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Landesa: New Territory: Cultivating Support for Women’s Land Rights in India

04 .03. 2014   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Landesa: New Territory: Cultivating Support for Women’s Land Rights in India

Survey of 1,400 rural women in three states finds that fundamental reforms are needed SEATTLE – The findings of a survey released today from Landesa and UN…

New Study: Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities Face Slowdown in Recognition of Rights to Land and Resources despite More Verbal Commitments by Governments, Corporations

05 .02. 2014   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

New Study: Indigenous Peoples, Local Communities Face Slowdown in Recognition of Rights to Land and Resources despite More Verbal Commitments by Governments, Corporations

More than three out of every five hectares of forestland still claimed by governments of low and middle income countries; progress on the ground remains…

A new security agenda report: regional study, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

31 .01. 2014   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

A new security agenda report: regional study, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

“This report calls for a new security agenda for Amazonia. Not one focused only on national security in a traditional sense, but rather one that…

Forest Peoples Programme: Kenya defies its own courts: torching homes and forcefully evicting the Sengwer from their ancestral lands, threatening their cultural survival

22 .01. 2014   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Forest Peoples Programme: Kenya defies its own courts: torching homes and forcefully evicting the Sengwer from their ancestral lands, threatening their cultural survival

  The Kenyan government has sent Kenya Forest Service (KFS) guards, with police support, to Embobut Forest in the Cherangany Hills to forcibly and illegally…

Violating rights and threatening lives: The Camisea gas project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation

20 .01. 2014   |   Forest Peoples Programme

Violating rights and threatening lives: The Camisea gas project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation

Groundbreaking research reveals severe impacts of the Camisea gas project on isolated indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon Oxford, UK–A Forest Peoples Programme report published…

FPP: Indonesian palm oil developer’s efforts to conserve ‘forest carbon’ abuse community rights

17 .01. 2014   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

FPP: Indonesian palm oil developer’s efforts to conserve ‘forest carbon’ abuse community rights

  A new report, launched today, shows that efforts by one of Indonesia’s largest palm oil companies, PT SMART, to set aside forests as ‘carbon…

Rights and Resources Initiative Welcomes New Senior Staff Members

27 .11. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Rights and Resources Initiative Welcomes New Senior Staff Members

Washington, D.C.—Rights and Resources Group, the coordinating body of the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), is pleased to announce three key additions to its leadership…

Indigenous groups in Latin America, Africa and Asia offer model for saving world’s forests, bulwarks against climate change

15 .11. 2013   |   Tebtebba

Indigenous groups in Latin America, Africa and Asia offer model for saving world’s forests, bulwarks against climate change

New book reveals that their ability to preserve forests is under threat from land grabs by governments and developers   WARSAW, Poland—Through the conservation and…

Report Exposes Risk To Shareholders When Indigenous Rights Are Ignored

30 .10. 2013   |   First Peoples Worldwide

Report Exposes Risk To Shareholders When Indigenous Rights Are Ignored

Washington, DC – First Peoples Worldwide released its Indigenous Rights Risk Report at the The SRI Conference on Sustainable, Responsible, Impact Investing. The report analyzed…

Indonesia: The Governor of Jambi Province must take action to tackle unscrupulous conduct of palm oil plantation PT Asiatic Persada

07 .10. 2013   |   Forest Peoples Programme

Indonesia: The Governor of Jambi Province must take action to tackle unscrupulous conduct of palm oil plantation PT Asiatic Persada

Nurman Nuri, Leader of the Suku Anak Dalam group 113 of Pinang Tinggi in the Indonesian province of Jambi, stated in a press conference held…

SDI Calls on the Government of Liberia, Equatorial Palm Oil to Immediately Cease Land Survey in Grand Bassa District #4

25 .09. 2013   |   Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)

SDI Calls on the Government of Liberia, Equatorial Palm Oil to Immediately Cease Land Survey in Grand Bassa District #4

EPO Must Wait Until RSPO Complaint Has Been Resolved, Publish Standard Operating Procedures on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and Make Public its Expansion Plans….

