As seen on South China Morning Post China will spend about 26 billion yuan (HK$33 billion) to help identify and register the contractual rights over the…
As seen on New Scientist Global intervention in tropical forests to combat climate change could sideline their most effective guardians SATELLITE images of the Amazon…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation At People’s Rights Conference, Nepali communities affirm their rights to resources in a recently declared conservation zone The hall…
As seen on The New Scientist. By Fred Pearce – February 26, 2015 Global intervention in tropical forests to combat climate change could sideline their…
As seen on Down to Earth. Land devoted to non-agricultural use has increased three-fold since Independence. It is set to increase further and faster, according…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation By José Lopez, Executive Vice President, Operations, Nestlé S.A. | 23 February 2015 GENEVA—Progress on eliminating deforestation has gained…
(Bangkok, 12 February 2015) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its member the People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) from Thailand, has…
As seen on SciDevNet [LONDON] Liberia’s government must do more to award land rights to forest dwellers to protect natural resources from exploitation and encroachment of palm…
As seen on RTCC By Ed King A planned new global climate change deal must recognise land and resource rights in order to protect vulnerable forest…
Vídeo sobre defensa del derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la consulta previa con Gladis Villa, presidente de la Organización Nacional de Mujeres Andinas y Amazónicas…
As seen on Mongabay. Local and indigenous communities play an important role managing and protecting forests. Research published in 2014 by World Resources Institute and…
As seen on ClimateWire Elizabeth Harball | Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Forest carbon trading efforts will prove unsuccessful until nations grant indigenous peoples and local…
As seen on Mongabay Countries poised to receive World Bank funds for achieving reductions in deforestation have insufficient safeguards for ensuring that local communities don’t…
As seen on This is Africa By TIM HANSTAD In the week of 20 January, UN member states will begin the next phase of critically important…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation LONDON, Feb 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – 2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition…
Los pueblos indígenas de Loreto en la región amazónica de Perú han sufrido 43 años de explotación y destrucción petrolera en nombre del “desarrollo nacional”,…
As seen on Web Newswire “India needs to learn from these countries. Our forest laws are still colonial, with the state keeping a tight control…
As seen on the Times of India NEW DELHI: At the time when government is looking at various options to change green laws to make…
As seen on SciDev.net Women hold up half the sky, so goes the Chinese saying. Yet in the developing countries of Asia, they do not get…
As seen on Rainforest Action Network San Francisco, CA – A field-based survey to investigate Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) performance, provide input into an…
As seen on Down to Earth. Globally, forest governance is undergoing reforms to benefit from community forestry MEXICO AND India are worlds apart, both in…
This letter is a response to the article The Uses of History. SIR – Much less known is the Charter of the Forest, which was…
As seen on The Hindu When the National Democratic Alliance government amended the land acquisition Act through an ordinance last week, it promised to set…
As seen on Business Standard More than 250 conflicts have arisen over land acquisitioncases between 2013 and 2014 in 165 of India’s 664 districts. This is…