Two articles that appeared recently in the Bangkok Post highlight the inadequacies of Thailand’s Community Forest Bill (CFB)” which passed the National Legislative Assembly in…
A recent article in the New Era reports on earnings from registered community forests in Namibia. Last year in Namibia” 16 registered community forests earned…
Conflict between forest-dwelling tribals and the forest department continues” most recently in a series of violent conflicts in the Sabarkantha district of Gujarat in western…
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) can be an effective tool for addressing the challenges of climate change. By paying poor countries to…
Throughout the world” conservation groups and wealthy environmentalists are buying up tracts of forest” field” and mountain land with the intent of protecting these areas…
Over the last few months” REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent mechanisms under consideration for…
In a recent opinion piece published in the Washington Post” Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai discussed the steps to acheiving a lasting peace and…
On Wednesday” February 6 BBC news hosted a live radio broadcast posing the questions: “Is land ownership the root of Africa's problems? Should governments bring…
A new report launched in Monrovia today” proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of…
A senior Brazilian government scientist has warned of accelerated rates of deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest during the past four months” reported Cattle ranching” soya…
A ceremony on December 13″ 2007 granted land title to the Pehuenche community of Quinquen” Chile” ending a decades long struggle by the group to…
The results of the UNFCCC Conference in Bali in December demonstrate the international consensus of the importance of forests relating to climate change” confirmed by…
A recent publication by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) addresses the potential impact on forest communities…
This commentary on the Thailand Community Forest Bill passed on November 21″ 2007 was authored by Matthew Weatherby and Somying Soonthornwong of the THailand Collaborative…
Although they defend their overall policy toward forestry and development in the Congo” the World Bank recently admitted certain ommissions in forestry reforms that would…
On Monday” December 17th” the Department for International Development (DFID)” United Kingdom” announced major support for the Rights and Resources Initiative through 2012. MP Gareth…
Although they defend their overall policy toward forestry and development in the Congo” the World Bank recently admitted certain ommissions in forestry reforms that would…
A seventeen year and $30 million legal battle ended on Wednesday” November 21 for six Tsilhqot'in First Nations from central British Columbia” Canada with a…
In films recently released in Jakarta and London” Indonesian villagersin Papua helped expose illegal logging and forest devastation by usingdigital and video cameras to record…
On November 21st the Thai National Legislative Assembly passed a community forestry bill that grants legal rights to forest communities to preserve and manage forest…
The 43rd Council Session of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) was held November 5-10″ 2007 in Yokohama Japan. This was the first Council session…
In this Policy Forum opinion article from the August 12 Science Magazine” 21 scientists argue that successful global strategies for biodiversity conservation will require strong…
In recent years” the Philippines has seen a trend towards increased participation of indigenous peoples and communities in natural resource management. These changes have largely…
The Guardian recently published an article highlighting several studies from last year that have linked malaria with deforestation” and have concluded that deforestation and climate…