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RRI First Quarter Newsletter: January-March” 2012
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Land Portal: New data on large-scale land deals shows land acquisition not a “bubble”
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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”…
National Geographic Channel: Greenpeace and NatGeo present “La Revolución Forestal” in Mexico
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Jakarta Globe: Indigenous People Want to Have a Say in What’s Happening to Their Lands
By Daniel Pye & Philip Jacobson | April 22″ 2012 One by one they picked up the microphone” describing their communities’ experiences fighting outside interests…
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