Following the successful Forest Day workshop held in Bali during the UNFCCC COP 13 meetings in December 2007″ CIFOR and counterparts are now organizing a…
On January 25th” RECOFTC and RRI held a national workshop in Hanoi” Vietnam to share the findings of two forest tenure reform studies conducted by…
For several years Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) has been working directly with indigenous peoples in forest areas use new technology to document their traditional use…
A new occasional paper from CIFOR analyzes the role of forest-based social movements in shaping national forest policy and directing international attention to community tenure…
In early December” RRI Partners hosted a workshop in Douala” Cameroon to review and share information on the status of tenure and rights of forest…
On Monday” December 17th” the Department for International Development (DFID)” United Kingdom” announced major support for the Rights and Resources Initiative through 2012. MP Gareth…
From November 11 – 14 in Akosombo” Ghana” 40 diverse stakeholders gathered to discuss natural resource management” decentralization and development issues in Ghanaian forestry. Participants…
The Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) recently published a sourcebook for local governments called “Towards Wellbeing in Forest Communities.” It defines concepts of wellbeing…
The following article was published in the Cameroon Tribune and is available on AllAfrica.com. An international research centre in Yaounde says the welfare of forest…
News from the RECOFTC-RRI International Conference on Poverty Reduction and Forests: Tenure” Market and Policy Reforms” 4-7 September 2007″ Bangkok Bangkok” September 7″ 2007 Huge…
The Pan-Tropical Scoping Study of Compensation for Ecosystem Serviceswas conducted by a consortium of organizations led by the WorldAgroforestry Center” including the African Centre for…
Bangkok” September 3″ 2007 A challenge to experts opens conference on poverty and forests. Crippling poverty” violent conflict” insecure ownership” restricted access to basic resources…
Anecdotal evidence and some country case studies have pointed to a strong coincidence between areas of remaining high forest cover and high poverty rate. A…
The latest Tropical Forest Update” published by ITTO” opens with an editorial reflecting on the themes developed at the July RRI CFE Conference: Tropical forests…
The meeting was held in Cagayan de Oro” Philippines on July 26 and 27. It brought together leading thinkers from Indonesia and the Philippines to…
The meeting was held in Cagayan de Oro” Philippines on July 26 and 27. It brought together leading thinkers from Indonesia and the Philippines to…
Community enterprise reduces poverty among forest dwellers RIO BRANCO” BRAZIL (20 July 2007)— There is a saying in chaos theory that a butterfly flapping its…
International Conference on Community Forest Management and Enterprises: Global Issues and Opportunities Rio Branco” Acre” Brazil July 15 – 20″ 2007 Organizedby the Rights and…
Forest Peoples Programmehas recently published a new report highlighting the potential threatsto Indigenous Peoples and local communities from climate changemitigation initiatives like “Avoided Deforestation” (AD)…
This week in Vietnam” IUCN is co-sponsoring a conference on the role of non-timber forest products in poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. Conducted with the…
CIFOR's Poverty and Environment Network (PEN) has recently received major support from DFID to further research on the role of tropical forests in poverty alleviation….
On May 14″ RECOFTC organized and hosted a roundtable discussion on the Community Forest Bill in Thailand. TheCommunity Forest Bill in Thailand is important for forest-dependentrural…
Forest People Programme (FPP) analayzes the seventh UN Forum on Forests: UNFF Fails Indigenous Peoples Again. Inan analysis of the culmination of seven years of…
The World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)has published a series of nine Working Papers on the state ofCompensation for Environmental Services in three continents – Africa”Asia and…