At Global Conference, Organizers Call for Doubling the Land Owned or Managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

21 .09. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

At Global Conference, Organizers Call for Doubling the Land Owned or Managed by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

Delegates from 40 countries meet to define and map out the way forward PRESS RELEASE Interlaken, Switzerland (20 September, 2013)—At an international conference on community…

Green Peace: Africa’s forests and communities continue to be threatened by irresponsible US company

12 .09. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Green Peace: Africa’s forests and communities continue to be threatened by irresponsible US company

News Release Illegal land clearance, logging, bribery and intimidation are just some of the acts controversial US corporation Herakles Farms are accused of in the…

FPP: Starvation and poverty in Indonesia: civil society organisations appeal for suspension of MIFEE project in Papua pending redress for local communities

10 .09. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

FPP: Starvation and poverty in Indonesia: civil society organisations appeal for suspension of MIFEE project in Papua pending redress for local communities

Press Release The village of Zanegi in Merauke Regency of Papua Province, Indonesia, lies desolate and silent, in contrast to the rumble and drone of…

Antara News: Indonesia World Conference on Participatory Mapping for Titles

23 .08. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Antara News: Indonesia World Conference on Participatory Mapping for Titles

Antara News (Original Article in Indonesian)  The Alliance of Indigenous People (AMAN), has organized a Global Conference on Participatory Mapping of Indigenous Territory, to take place…

FECOFUN claims Nepal government has ignored the successful community forestry program

22 .07. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

FECOFUN claims Nepal government has ignored the successful community forestry program

Press release against the National Budget of FY 2070/71 FECOFUN draws its attention on the budget of the fiscal year 2070/71. In the budget plan…

MesoAmerican Alliances of People and Forests: Indigenous leaders from Costa Rica have reservations about the proposed monitoring and safeguards detailed in the draft National REDD + Strategy

12 .07. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

MesoAmerican Alliances of People and Forests: Indigenous leaders from Costa Rica have reservations about the proposed monitoring and safeguards detailed in the draft National REDD + Strategy

As seen on MesoAmerican Alliances of People and Forests (in Spanish) San José, Costa Rica, July 8, 2013. Indigenous leaders from Costa Rica expressed their reservations…

Private Forest Owners Make Significant Contribution to U.S. Economy, New Report Shows

28 .06. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Private Forest Owners Make Significant Contribution to U.S. Economy, New Report Shows

Press Release by The National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO) Contact: Gretchen Schaefer, (202) 747-0756, gschaefer@nafoalliance.org WASHINGTON, DC, June 27, 2013 –  The National Alliance…

COONAPIP: Panamanian Indigenous People Find Hope in Report From Investigators of UN Climate Change Program

10 .06. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

COONAPIP: Panamanian Indigenous People Find Hope in Report From Investigators of UN Climate Change Program

Press Release   At Briefing in Panama City, Nation’s Indigenous Leaders Respond to Signs UN REDD will Respond to Demand for Key Role in Climate Change…

COONAPIP: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN-REDD Programme

13 .05. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

COONAPIP: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN-REDD Programme

Press Release COONAPIP: Defending the Rights of Indigenous Peoples at the UN-REDD Programme May 8, Panama City, Panama. On Monday, May 6, the traditional authorities…

Mongabay: Indigenous protester killed by masked assailants in Panama over UN-condemned dam

26 .03. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Mongabay: Indigenous protester killed by masked assailants in Panama over UN-condemned dam

As seen on Mongabay.com By Robin Oisín Llewellyn, special to mongabay.com March 25, 2013 Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam under construction. Photo courtesy of Robin Oisín…

Forest Peoples Programme: Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights

25 .03. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Forest Peoples Programme: Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights

From Forest Peoples Programme Monday 25 March 2013 PRESS RELEASE: Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights,…

Science Codex: Resources giveaway in Latin America; Outdated model tramples human rights, environment

22 .03. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Science Codex: Resources giveaway in Latin America; Outdated model tramples human rights, environment

As seen on ScienceCodex BOGOTá, COLOMBIA (21 March 2013)—A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction to fuel…

Guatemala: Santa Maria Xalapan community denounces kidnap, torture and murder of Xinca leaders

21 .03. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Guatemala: Santa Maria Xalapan community denounces kidnap, torture and murder of Xinca leaders

The Xinca people of the Santa Maria Xalapan community in southern Guatemala denounce the kidnapping, murder, and torture of four community members, one of whom…

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