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FECOFUN Nepal and RECOFTC help produce an eight-point declaration on the future directions and actions to promote the rights and agendas of local communities engaged in community forestry
Federation of community forestry users of Nepal (FECOFUN Nepal) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) supported a meeting of the Global Alliance of…
Forest Trends launches a community portal entitled Ecosystem Marketplace
Forest Trends new community portal, Ecosystem Marketplace, is designed to increase communities? access to ecosystem markets, services, and payments for ecosystem services rendered.
MegaFlorestais holds its 3rd Annual Meeting
During the 3rd annual MegaFlorestais meeting, forest agency leaders discussed avoided deforestation and the global bio-energy market, with a focus on REDD and carbon finance…..
RECOFTC launches a new network of forest communities in Thailand
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) launched a new network of forest communities in Thailand, the Community Forestry Assembly of Thailand, along with a…
RRI and collaborators exchange knowledge and experiences with Nepali leaders in the Department of Forests and advocate for including more secure community rights to natural resources in the new draft constitution for Nepal
In Nepal, Federation of community forestry users of Nepal (FECOFUN) provided new directions for community forestry by building consensus and solidarity among forest user groups…
RRI helps advance debate on recognizing forest rights of local communities in the Sahel region
RRI, HELVETAS, and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation organized a workshop on ownership and access rights in the Sahel, focusing on local rights…
FPP coordinates studies of land and forest laws in five Central African countries
The Forest Peoples Programme’s (FPP) latest study focuses on Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda. Based on historical and legal arguments, the analyses highlight how…
IUCN publishes new analysis on Local Rights and Tenure for Forests: Opportunity or Threat for Conservation?
New analysis from International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) looks at the evolution of rights-based approaches in conservation, and considers how conservation organizations might…
Two new reports from Intercooperation highlight the role of forests in mitigating climate change, highlighting key opportunities for effectively including forests in climate change adaptation and mitigation options.
Intercooperation produces a report on Climate Change and Governance in the Forest Sectorand Key Issues on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry. Climate Change…
RRI publishes a paper on the Commons in conflict and post-conflict states in Afghanistan, Sudan and Liberia
The paper focuses on the tenure fate of three Commons: the 30 million hectares of paturelands in Afghanistan, which represent at least 45% of the…
Updated report on rights and accountability concerns in the proposed REDD initiatives reveal that existing intergovernmental proposals contain no clear commitments to address rights and equity issues
The Forest People’s Programme (FPP) released their report Seeing REDD: Forests, climate change mitigation and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities just in…
At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings in Poland, RRI partners hold numerous side-events to promote the safeguarding of forest communities rights and interests
At the Center for International Forestry Research’s (CIFOR) Forest Day 2 side event, RRI partners, the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the International Union…
RRI produces a policy brief exploring effective climate change mitigation and adaptation that human rights and development in forest areas
This policy brief provides negotiators, governments, and inter-governmental organizations a road map for ensuring that responses to climate change do not undermine national social and…
RRI and Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) organize the Oslo conference on Rights, Forests, and Climate Change
The conference provided the first major opportunity for advocates and policymakers to consider climate change mitigation and adaptation from a rights-based perspective. Participants discussed options…
Brazilian President Lula signs Executive Decree on Family and Community Forestry
The Ministry of Environment of Brazil sent an Executive Decree on Family and Community Forestry to President Lula. The Decree was signed into law on…
Forest Trends and RECOFT investigate forest trade and market reforms in Vietnam
Forest Trends and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) established a network of Vietnamese researchers and civil society representatives to investigate forest trade and…
CIFOR and the Bolivian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources identify new alternative tenure and enterprise models
In Bolivia, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Bolivia have completed a…
RECOFTC publishes Forest Tenure Reform in Vietnam: Case studies from the Northern Upland and Central Highlands Regions,highlighting the strength of traditional forest management systems
A new study from the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) finds that despite two decades of state control over forests in Vietnam, traditional forest…
Cameroonian community leaders, government representatives, and researchers discuss alternative models for tenure and enterprise in central African forests
Cameroonian community leaders, government representatives, researchers and members of the RRI coalition met in Ed?a, Cameroon to discuss alternative models for tenure and enterprise in…
A feasability study conducted in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Republic of Congo, and Gabon provides methods in operationalizing Forest Steward Council Principles 2 and 3 in the Congo Basin
The study reveals how the notion of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) can be put into practice in forestry concessions in the Congo Basin….
IUCN publishes Aborvitae 36: Rights-based approaches to forest conservation
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published a new issue of Arborvitae focused on rights-based approaches to conservation. Rights-based Approach to Forest Conservation
CIFOR publishes Forest-Related Conflict: Impacts, Links, and Measures to Mitigate, a report analyzing the scale and causes for forest-based conflict
A new report from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) analyzes the scale and causes of forest-based conflict. The authors conclude that conflicts arising from…
Analysis reveals effective forest tenure reforms must include respect for a wide range of human rights
A new analysis from Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), Beyond Tenure: Rights-Based Approaches to Peoples and Forests, concludes that effective forest tenure reforms must include respect…
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