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Cambodia: The Last Chance In Kampong Thom province” local communities have only recently been granted formal rights to manage their forests. Many of the forests…
Rights” forests and climate briefing series – October 2009 A new series of analytical briefs from the Forest Peoples Programme takes a critical look at…
Redressing ‘historical injustice’ through the Indian Forest Rights Act 2006 A Historical Institutional analysis of contemporary forest rights reform The Reserach Programme Consortium for Improving…
Forests and Climate Change – Do Local People Hold the Key?Press Conference/Expert Panel Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand 1100-1200: Thursday 1 October 2009 Approaching the…
The Rights and Resources Initiative is pleased to announce the publication of two new reports highlighting land tenure” forests and livelihoods in Guatemala. Download the…
The Rights and Resources Initiative is currently helping to coordinate the Civil Society Organization nomination process for the UN-REDD Policy Board. The UN-REDD Programme recognizes…
Jeffrey Hatcher” RRI policy analyst” contributed to the 88th issue of the French magazine Le Courrier de la planète. The issue addresses the role of…
Rights-based approaches: Exploring issues and opportunities for conservation Edited by Jessica Campese” Terry Sunderland” Thomas Greiber and Gonzalo Oviedo A new publication examining the links…
The Yaoundé conference on forest tenure” governance and enterprise has enjoyed considerable attention from many international media outlets. Statistics from the central document released for…
Federation of Community Forestry Users” Nepal (FECOFUN) celebrate 14th Anniversary Mr. Ghan Shyam Pandey” President of FECOFUN” released the following statement commemorating this special day:…
Remarks presented by Kyeretwie Opoku” Coordinator” Civic Response Africa Facilitator” Rights and Resources Initiative International Conference on Forest Tenure” Governance and Enterprise New Opportunities for…
On 26 May” the BBC News highlighted a new report produced by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO). …
United Nations Forum on Forests 8 – April 20th – New York City” USA At the eight session of the United Nations Forum on Forests”…
At the 2009 World Social Forum” Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and CGIAR Systemwide Program on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) facilitated a workshop…
Regional workshops addressing government forestry classification practices were recently held in the towns of Edea and Kribi” Cameroon. The meetings were organized by Cameroon Ecology”…
In January RRI welcomed The Samdhana Institute as the newest Partner in the Rights and Resources Initiative coalition. Samdhana's vision is a region where natural”…
Since the implementation of India's Forest Rights Act (FRA) one year ago” RRI collaborator Kalpavriksh has been tracking the social and ecological impacts of FRA…
In November, FECOFUN led RRI in setting new directions for community forestry in Nepal by building consensus and solidarity among forest user groups during a…
Making REDD Work for the Forest-Dependent Poor: Civil Society Perspectives from the South In a joint policy statement released by RRI Partner Federation of Community…
Subregional Workshop – Ownership and Access Rights in Decentralized Natural Resources Management in the Sahel RRI” Intercooperation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation…
Centre pour l’Environnement et le Développement (CED) of Cameroon. At the Siedemnastka room” 1st Floor” Collegium Minus.
This opinion piece is authored by Ben Vickers” Senior Program Officer at RECOFTC “REDD”” as it happens” is Norwegian for “scared.” So” did the notorious forest-based…
This week climate change and development practitioners” rights advocates” policy-makers” and representatives from forest communities will meet in Oslo for the first international conference on…