{"id":43565,"date":"2012-05-22T18:12:32","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T18:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rightsandresources.org\/new-study-reports-rise-in-community-land-rights-in-tropical-forests-yet-most-laws-in-asia-africa-remain-either-meaningless-or-unenforced\/"},"modified":"2024-02-28T16:13:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T21:13:45","slug":"new-study-reports-rise-in-community-land-rights-in-tropical-forests-yet-most-laws-in-asia-africa-remain-either-meaningless-or-unenforced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rightsandresources.org\/fr\/new-study-reports-rise-in-community-land-rights-in-tropical-forests-yet-most-laws-in-asia-africa-remain-either-meaningless-or-unenforced\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Reports Rise in Community Land Rights in Tropical Forests; Yet Most Laws in Asia, Africa Remain either Meaningless or Unenforced"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rio, Brazil, May 2012<\/em>
\nNew RRI Analysis for Rio+20<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Twenty Years of Tenure Reform<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRESS RELEASE: New Study Reports Rise in Community Land Rights in Tropical Forests; Yet Most Laws in Asia, Africa Remain either Meaningless or Unenforced<\/a>
\n (Read in Portuguese)<\/a><\/p>\n

Citing Global Land-Grab, Lack of Action by Authorities in Vulnerable Nations, Authors Warn of Risk to Positive 20-Year Global Trend\u2014Even in Latin America.<\/p>\n

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\nNew Analyses<\/strong><\/p>\n

What Rights? A Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries’ National Legislation on Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure Rights<\/a><\/p>\n

Spanish <\/a>| French<\/a><\/p>\n

This report presents a legal analysis of the national legislation that relates to Indigenous Peoples\u2019 and communities\u2019 forest tenure rights at a global scale by assessing whether the legal systems of 27 of the most forested developing countries of the world recognize the rights of Indigenous Peoples and communities to access, withdraw, manage, exclude and alienate to forest resources and land. The countries included in this study are home to 2.2 billion rural people and include approximately 75% of the forests in the developing world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Respecting Rights, Delivering Development: Forest Tenure Reform since Rio 1992<\/a><\/p>\n

French<\/a> | Portuguese<\/a> | Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n

In the twenty years since the 1992 Earth Summit set sustainable development as a key global objective, Indigenous Peoples and local community management of forests has proven to be one major area of progress among the many unmet goals and aspirations. In the same amount of time, the amount of forest recognized as owned or controlled by Indigenous Peoples and forest communities increased from 10 to 15% globally and from 21 to 31% of developing country forests. The amount of legislation recognizing or strengthening local peoples\u2019 forest and land rights have also increased dramatically. Rigorous research makes clear that the recognition of rights results in strong, positive impacts in social, economic and environmental terms \u2013 delivering on the global goals of sustainable development. However, global progress is attributable to a small set of countries even in light of this research, and the majority of forest country governments continue to deny communities land rights to those who depend of them for their livelihoods.<\/p>\n

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Background Papers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click the country name for examples of tenure reform around the world from 1992-2012:
\nBrazil<\/a>, China<\/a>, India<\/a>, Nepal<\/a>, Mexico<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Media Contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n

To arrange interviews with the individuals below, or for more information, please contact:<\/p>\n

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Jenna DiPaolo
\njdipaolo@rightsandresources.org<\/a>
\n+1 202 412 0331<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Coimbra Sirica
\ncsirica@burnesscommunications.com<\/a>
\n+1 301 943 3287<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Key Spokespeople Biographies<\/strong> (click here to download<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Global<\/p>\n

Andy White, President, Rights and Resources Group (coordinating unit of the Rights and Resources Initiative)
\nJeffrey Hatcher, Director of Global Programs, Rights and Resources Initiative
\nFred Pearce, Freelance Author and Journalist
\nFernanda Almeida, International Legal Consultant<\/p>\n

Brazil<\/p>\n

Luiz Carlos Joels, Brazilian Forestry Expert
\nAdriana Ramos, Vice Executive Secretary, Instituto Socioambiental (ISA)
\nAntonio Hummel, Director General, Brazilian Forest Service<\/p>\n

China<\/p>\n

Su Yufang, Deputy Director, Center for Mountain Ecosystem Studies
\nLiu Song, Research Assistant, Center for Mountain Ecosystem Studies
\nLi Ping, Staff Attorney, Landesa-RDI<\/p>\n

India<\/p>\n

Madhu Sarin, Fellow, Rights and Resources Initiative
\nSudhansu Sekhar Deo, Indian Expert in Natural Resource Management
\nTushar Dash, Director Forest Rights Act Thematic Group, Vasundhara<\/p>\n

Additional Resources for Press<\/strong>
\nRRI Press Kit<\/a>
\nRRI Press Coverage<\/a><\/p>\n

Suggested Resources for Reading<\/strong><\/p>\n

Declaration on Environment and Development
\nAgenda 21<\/a>
\nStatement of principles for the Sustainable Management of Forests
\nWho Owns the World’s Forests?<\/a> (White and Martin, 2002)
\nMap \u00ab\u00a0Amazonia Protected Areas and Indigenous Territories\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> (Instituto Socioambiental, 2009)
\nTrade-offs and synergies between carbon storage and livelihood benefits from forest commons<\/a> (Chhatre and Agrawal, 2009)
\nCommunity-managed forests and forest protected areas: An assessment of their conservation effectiveness across the tropics<\/a> (Porter-Bolland et al., 2011)
\nEffectiveness of strict vs. multiple-use protected areas in reducing tropical forest fires<\/a> (Nelson and Chomitz, 2011)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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