Led by RRI Collaborator IUCN” with support from coalition members CED and FPP” the Cameroon coalition provided key support and mobilization of Central African indigenous peoples at…
Led by RRI Collaborator IUCN” with support from coalition members CED and FPP” the Cameroon coalition provided key support and mobilization of Central African indigenous peoples at…
As written and produced by Trevor Grundy for Deutsche Welle on March 3 2011. Deforestation is often seen as the price of development. But intact…
As written in a CIFOR press release on March 1″ 2011. BOGOR” Indonesia (March 1″ 2011). Women are the main users of forests in developing countries –…
On March 1st the UK Department for International Development (DFID) released the report UK Aid: Changing lives” delivering results” highlighting a variety of RRI's core…
Watch an AFP TV report on Zapotec forest management in Oaxaca” Mexico here.
As written on 8 February 2011. “Rapidly-rising food prices and growing demand for all land-based commodities” like palm oil and biofuels” are driving an intensive…
Dear Friends” The pressure on forest peoples’ lands continues but – asserting their right to self-determination – these peoples are far from being passive victims…
PEOPLE AND FORESTS E-NEWSFEBRUARY 2011 Dear Readers” With official launch of the United Nations International Year of Forests this month” international organizations responded to a…
As written by Rhett Butler on Mongabay.com Progress over the past 25 years in recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to land and resources has been interrupted…
As written by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.com Rising food” energy” and mineral prices” coupled with new interest in forests for their carbon-storing capacity” are driving…
In Guatemala City on October 28″ 2010″ RRI Collaborator
As written by Natasha Gilbert for Nature.com on 9 February 2011. The international hunt for land for agriculture and biofuels is intensifying” threatening the rights…