More than 100 people from 15 indigenous Wapichan communities gathered together last week in the village of Shulinab, Guyana, to celebrate joining The Global Call to…
Who has legal ownership over the world’s forests? And how has that ownership changed over time? RRI’s new interactive Forest Tenure Tool lets you compare…
As Paris climate change talks approach, new online platform promises opportunities to protect human rights and limit emissions from deforestation A broad partnership of indigenous coalitions…
Want to know more about the research behind this video? Read Who Owns the World’s Land here. Who owns the World’s Land? from RRI on Vimeo.
This infographic is based on Who Owns the World’s Land? A global baseline of formally recognized indigenous and community land rights Read the report here.
This week in Guatemala City, RRI Collaborator, The Maya Foundation (FUNDAMAYA in Spanish) is hosting the International Workshop: Opening paths to courts for the defense…
We asked women from across Africa what secure land rights mean for them, their communities, and their countries. Here’s what they had to say:
We asked women from across Latin America what secure collective land rights mean for them, their communities, and their countries. Here’s what they had to…
The Fourth International Workshop held in Bogota, Colombia, issues recommendations for public policy relating to indigenous, Afro-descendent, and rural women An international workshop held from…
Farmers are rallying for the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, which gives them the right to govern forest resources, as a High Court order…
Globally, and in Latin America, indigenous women, women of African descent, and peasant women continue to be the poorest and most vulnerable in economic terms…
In December of this year, the world has an unprecedented opportunity to finally achieve a global deal to address climate change. After almost 25 years…
The award recognizes actors from Cameroonian society who have made significant contributions to environmental protection and the improvement of local livelihoods. In this case, it acknowledged the Coalition’s efforts to inform and influence Cameroon’s land reform process and forthcoming land legislation in favor of communities.
RRI’s 2014-2015 annual review, entitled Looking for Leadership, highlights the importance of civil society groups and movements around the world in working to bring about…
In recent years, Cameroon has launched a vast reform of the country’s land and forest sectors. Determining the current stage of reform processes in Cameroon…
Realizing full potential of Forest Rights Act will transform land ownership, forest governance, and rural livelihoods for tens of millions of forest-dwellers on at least…
In 2014, one of the final decrees of the 2002 Forest Code in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was signed by Prime Minister…
Bangkok, Thailand – Local people from forest communities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand and Nepal came together in Bangkok recently to discuss…
As part of the PACC Project Peru (Program for Adaptation to Climate Change), RRI Partner Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation has released the attached report, Yachaykusun: Lessons…
Bangkok, Thailand – From 8-10 July, community forest members, indigenous peoples and smallholders from Asia’s forests will gather in Bangkok for The pre-World Forestry Congress regional…
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) coalition in Cameroon presented its position on land reform to government representatives from the offices of the President, Prime…
Thanks to advocacy work by RRI Collaborator the Federation of Peasant Women of Cundinamarca (FEDEMUCC), the Colombian government has agreed to establish a comprehensive public…
RRI is pleased to announce the recent international recognition of leaders of two of our Collaborator organizations in Guatemala and Perú. Mr. Marcedonio Cortave (left), Director…