As seen on The Republic ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press May 30″ 2012 SHANGHAI — Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital…
Mittwoch” 30. Mai 2012 As seen on DRadio Wissen Papier ist geduldig. Die Rechte vieler Naturvölker in tropischen Regenwäldern sind zwar in den vergangenen zwanzig Jahren…
Como se ve en Teletipos EFE” 30/05 21:56 CET Washington” 30 may (EFE).- Cientos de miles de habitantes de los bosques tropicales de América Latina” áfrica…
As seen on www.indiablooms.comWashington” May 30 (IBNS) New research released by the non-profit group Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) on Wednesday shows that hundreds of…
As seen on news.yahoo.com HOUQIAO” China (AP) — A report says that ensuring forest dwellers' rights over their own land is a crucial step in the…
As seen on Tiroler Tageszeitung May 30″ 2012 Washington (APA/dpa) – Naturvölker und Landgemeinschaften in Nationen mit tropischen Regenwäldern haben zuletzt bedeutende Rechte erhalten” aber ihr…
As seen on Newstrack IndiaNew Delhi” May 30 (IANS) Millions of forest people in tropical nations” including India” have won unprecedented legal rights to land…
As seen on Reuters Jeff Coelho(Reuters) – Large-scale crop plantations are expanding at a rapid pace across southeast Asia” with multinational firms often benefiting the…
The Climate and Land Use Alliance (CLUA) has released its first installment in its “Great Ideas” video series. The video looks at how Community Forest…
As seen on ooskanews.com“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure” but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor. Past energy” water and transport strategies have…
Chut Wutty” a leading environmental activist was slain in Cambodia on April 26 By Kyle James” Phnom Penh (as seen on Deutsche Welle)…
As seen on www.ipsnews.net By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON” May 16″ 2012 (IPS) – In a renewed funding focus on large-scale infrastructure” the World Bank”…
As posted on Mongabay.com on May 16″ 2012 Despite a global trend towards urbanization some 1.2-1.7 billion people worldwide remain primarily dependent on forests for…
In their recent declaration” indigenous peoples groups in Africa reaffirms the need for the Rio+20 to take a stronger human rights-based approach” where indigenous people's…
The Constitutional Court of Colombia (CCC) has upheld a 2009 decision on the suspension of the mining project Mande Norte in the Pacific coast of…
As written in IPS-Inter Press Service” May 2012″ by Edgardo Ayala SAN SALVADOR” May 14″ 2012 (IPS) – After decades of struggle” indigenous people in…
By Joe Romm A penny for your cyber-thoughts. African land grabs hinder sustainable development
The Indigenous Peoples of Costa Rica have released a public statement in protest against the actions taken by the country's Institute of Agrarian Development (IDA)”…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Committee on World Food Security approved the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land”…
As written by Stephen Leahy for IPS on May 10″ 2012. UXBRIDGE” Canada” May 10″ 2012 (IPS) – Land is the missing element at next…
A press release by the Mexican Network of Peasant Forestry Organizations (Red MOCAF) explains that the new policy reforms” approved on April 24″ strengthen the…
As written by Jeremy Hance on May 7″ 2012 Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen announced today that Cambodia would be temporarily suspending new economic land…