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Native people’s rights violated in name of ‘conservation’: UN
Honolulu (AFP) – Some of the world’s leading conservation groups are violating the rights of indigenous people by backing projects that oust them from their…
Don’t Forget: Our Forests Are Valuable and We Live There
HONOLULU — Conservation organizations dedicated to protecting the world’s biodiversity hot spots often fail to take into account why the forests are still standing. Often,…
Organizaciones Indígenas de Perú coordinan agenda común sobre derechos colectivos sobre sus tierras
Las principales organizaciones representativas de los pueblos indígenas del Perú, se reunieron los días 16 y 17 de agosto, para consolidar una agenda común de incidencia política para promover la titulación colectiva de las comunidades indígenas.
Liberia’s Land Law Could Protect Forests, People and the Climate
Depending on the season, the journey to Rivercess County requires either bumping along dirt paths or navigating endless stretches of mud. In the heart of…
Liberia must pass land rights bill or risk jeopardising peace, campaigners warn
Civil society groups want 2014 bill passed before August recess, claiming land grabs have ‘turned citizens into refugees in their own country’ Liberia could be…
Liberian civil society leaders warn that failure to pass historic land rights bill by Aug. 30 puts at risk a potential beacon of peace in war-torn West Africa
Held captive for two years in a legislature now in crisis over accusations of corruption, Land Rights Act to secure local peoples’ rights to their…
RRI supports Liberian CSO Working Group: Failure to pass the 2014 version of the Land Rights Act threatens peace and stability in Liberia
Add your voice by signing the petition below. From the Civil Society Organizations Working Group on Land Rights in Liberia: We, the Civil Society Organizations (CSO)…
Investigadores de CIFOR reciben reconocimiento de editorial científica
Los investigadores del Centro para la Investigación Forestal Internacional (CIFOR), Peter Cronkleton y Anne Larson, han recibido el máximo galardón de la editorial científica Society…
Melka group plans to sell off controversial oil palm plantations in the Peruvian amazon
Public auctions will be held in Lima, Peru, over the next few weeks as the Melka group decides to sell land in Ucayali. A public…
New RRI Research Shows Community Rights and Tenure Largely Absent from Country Emission Reduction Programs
A decade after REDD appeared on the international scene, mechanisms to reduce emissions by protecting forests–activities referred to as REDD+–are finally moving from the readiness…
Colombia: Movilización de la Minga Nacional Agraria, Campesina, Étnica y Popular
En Colombia, miles de campesinos, indígenas y afro-descendientes agremiados en la Asociación Nacional de Zonas de Reserva Campesina (ANZOR), la Organización Nacional Indígena Colombiana (ONIC)…
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