, 2008
Household forestry in China gives tenure to millions
January 09, 2008
Balancing climate strategies with community needs
January 03, 2008
The Thailand Community Forest Bill
January 03, 2008

December 2007

World Bank admits ommissions in forestry reforms in the Congo
December 30, 2007
DFID announces major support for RRI through 2012
December 19, 2007
World Bank admits ommissions in forestry reforms in the Congo
December 10, 2007
First Nations in British Columbia secure land rights in court and treaty negotiations
December 07, 2007
Villagers help expose illegal logging in Indonesia
December 03, 2007

November 2007

Community forestry bill passed in Thailand
November 29, 2007
ITTO pledges new support for community forestry
November 26, 2007
Globalization of Conservation: A View from the South
November 23, 2007
Despite progress, forest tenure remains insecure in Philippines
November 20, 2007
Deforestation Credited for Malaria Resurgence in Peru
November 08, 2007
Landmark Legal Victory for Indigenous Land Rights in Belize
November 02, 2007

October 2007

Massive California Fires Consistent With Climate Change, Experts Say
October 24, 2007
Deforestation and double standards
October 22, 2007
Logging with care in Congo
October 15, 2007
Deforestation increases flooding risks
October 10, 2007
Official watchdog condemns World Bank's role in Africa's great rainforest
October 04, 2007
Meeting at UN, tropical rainforest countries urge action on climate change
October 03, 2007
East Africa: Ecotourism, Suicide Or Development?
October 02, 2007

September 2007

Forest nations want billions for not logging
September 25, 2007
Science for the poor in the Brazilian Amazon
September 20, 2007
United Nations adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples
September 14, 2007
Community-based stewardship: a paradigm shift in the United States
September 12, 2007
Deforestation makes hurricanes more dangerous
September 11, 2007

August 2007

Conservation vs. Livelihoods?
August 27, 2007
Governments must axe their hold on the forests
August 16, 2007

July 2007

Report finds forest enterprises stifled by red tape, putting forests, incomes at risk
July 20, 2007
RRI Brazil conference on community forestry in the media
July 17, 2007
China's demand for recycled wastepaper: A blessing and a curse for the world's forests
July 16, 2007
In Amazonia, defending the hidden tribes
July 10, 2007
Avoided Deforestation and the rights of indigenous and local communities
July 09, 2007
Forest reform: advancing in China, lagging in India
July 06, 2007

June 2007

Too many trees in the forest
June 28, 2007
Environmental degradation triggering tensions and conflict in Sudan
June 25, 2007
Mozambique: Inventory of forest fesources Unveiled
June 21, 2007
Conservation and Human Rights
June 18, 2007
Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe
June 15, 2007
Forests offer more than wood
June 13, 2007
Forest dwellers protest evictions in India
June 08, 2007
Environmental NGO forum calls for "forest cutting interval" to save Indonesia forests
June 07, 2007
Forest ownership matters in Madagascar
June 04, 2007

May 2007

Community forest management in Mexico reduces poverty while conserving natural resources
May 21, 2007
Georgia: Forest reform draws fire from NGOs and World Bank
May 17, 2007
Lao PDR: Government suspends land concessions
May 09, 2007
The role of American and European consumption in tropical deforestation
May 09, 2007
42nd session of ITTC and CSAG event
May 09, 2007
Governor of Amazonas advocates sustainable development at Peoples of the Forest seminar
May 07, 2007
Study: Forest regeneration in Madagascar depends on strong local institutions and property rights
May 03, 2007

April 2007

Community Forestry at the UNFF
April 26, 2007
India: Use of violence against tribal communities draws protest
April 25, 2007
Central African indigenous people protest "cultural genocide"
April 24, 2007
Forests to stop the desert in Israel
April 19, 2007
Uganda: Forest riots spark new racial unrest
April 18, 2007
United Nations Forum on Forests - New York April 16-27
April 17, 2007
Carving up the Congo - Greenpeace report
April 12, 2007
Peru adopts new economic model for Amazonian timber industry
April 10, 2007
The Economist: Cambodian forests and China
April 06, 2007
Palm Oil: Friend or Foe?
April 05, 2007
Malaysia: Forest nomads stop loggers
April 04, 2007
Forests in Post Conflict Democratic Republic of Congo
April 03, 2007
Corruption Stains Timber Trade - Washington Post
April 02, 2007

March 2007

Brazil tells Indians: Log on to save the Amazon
March 30, 2007
India: Development preys on Mumbai's urban forest
March 29, 2007
Uganda: From Trees to Sugarcane - the Implications of Mabira Giveaway
March 28, 2007
Illegal Logging: Law Enforcement, Livelihoods and the Timber Trade
March 22, 2007
Happy World Forestry Day!
March 21, 2007
Ethiopia: Positive Results Seen in Participatory Forest Management
March 20, 2007
New York Times: Forest Conflict in Chhattisgarh
March 19, 2007
Forests and the Millennium Development Goals
March 16, 2007
War in the Heart of India
March 09, 2007
Violence in the Forest: Tenure and Conflict in Mato Grosso
March 08, 2007
Community Forestry and Tenure in the UNFF Secretariat Online Forum
March 06, 2007
12-17 March 2007: Meetings in Yaounde, Cameroon
March 06, 2007

February 2007

Niger: Community investment in planting trees stems desertification
February 12, 2007

January 2007

New York Times: Brazil Gambles on Monitoring of Amazon Loggers
January 14, 2007
Brazil: Leaders of the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau Indigenous Land request an emergency solution
January 10, 2007

December 2006

Rights and Resources in dialogue with US Forest Service leadership
December 12, 2006

November 2006

IHT: Nepalese community receives management rights for conservation area
November 16, 2006
CSAG presents RRI
November 10, 2006

October 2006

Policy leaders from mega-forested countries meet in Pennsylvania: 17 - 19 October 2006
October 20, 2006

September 2006

Forest Plantations: the good, the bad and the ugly
September 30, 2006
Central American community leaders meet in San Jose, Costa Rica: 25-27 September 2006
September 27, 2006

May 2006

Course takes the heat out of village disagreements
May 22, 2006

April 2006

Unlocking opportunities for forest dependent people
April 03, 2006
Forest income in India--US$ 2 billion in 2020
April 03, 2006

March 2006

Chinese State Forest Administration announces forest sector reform in 2006
March 23, 2006
Logging, Legality and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea
March 01, 2006

January 2006

Forest Conservation and Poverty Reduction: the hunt for synergies
January 26, 2006
Cameroon's local forest management out on a limb
January 01, 2006

Suggested Resources

Appuyer les petites entreprises forestieres: Boite a outils du facilitateur
IIED et al
Re-Framing REDD+
Dan Nepstad, IPAM et al
Supporting small forest enterprises: A facilitator's toolkit
IIED et al

Rights & Tenure in the News »

Forests in Post Conflict Democratic Republic of Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is part of the world's second-largest tropical forest (following the Amazon.) Decades of internal conflict have taken a toll on the forested areas, and the new democratically elected government is struggling to implement necessary reforms in forest tenure and exploitation. Many hope that this critical time will provide the opportunity to finally address this problem.

A conference on sustainable management of the Congolese forests held in Brussels in February reaffirmed the international commitment to the reform process. More>> (in French). And the United Kingdom promised $100 million to the conservation of the Congo Basin. More>> (in French).

CIFOR, a RRI partner, recently published a report with the World Bank and CIRAD synthesizing the current issues of forests in Congo. It is available on the CIFOR website

in English and in French.

Posted By Anne-Sophie Samjee at 1:44pm on April 03, 2007

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