Forest Peoples Programmehas recently published a new report highlighting the potential threatsto indigenous peoples and local communities from climate changemitigation initiatives like “Avoided Deforestation” (AD)…
RECENT ARTICLES
Forest reform: advancing in China” lagging in India
A new opinion article in the Wall Street Journal highlights bold policyand institutional forest sector reforms in China and laggingimplementation of JFM in India. China…
Too many trees in the forest
The Jerusalem Post published an account of life on both sides of a forest shared by Palestinians and Israelis: LydiaAisenberg – A large forest of…
Environmental degradation triggering tensions and conflict in Sudan
Geneva/Nairobi” 22 June 2007 – Sudan is unlikely to see a lasting peace unless widespread and rapidly accelerating environmental degradation is urgently addressed. A new…
Mozambique: Inventory of forest fesources Unveiled
The first Mozambican national forest inventory in more than a decade has shown that 51 percent of the country's surface is covered with forest” and…
Conservation and Human Rights
A new IUCN article explores the ambivalent relation between conservation” and the NGOs that promote it” and human rights and democratization. It will be available…
Google to harness satellite power for an Amazon tribe
The Surui tribe” from the Brazilian Amazon” has concluded an agreement with Google to include their village on Google Earth. The goal is to increase…
IUCN holds conference on the role of NTFPs in Poverty Alleviation and Biodiversity Conservation
This week in Vietnam” IUCN is co-sponsoring a conference on the role of non-timber forest products in poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. Conducted with the…
Forests offer more than wood
Vietnam – June 13th 2007 – A four-day international conference beganyesterday in Ha Noi to explore the role of non-timber forest product(NTFP) in poverty alleviation…
Forest dwellers protest evictions in India
RRI Partner Forest Peoples Programme(FPP) reports about the difficulties faced by forest dwellers in India.Their situation was supposed to improve after the adoption of a…
CIFOR's Poverty and Environment Network receives major support
CIFOR's Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) has recently received major support from DFID to further research on the role of tropical forests in poverty alleviation….
Environmental NGO forum calls for “forest cutting interval” to save Indonesia forests
Padang (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi)is urging the central government and all regional administrations inIndonesia to implement a “forest cutting…
The Most Read Stories
Subscribe to the Gender Justice Digest
to receive new articles directly in your inbox
Subscribe Now!