on Community Forests and Property Rights in the Context of Climate Change, held in Nepal, established new connections between national- and local-level stakeholders, and took…
on Community Forests and Property Rights in the Context of Climate Change, held in Nepal, established new connections between national- and local-level stakeholders, and took…
on effectiveness of implementation of India’s 2006 Forest Rights Act, which strengthened local and international stakeholders’ understanding of statewide reforms and national issues.
formally recognizing a need for greater indigenous and community rights through legal reforms, spurring a dialogue on palm oil and climate change issues in the…
Governance and Climate Change held in Ethiopia fostered new links with the Land Policy Initiative (LPI), the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), high-level…
in Ghana led a well-organized campaign and influenced the Presidential Commission assigned to amend the Constitution to strengthen natural resource tenure and governance policies.
the Liberian government’s commitment to implementation of the 2006 Forest Law, its regulations and a new Community Rights Law established a mandate for communities to…
US, exposed and connected emerging “next generation” leaders from MegaFlorestais agencies to tenure, governance and rights issues relevant to their work.
which built on 5 years of annual meetings by leaders of public agencies from the world’s largest forest countries.
on depth of statutory tenure rights in 15 countries and made extensive forest tenure data for 40 countries available online.
in six countries in Latin America to take their tenure and management claims to a higher level of dispute, with clear data, maps and assessment…
of the first alliance of forest community organizations from highlands and lowlands in Guatemala, increasing their visibility and voice in national policy issues related to…
Bolivian working group of key NGOs – linking highlands analysts to lowland analysts and practitioners – to help the key indigenous and peasant organizations analyze…
agreed to a new proposal by RRI to study and learn from tenure reforms in other countries to promote tenure reforms supported by key government…
of regulatory takings and need for grievance redress mechanisms to key policy makers in China.
of natural resource user groups in Nepal established a multi-party constituent assembly forum and used RRI analysis to advocate for constitutional guarantee to community rights…
in Africa’s Sahel region elevated the potential of local conventions to legally guide decentralized natural resource management and empower pastoralists, women, and other marginal populations.
Tenure and Enterprise in Yaoundé, Cameroon which catalyzed new, unprecedented commitments to strengthen rights in Central and West Africa among forest and land agencies, parliamentarian…
of the Communities Rights Law in Liberia with strong rights language
for scaling-up critical thinking on ATEMS by producing 16 ATEMS briefs analyzing experiences and lessons from community forestry enterprises and LLSL learning.
for community programs, inclusion of gender and tenure in the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)’s next biennial work program.
Governance and Climate Change in London and Washington DC which contributed to resituating the REDD debate.
supporting pilots or implementation reforms (Bolivia, Guatemala, Suriname, Central America, Amazonia)
on national-level reforms
(Guatemala, Bolivia, Brazil)