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
The staff at the Rights and Resources Secretariat would like to wish all of our Partners” Collaborators” and website visitors… A happy” healthy and prosperous…
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…