A new IUCN article explores the ambivalent relation between conservation” and the NGOs that promote it” and human rights and democratization. It will be available…
The Surui tribe” from the Brazilian Amazon” has concluded an agreement with Google to include their village on Google Earth. The goal is to increase…
Vietnam – June 13th 2007 – A four-day international conference beganyesterday in Ha Noi to explore the role of non-timber forest product(NTFP) in poverty alleviation…
RRI Partner Forest Peoples Programme(FPP) reports about the difficulties faced by forest dwellers in India.Their situation was supposed to improve after the adoption of a…
Padang (ANTARA News) – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi)is urging the central government and all regional administrations inIndonesia to implement a “forest cutting…
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For the first time” Georgia has given 20-year concessions to private companies to manage its forests” including those with a high conservation value. This measure…
The following is an excerpt from an article published in the Laotian newspaper Vientiane Times. The PM said he had once seen a photo of…
China Daily published the following article today” highlighting theresponsibility of Western markets in the loss of forest cover intropical areas. “Western consumption 'causes forest shrinkage'…
The International Tropical Timber Council (ITTC) is currently meeting in Port Moresby” Papua New-Guinea” for its 42nd session. The discussions include a wide range of…
The following article” found on amazonia.org” sums up topics discussed at a seminar on Peoples of the Forest in the Amazon. The main innovation is…
Monday” April 23 – Two side-events at the UN Forum on Forestshighlighted the importance of community forestry and small-scale forestenterprise for sustainable development and local…
Last week violence erupted between tribal communities in MadhyaPradesh” India” and the police who accused them of encroaching on theforest. Police forces used tear gas…
The first international forum of autochton/indigenous peoples (Pygmies) of Central Africa was held in Congo-Brazzaville at the initiative of the government earlier this month. The…
Israeli researchers have been trying to use man-made forests to stopthe desertification of the north of the country. Human activity andclimate change are both to…
Public opposition to the planned giveaway of a Ugandan forest to a sugar company has radicalized. Opponents to the project have turned to the streets…
Representatives from countries all over the globe are meeting in New York to negotiate a new agreement on sustainable management of the world's forests. The…
Greenpeace just published a new report critical of the logging industryin DRC. According to the report” the logging sector is rife withcorruption and impunity. International…
JournalPeru.com – A future economic model handling the logging industry in Peru’s Amazon rainforest will unite exporting companies and native communities with new profit-sharing regulations”…
In the same week as a front-page article in the Sunday Washington Post” the March 31st edition of The Economist newspaper also carries an article…
Two recent articles paint a contrasted picture of the effect of palm oil on the environment. Oncehailed as a major ecological improvement in the fight…
Members of the Penan tribe have rebuilt their logging blockade” a monthafter it was dismantled by police and loggers. The Penan have beenblockading the logging…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is part of the world'ssecond-largest tropical forest (following the Amazon.) Decades ofinternal conflict have taken a toll on…
Several RRI Partners and Collaborators are quoted in an article in the Washington Post” highlighting Chinese and Western demand that is fueling rampant illegal logging…