RRI held a panel event on the trends shaping rural lands and lives on February 1″ 2012 at the London Royal Society. At the event RRI released its 2011-2012 annual review on the state of rights and resources titled” TURNING POINT: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order?

The event also featured reports from RRI Fellow Liz Alden Wily titled” Rights to Resources in Crisis: Reviewing the fate of customary tenure in Africa.