A declaration released after a national workshop in Peru” “Climate Crisis” REDD+ and Indigenous REDD”” defines a clear position of the workshop organizers” the Read more…
As written by Jonathan Lash and Nigel Sizer for the Washington Post on 26 April 2011. This piece originally appeared in the Washington Post Environmental…
As reported by Jeremy Hance for Mongabay.com Forests spanning an area larger than Costa Rica—5.6 million hectares (13.8 million acres)—have been handed out by the…
As written by Ramesh Prasad Bhusal for The Himalayan Times on 16 April 2011. KATHMANDU: The forest Act (1993) amendment bill” prepared by the Ministry…
As written by John Muchangi for Nairobi Star on April 4″ 2011. The controversial shamba system may be good for Kenyan forests” a new study…
As written by Kunal Purohit for the Hindustan Times on 16 March 2011. Al least 10″000 tribals from across the state” many barefoot” marched from…
As written by Meas Sokchea for the Phnom Penh Post on 15 March 2011. AN opposition lawmaker said yesterday he will submit a formal complaint…
As written for Mongabay.com on 24 March 2011. Involving local communities in the governance of forest resources boosts economic returns and biodiversity relative to areas…
As reported by the Latin American Herald Tribune. Peru Policy” Army Brass Convicted for Deadly Clash with Indians LIMA – A Peruvian military court handed…
The Climate Justice Research Project at Dartmouth College has recently released a Scholarly Note detailing the 'Top Ten Disasters to Heed from REDD/REDD+ projects' :…
As written and produced by Trevor Grundy for Deutsche Welle on March 3 2011. Deforestation is often seen as the price of development. But intact…
As written in a CIFOR press release on March 1″ 2011. BOGOR” Indonesia (March 1″ 2011). Women are the main users of forests in developing countries –…
On March 1st the UK Department for International Development (DFID) released the report UK Aid: Changing lives” delivering results” highlighting a variety of RRI's core…
Watch an AFP TV report on Zapotec forest management in Oaxaca” Mexico here.
As written on 8 February 2011. “Rapidly-rising food prices and growing demand for all land-based commodities” like palm oil and biofuels” are driving an intensive…
As written by Rhett Butler on Mongabay.com Progress over the past 25 years in recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to land and resources has been interrupted…
As written by Rhett Butler for Mongabay.com Rising food” energy” and mineral prices” coupled with new interest in forests for their carbon-storing capacity” are driving…
As written by Natasha Gilbert for Nature.com on 9 February 2011. The international hunt for land for agriculture and biofuels is intensifying” threatening the rights…
As written by Laurie Goering for Reuters UK.
As written by Rachel Cernansky on TreeHugger.com A new report from the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) has some good news and bad news. The…
As written by Javier Blas for the Financial Times on 3 February 2011. Listening to President Nicolas Sarkozy of France one can only fear for…