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The 14th Dialogue on “Forests” Governance and Climate Change: Extractive Industry” communities and territorial rights – Implications for poverty reduction and climate change” is being organised by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) in collaboration with Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad.

The RRI Latin America Dialogue on the extractive industries” communities” and territorial rights is intended to offer a space to constructively evaluate the relationship between these issues and to identify innovative manners through which civil society” business” NGOs” and governments can discuss common approaches to address risks and opportunities from the extractive industries for people’s well-being and the sustainability of forests.

The Dialogue will tackle the following issues: the boom in the extractive industries in Latin America; its implications for climate change policies” forests and collective rights; environmental” economic” and social challenges of mining; the mechanisms for the promotion of forest rights; new focus and lessons learned to promote positive changes.

The Dialogue will take place 21-22 March at Centro de Convenciones Compensar in Bogotá” Colombia. The agenda and other details will be available soon. This event will be conducted in Spanish (no English translation will be available on site). It will be webcast live in English and Spanish. Learn more about the event.