From October 17th to 21st” leaders from the eight of the most forested countries (Brazil” Canada” China” DRC” Indonesia” Mexico” Russia” and USA) — representing…
Organizers: The Forest Peoples Programme” Forest Trends and RRI. The 11th RRI Dialogue on Forests” Governance and Climate Change: The Status and Role of Public…
Forest Peoples Programme is pleased to inform you of a new set of Briefings: Rights” Forests and Climate Briefing Series” October 2011: REDD in Indonesia…
The 11th RRI Dialogue will be webcast live from 08:00 – 15:00 GMT on Wednesday” October 12th in English” French and Spanish. Tomorrow is the…
“In Africa” Asia and Latin America alike” forest peoples are speaking out against the continuing violations of their rights imposed by development and conservation plans…
The Rights and Resources Initiative’s Latin America Program cordially invites you to participate in a Virtual Forum on Governance and Indigenous Territories Overlapped by Protected Areas” organized…
RRI Partner” Tebtebba has recently completed a sweeping redesign of their website. Visit the new website at
CIBC’s Don Roberts” Vice Chairman” Renewable Energy and Clean Technology” has been named the financial services industry’s top contributor to sustainable development in Canada. The…
On 20 September 2011″ Silas Siakor presented a 'brown bag' lunch talk on the current situation of concessions and land policy in his native Liberia. …
From September 12-16″ 2011″ promising mid-career officers in public forest agencies from 12 countries converged in Milford” Pennsylvania for the international training seminar titled Global…
The Territory and Governance Initiative is a project of RRIled by HELVETAS Swiss-Intercooperation. Since April 2009 the Initiative has been developing “Territory Indigenous Governance…
In the report The Recognition of Forest Rights in Latin America: Progress and Shortcomings of Forest Tenure Reforms” authors Pablo Pacheco” Peter Cronkleton” Anne Larson…
Click here to download the full Quarterly Update. April – June 2011 Dear Colleagues and Friends” It has been an active last few months for…
Dear Readers” I'd like to introduce myself as the new editor of the People and Forests e-News. As always” we remain very interested in your…
The Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF)” after successfully completing its third regional workshop on ” Strengthening Community Forestry Federation/Networks” in conjunction with its annual…
Dear Readers” There is big news from Nepal this month. A US$95″000 Forest Carbon Trust will reward local communities for successfully increasing carbon stocks for…
Dear Friends” The challenge of climate change has injected new energy – and funding – into forest policy-making. Ever since the UN Framework Convention on…
As written for the Kathmandu Post on 6 July 2011. Nepal’s community forestry programme has been shortlisted for Future Policy Award 2011″ a renowned international…
Dear Readers” Indonesia filled the headlines this month” as activists and business leaders weighed in on the government’s launch of a two-year logging moratorium. But…
As written by Pragati Shahi for the Kathmandu Post on 15 June 2011. Community forestry has been rewarded with US$ 95″000 (approximately Rs 6.8 million)…
In a newly-issued briefing note” Friends of the Earth” Rainforest Foundation UK” Greenpeace and FERN cite RRI in debunking ten common misconceptions about global carbon…
Dear Friends” The work of the Forest Peoples Programme is to support indigenous peoples and other forest peoples to defend their human rights” in particular…