RRI’s collaborators in Cameroon (Cameroon Ecology, CAFT, CED, ICRAF, IUCN and FPP) formally presented its recommendations to the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) for…
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RRI puts forth idea for a global tenure facility at UN-REDD Policy Board meeting
On March 25-27, RRI represented the Independent Advisory Group to the UN-REDD programme at the 8th UN-REDD Policy Board meeting and its joint meeting with…
Meeting in DRC facilitates strategic thinking and planning on forest and community rights issues
On February 20-23, RRI participated in a meeting on Forest and Community Rights Issues in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, organized by R?seau CREF….
RRI and RECOFTC commit to convene key actors in land reform in Lao
On February 14, the Government of Lao People?s Democratic Republic and RECOFTC hosted a Forest Policy Dialogue discussing RRI?s role in advancing forest tenure and…
Annual review for 2012-13 and study on the fate of customary land tenure in Africa launched
RRI hosted a panel of experts at The Royal Society in London, England to discuss new analyses on the status of forest and land rights…
In Bolivia, RRI collaborators
successfully advocated to halt the government’s plans for opening a highway through the TIPNIS.
In Guatemala, RRI supported local communities
and their allied NGOs in establishing a mechanism for civil society monitoring of the implementation of the communal lands registry and cadastre process. The Guatemalan…
In India, the government
issued new Forest Rights Act Amendment Rules 2012 that strengthen collective rights and restrict bureaucratic powers over forest dwelling communities. This issuance was a direct…
In Indonesia, the Government
accepted a new Roadmap developed by RRI-supported Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and established a multi-sectoral Working Group on Forest Tenure, inclusive of ministries, to craft…
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
RRI co-sponsored the historic National Conference for Land Reform in the DRC in Kinshasa and launched a Tenure Baseline Study Launch Workshop. The Congolese Government…
In a groundbreaking development in Cameroon,
, RRI collaborators’ efforts resulted in the government’s declassification of around 30,000 ha. of forestland from forest concessions. The land was placed under community/customary management.
Pit-sawing was legally recognized
and a progressive Land Policy was developed with civil society and community input. Additionally, the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) responded to RRI’s…
RRI published unprecedented strategic analyses
on the global progress of tenure reform, including the report, What Rights? A Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries’ National Legislation on Community and Indigenous Peoples’…
RRI’s Global Dialogue on Scaling-Up Strategies
to Reduce Emissions and Advance Development in Forest Areas in Washington DC triggered new conversations and connections among forest community rights advocates, conservation organizations, and…
RRI’s efforts propelled substantial strengthening of government
commitment for tenure reform in five target countries—Laos, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indonesia, India and Colombia—and significant, national-level progress in four others—Liberia, Peru, China, and…
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