Press Release At Briefing in Panama City” Nation’s Indigenous Leaders Respond to Signs UN REDD will Respond to Demand for Key Role in Climate Change…
As seen on Union of Concerned Scientists Who owns the tropical forests? Till recently” the answer has traditionally been “governments”” at least in formal legal terms….
As seen on Reuters Land conflicts between palm oil companies and communities in Indonesia. Squatters with no documentation of land rights in Brazil. Local leaders exploiting…
As seen on Reuters The rights and access of indigenous peoples and communities to forest resources are under increasing threat from large land acquisitions and other…
As seen on REDD-Monitor Interview with Marcus Colchester” Senior Policy Advisor” Forest Peoples Programme” focussing on his work on Asia Pulp and Paper. The interview was…
As seen on Wall Street Journal's Business Wire Four years ago” the indigenous Paiter Suruí of the Brazilian Amazon voted to shift the basis of their…
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Released today” the 2012 FPP Annual Report marks the final year in which Marcus Colchester has been directing the work of Forest Peoples Programme and…
Call for Papers for an ETFRN News on Linkages between FLEGT” REDD+ and beyond: Challenges and opportunities for improved forest management In response to concerns…
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Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal Eight National Executive Committee Meeting May 16th and 17th” Silgadi Doti The Doti Declaration Paper The Eighth National Executive…
As seen on Reuters Some farmers in Ghana kill saplings on their land over fears their food crops will one day get damaged by loggers who…
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the Guardian Indigenous groups have rejected UN forest plan as attempt to colonise them” as tensions over land management grow A few years ago” Mario…
As seen on AMAN Jakarta” 27 May 2013 Indonesia's Constitutional Court on the judicial review of Law No.41 of 1999 on Forestry has decided that Customary…
LeMonde: Au Cameroun” un projet géant d'huile de palme fait scandale
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As seen on AllAfrica 21 May 2013 Monrovia” Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says the draft Land Rights Policy” presented to her at the conclusion…
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As seen on Monabay In a landmark ruling” Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land” potentially giving…
As seen on the Guardian Peru has announced a bidding round for new oil and gas concessions but” contrary to what was initially expected” none of…
Photo: David Gilbert/RAN As seen on the Women News Network (WNN) Jakarta” INDONESIA” SOUTHEAST ASIA: Indonesia’s indigenous people have just succeeded in getting larger power and…