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New RRI Analysis highlights significant risks to investors” local peoples when land rights are ignored

04 .02. 2013   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

New RRI Analysis highlights significant risks to investors” local peoples when land rights are ignored

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…

Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples’ rights

28 .01. 2013   |   Forest Peoples Programme

Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples’ rights

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…

The Impact of MIFEE presence at Bian River and Maro River, West Papua

21 .12. 2012   |   Indigenous Peoples Organization of Bian Enim

The Impact of MIFEE presence at Bian River and Maro River, West Papua

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…

Press Release: Arrests and Harassment of Community Leaders in Liberia Must Stop

20 .12. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Press Release: Arrests and Harassment of Community Leaders in Liberia Must Stop

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”…

New Findings Predict Rising Trend in India’s Violent Land Conflicts; Map Shows Massive Resource Takeover Spurring Conflict in 130 Districts

18 .12. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

New Findings Predict Rising Trend in India’s Violent Land Conflicts; Map Shows Massive Resource Takeover Spurring Conflict in 130 Districts

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…

Survival International Press Release: Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter land dispute

21 .11. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Survival International Press Release: Brazilian Indians' water 'poisoned' in bitter land dispute

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…

CED: Director of an NGO opposed to the HERAKLES Farms project in Cameroon arrested with 3 of his colleagues

16 .11. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

CED: Director of an NGO opposed to the HERAKLES Farms project in Cameroon arrested with 3 of his colleagues

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EEPN Press Release: Warning to Financiers – Don't Fund Forest Destruction

06 .11. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

EEPN Press Release: Warning to Financiers – Don't Fund Forest Destruction

PRESS INFORMATION FROM THE EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENTAL PAPER NETWORK (EEPN) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Tuesday 6 November 2012 Warning to Financiers – Don't Fund Forest Destruction…

Cultural Survival: What Happened in Toto?

25 .10. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Cultural Survival: What Happened in Toto?

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Inter Press Service: Giving Women Land” Giving them a Future

16 .10. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Inter Press Service: Giving Women Land” Giving them a Future

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…

Global Witness press release: African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments

09 .10. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Global Witness press release: African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments

For immediate release: Tuesday 9 October 2012    African timber exporting countries failing to meet access to information commitments    Lack of transparency threatens groundbreaking…

Common Breath Media: Women’s Inequality in Asia Affecting Climate & Poverty

04 .10. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Common Breath Media: Women’s Inequality in Asia Affecting Climate & Poverty

  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…

Press Release: Group of Civil Society Organizations Launches New Campaign for Securing Communal Property in Peru

12 .09. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Press Release: Group of Civil Society Organizations Launches New Campaign for Securing Communal Property in Peru

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…

TerraNullius: Corporate social responsibility in a changing world: Targeting conflict resource exploitation

05 .09. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

TerraNullius: Corporate social responsibility in a changing world: Targeting conflict resource exploitation

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International Rivers: Brazil Supreme Court overturns suspension of contentious Belo Monte Dam

29 .08. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

International Rivers: Brazil Supreme Court overturns suspension of contentious Belo Monte Dam

As seen on International Rivers Brazilian Supreme Court Caves to Executive Pressure Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Carlos Ayres Britto – Photo courtesy of Agencia Brasil…

Tebtebba Press Release:  Empowering indigenous women to reclaim and manage  their lands and forests

24 .08. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Tebtebba Press Release: Empowering indigenous women to reclaim and manage their lands and forests

Baguio City” Philippines” 24 August (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Indigenous woman leader Norairri Thoungmuengthong of the Karen community in Thailand has found a way…

REDD-Monitor: Interview with Scott Poynton” TFT: “We help companies clean up their supply chains”

23 .08. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

REDD-Monitor: Interview with Scott Poynton” TFT: “We help companies clean up their supply chains”

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…

New publication from TFT helps communities establish and run their own forest businesses” reach international wood markets

10 .08. 2012   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

New publication from TFT helps communities establish and run their own forest businesses” reach international wood markets

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…

Accra Caucus Press Release: Leading Southern NGOs Slam Durban Proposal to Create New Forest Carbon Market

08 .12. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Accra Caucus Press Release: Leading Southern NGOs Slam Durban Proposal to Create New Forest Carbon Market

8 December2011 FOR IMMEDIATERELEASE   PRESS RELEASE: Durban” South Africa(UNFCCC)  3. Prices for UN Certified Emission Reductions” or CERs”forDecember delivery settled at 5.03 euros ($6.52)…

Press Information: Agribusiness and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Workshop

28 .11. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Press Information: Agribusiness and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Workshop

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…

Forest Peoples Programme Press Release on Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia

21 .11. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

Forest Peoples Programme Press Release on Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia

The exponential growth in the palm oil sector” which accounts for a third of the total global trade of 130 million tons of vegetable oil…

PRISMA Press Release: New Report on REDD+ in Mesoamerica

23 .03. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

PRISMA Press Release: New Report on REDD+ in Mesoamerica

Press Release from RRI Partner PRISMA on the publication of a report on REDD+ written in conjunction with the Cabal Group: Despite worrisome trends in…

FPP Press Release: World Bank's Forest Climate Fund Sidelines Indigenous Peoples' Rights

23 .03. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

FPP Press Release: World Bank's Forest Climate Fund Sidelines Indigenous Peoples' Rights

DALAT” Vietnam (23 March 2011) – A new report launched today at the 8th meeting of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) reveals…

FPP Press Release: Precedent-setting Land Deal in Palm Oil Expansion in Borneo

21 .03. 2011   |   Rights and Resources Initiative

FPP Press Release: Precedent-setting Land Deal in Palm Oil Expansion in Borneo

Precedent-setting land deal in palm oil expansion zone in Borneo PONTIANAK – A new oil palm plantation being developed in Indonesian Borneo (West Kalimantan) has…

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