The Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests confirms support for their member the National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Panama (COONAPIP, for its initials in…
On March 4th, 2013, www.ValorandoNaturaleza.org, sister site to the EcosystemMarketplace.com, will come online. This new information platform is designed exclusively to generate and bring together quality information…
AIDESEP Press Release: In the face of the hearing (Audiencia de Control de la Acusación Fiscal) scheduled to be held in the Bagua Transitory Penal…
RRI has released two new analyses highlighting the wide-ranging impacts and risks of land and concession deals in Africa, with a particular focus on Central…
RRI has released its annual review, the State of Rights and Resources 2012-2013 – Landowners or Laborers: What choice will developing countries make? The review…
Controversial Court decision favours miners over indigenous peoples as country sinks to new low on double standards on human rights and development On 17 January…
Extent of MIFEE estate. PT Bio Inti Agrindo is a subsidiary of Daewoo International Corp. of South Korea. Jayapura—“The Lord Allah has given new land…
Recent Punitive Actions Undermine the Legitimacy of 300,000+ Hectare Acquisition by Golden Veroleum (Liberia) WASHINGTON, D.C. (20 December, 2012)—Four community leaders in Sinoe County,…
Experts Call India a Leader among Land-Grabbing Emerging Nations; Flouting Rights at Home, Indian Firms Risk Same Mistakes Abroad NEW DELHI—(17 December 2012)—New research released…
21 November 2012 Guarani Indians of Ypo'icommunity in Brazil.© MPF A community of Brazilian Indians say their main source of water has been poisoned by…
RRI Partner Centre for Environment and Development (CED) has reported that Nasako Besingi, the director of the NGO Struggle to Economize the Future (SEFE) based…
PRESS INFORMATION FROM THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER NETWORK (EEPN) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday 6 November 2012 Warning to Financiers – Don't Fund Forest Destruction…
As seen on Cultural Survival Traditional authorities from the 48 Cantones stood along the Cumbre de Alaska on the InterAmerican highway where the massacre occurred,…
Smallholder women farmers around the Yaounde city centre farm on urban wastewater sites. Only two percent of women own land in Cameroon. Credit: Monde Kingsley…
For immediate release: Tuesday 9 October 2012 African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking…
Photo: FAO/FO-6657/M. Kashio A recent published report details the urgent need within the nations of Asia to deliver social equality to women to help…
The Peruvian Government Still Needs to Title Over 4,000 Communities Sign the petition LIMA, PERU (12 September 2012) —A collective composed of 15 civil society…
As seen on TerraNullius by Rhodri C. Williams The march of the voluntary guidelines continues, it seems, with new approaches geared to address gaps in…
As seen on International Rivers Brazilian Supreme Court Caves to Executive Pressure Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Carlos Ayres Britto – Photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil…
Baguio City, Philippines, 24 August (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Indigenous woman leader Norairri Thoungmuengthong of the Karen community in Thailand has found a way…
As seen on REDD-Monitor Interview with Scott Poynton, Executive Director, TFT, Jakarta, June 2012. By Chris Lang REDD-Monitor: Can you start with a brief explanation…
A new community handbook from TFT, ‘Sustainable Community Forest Management: A Practical Guide to FSC Group Certification for Smallholder Agroforests,' aims to help smallholder farmers…
8 December2011 FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE PRESS RELEASE: Durban, South Africa(UNFCCC) Recent collapses in carbon markets and widespreadopposition from forest peoples and non-governmental organisations have…
Press Release: December 1, 2011 Bali Declaration acclaimed at Agribusiness and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Workshop Bali Declaration on Human Rights and Agribusiness in…