Mongabay: Cambodia Suspends Economic Land Concessions
As written by Jeremy Hance on May 7″ 2012 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced today that Cambodia would be temporarily suspending new economic land…
ForestAction Nepal: Annual Report 2011
The ForestAction Nepal 2011 Annual Report Message from the Chairperson I am glad to share that with scholarly research and deliberative policy dialogue”ForestAction has been…
Nature: Brazil set to cut forest protection
Environmentalists pin hopes on presidential veto to reduce harmful impact of weakened legislation. The sound of chainsaws in the Amazon rainforest has faded in recent…
RRI First Quarter Newsletter: January-March” 2012
(To see the full list of RRI impacts and activities from January to March” click here) Dear Colleagues and Friends” As global financial forces thrust…
Land Portal: New data on large-scale land deals shows land acquisition not a “bubble”
Re-posted from the Land Matrix press release: Today a new report and
Women News Network: Indigenous forest peoples worldwide seek greater inclusion
As posted on WNN on April 26″ 2012 (WNN) Moreton-in-Marsh” ENGLAND: With a combined effort to ensure policies that promote the inclusion of indigenous people…
Kathmandu Post: Ineffective forest law mars timber corporation
As written by Samik Kharel on April 26″ 2012 The customers are suffering due to the ineffective distribution system of the Timber Corporation Nepal (TCN)….
Kathmandu Post: Forest conservationist in Nepal undeterred by brutal attack
As seen on Kathmandu PostShe became the chairperson of Madhuban Community Forest of Malakheti VDC-6 at a time when no one was willing to take…
BBC Interview with Luiz Carlos Joels” former director of the Brazilian Forest Service
Interview available at minute 44:30 on the BBC iPlayer The interview regards the controversial legislation to change the Brazilian Forest Code. According to Joels” despite…
Forest Peoples Programme April e-Newsletter
Click here to read a PDF version of this newsletter Dear Friends” The continuous” sometimes subtle” violence of conservation and development against indigenous peoples continues”…
