Last week in Monrovia” Liberia” RRI and Green Advocates hosted meetings that have spurred dialogue among policymakers and civil society about the future of ownership…
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Indian Tribals call for recognition of rights to land and livelihoods
In late February representatives from the tribes of Manipur met during a consultation “On Tribals' Land” Forests & Natural Resources.” Participants expressed their concerns over…
NFFPFW condemns violent conflict in the Indian forest
Read the full report from NFFPFW on the Forest Peoples Programme website here.
Peruvian community leader murdered by illegal loggers
New York Times reporter Andy Revkin reports on the murder of Julio García Agapito” a community leader from the Madre de Dios region of Peru…
India’s Forest Rights Act
The ActIn late 2006″ India enacted the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest-Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act. This was the culmination of decades of…
CIFOR-RRI regional research team meets in Burkina Faso
On March 11th and 12th 2008″ the Africa regional team of the CIFOR-RRI research project met for a regional research workshop in Burkina Faso. The…
Thailand's Community Forest Bill: Jeopardizing rights and livelihoods?
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Training workshop in Lao PDR to build capacity among local researchers
As part of the research project on livelihoods and community forestry in Lao PDR” RRI Partners and collaborators are working to build research capacity among…
Namibia: Community forests a boon
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Conference on Tenure and Regulatory Reform in China
On February 28th and 29th” RRI and Peking University hosted a two-day international conference on tenure and regulatory reform in China. The event included participants…
India: conflict as locals occupy forest land in Gujarat
Conflict between forest-dwelling tribals and the forest department continues” most recently in a series of violent conflicts in the Sabarkantha district of Gujarat in western…
RRI Partners plan activities in China and East Asia
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