Environmentalists pin hopes on presidential veto to reduce harmful impact of weakened legislation. The sound of chainsaws in the Amazon rainforest has faded in recent…
Re-posted from the Land Matrix press release: Today a new report and
As posted on WNN on April 26″ 2012 (WNN) Moreton-in-Marsh” ENGLAND: With a combined effort to ensure policies that promote the inclusion of indigenous people…
As written by Samik Kharel on April 26″ 2012 The customers are suffering due to the ineffective distribution system of the Timber Corporation Nepal (TCN)….
As seen on Kathmandu PostShe became the chairperson of Madhuban Community Forest of Malakheti VDC-6 at a time when no one was willing to take…
Interview available at minute 44:30 on the BBC iPlayer The interview regards the controversial legislation to change the Brazilian Forest Code. According to Joels” despite…
Preview for “La Revolución Forestal” available on YouTube (Spanish) More information available on the National Geographic Channel (Spanish) In commemoration of Earth day” on April…
By Daniel Pye & Philip Jacobson | April 22″ 2012 One by one they picked up the microphone” describing their communities’ experiences fighting outside interests…
As written by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal on 22 April” 2012 DHANGADI” April 22: A forest encroacher on Saturday attacked a forest conservation campaigner severely…
Quase 98% das florestas africanas estão nas mãos de governos. Enquanto isso” apenas 0″4% está nas mãos de comunidades tradicionais ou indígenas. E também” deixar…
As posted on the AJE site on 19 April 2012 By Mauela Picq Miami” FL – Indigenous politics tend to be understood as local anecdotes”…
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As posted by Chris Lang” 17th April 2012 Interview with Bernadinus Steni” HuMa (Perkumpulan untuk Permbaharuan Hukum Berbasis Masyarakat dan Ekologis – Association for Community…
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As posted on the IRIN website on April 16″ 2012 With pressure on natural resources increasing in Laos” the first community land titles granted…
In 2002″ 85 percent of the planet’s forests were owned by governments. By 2008″ that share had fallen to 70 percent” according to the Rights…
As written by Chris Lang on April 6″ 2012 On 8 March 2012″ the World Bank announced that the Draft Indonesia Forest Investment Plan was…
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Marking the one year anniversary of the involuntary displacement of the communities of Polochic Valley” 2″500 peasants and indigenous residents of Alta Verapaz” Guatemala” began a march…