The latest Press Release from Forest Peoples Programme” an RRI Partner: Sharing power – the end of ‘fortress’ conservation? Will conservation organisations finally take practical…
An information update from the United Nations Climate Change Conference by the World Agroforestry Centre: Because there is no clear definition of what makes up…
The latest update from the Forest Peoples Programme” an RRI Partner: International negotiations about forests and climates now challenge us all with an alphabet soup…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Agrees to Hear Case of Indigenous Peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol” Brazil Tuesday” 16 November” 2010….
Will the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity finally accept proposed solutions to halt biodiversity loss that also benefit forest communities? For all forest peoples” the…
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FECOFUN Press Release 4 October 2010 Kathmandu” Nepal —————————————————— To diminish the rights of Community Forest Users Groups (CFUGS)” the ad hoc government is in…
Can You Imagine? : Opening remarks of the Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms in Asia
Opening Remarks Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms: Experiences” Lessons and Future Steps in Asia Delivered by Andy White” Coordinator” Rights and Resources Initiative…
From 4 – 9 October” RECOFTC will be providing real-time coverage of the Follow RECOFTC's coverage of Tianjin here… Also at Tianjin” under the Responsible…
From The Economist this week: A Special Report on the World's Forests “THE summer dry-season” now drawing to an end” is when the Amazon…
Natural resources are increasingly at the center of violent and low-level conflicts.
The opening remarks of the 2010 RRI Asia Dialogue on Community Forests and Property Rights in the Context of Climate Change were delivered by H.E….
Center for Environmental Development have held consultations with indigenous communities in Cameroon regarding the impacts of climate change to the forests of Cameroon and the implications…
Strategies for Integrated Watershed Management” Environmental Restoration and Sustainable Development in Haiti Conference June 17‐18″ 2010 Hosted by the Office of the Prime Minister and…
The Rights and Resources Initiative congratulates Ms. Apsara Chapagain on her election as the new Chairperson of the Federation of Community Forestry Users” Nepal (FECOFUN)….
As published by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/news/resource/res2010/10-0512-delawaresf.aspx. Delaware State Forest rolls out the green carpet for visiting group of…
Staff from RRI’s Latin America Program attended the People's Agreement creates a framework for inclusion of indigenous and local community rights in upcoming UN COP 16…
Federation of Community Forestry Users” Nepal (FECOFUN) hereby condemns the recent declaration of the Government of Nepal to establish Banke National Park” Gaurishankar Conservation Area…
The Fourth RRI Dialogue on Forests” Governance and Climate Change has concluded. A full report” prepared by the IISD Reporting Services” on the Fourth RRI…
“Campaign for Inclusion and Good Governance in Community Forestry” Rights of Local Communities over Natural Resource and their Recognition in the New Constitution” The…
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FOREST PEOPLES PROGRAMME (original available on FPP website) PRESS RELEASE – March 19″ 2010 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DENOUNCE LACK OF TRANSPARENCY AND…
In May 2009″ ITTO” the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)” and the Cameroon Government combined to host” in Yaoundé” Cameroon” the International Conference on Forest…
The strategic analysis of RRI has been featured in a recent World Bank report