The federal court of Malaysia upheld the concept of native customary rights (NCR) in a case initiated by a local resident Madehi Salleh” reported the…
The federal court of Malaysia upheld the concept of native customary rights (NCR) in a case initiated by a local resident Madehi Salleh” reported the…
United Nations Forum on Forests 8 – April 20th – New York City” USA At the eight session of the United Nations Forum on Forests”…
In a stunning political shift” the government of Australia announced that it would sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In…
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) recently released a UNCERD letter to Indonesian UN ambassador Forest Peoples Programme Press Release
Historic settlement of Raposa Serra do Sol land case sets firm precedent for future indigenous land rights claims. On Thursday” March 19th the Brazilian Supreme…
At the 2009 World Social Forum” Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) facilitated a workshop…
Regional workshops addressing government forestry classification practices were recently held in the towns of Edea and Kribi” Cameroon. The meetings were organized by Cameroon Ecology”…
With the passing of the one year anniversary of the Australian government’s official ‘apology’ to the nation’s aboriginal peoples” new developments in government land policy…
In an event that has highlighted the often precarious position of indigenous peoples” the recent killing of indigenous community members in Colombia has elicited fierce…
As the government of Thailand considers resurrecting a controversial land reform plan” the overarching issue of individual land rights is gaining greater attention.
In January RRI welcomed The Samdhana Institute as the newest Partner in the Rights and Resources Initiative coalition. Samdhana's vision is a region where natural”…
Since the implementation of India's Forest Rights Act (FRA) one year ago” RRI collaborator Kalpavriksh has been tracking the social and ecological impacts of FRA…