Archived Postings

• Mongabay: Court ruling invalidates Indonesian govt's claim to customary forest areas
  May 21, 2013
• The Guardian: Peru spares Amazon rainforest from oil and gas push
  May 21, 2013
• Women News Network: Indonesia Court decision hopes to bring land rights back to the indigenous
  May 21, 2013
• The Southern Times: How land grabs hurt Africa
  May 20, 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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