On March 9-10, RRI?s Communications and Outreach team organized, in collaboration with Cameroon Ecology, a site visit to selected villages in Southern Cameroon for five…
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In Liberia, the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) held a conference for representatives of communities affected by palm oil companies, Sime Darby and Golden Veroleum, in…
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African representatives receive training on rights mechanisms, REDD+ and gender in tenure reforms
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AFP reporter investigates human rights violations by palm oil company in Liberia
On December 16-22, RRI organized an exclusive fact-finding trip for a reporter from Agence France-Presse (AFP), to Sinoe County, Liberia, where palm oil company Golden…
Communities receive training in laws regulating land and forest management
From 23-24 July, IUCN Mali organized a workshop with the Malian National Federation of Rural Women (FNAFER) that covered advocacy methods, trained the participants to…
Workshop identifies rights violations, inconsistencies in Liberia’s community rights law
On August 7, Green Advocates organized a preparatory workshop for local community leaders in Liberia to identify provisions within the Community Rights Law regulations that…
Workshop explores challenges in implementing regulations for pit-sawing in Liberia
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Liberian Land Commission takes civil society into confidence on plan for reforms
On July 19, Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) organized a multi-stakeholder dialogue on land policy reform. The Land Commission presented its mandate and plans for reforms…
Workshop explores use of VPA/FLEGT to advance pro-communities tenure reform
On 16-17 August, IUCN, CED and FPP co-organized a workshop in Yaound?, Cameroon, on CSOs and Legal Reforms in the context of FLEGT/VPA. Discussions aimed…
Workshop submits statement to EU highlighting recommendations for the new Cameroonian forestry law
On August 7, as a follow-up to the submission of RRI?s proposals to reform Cameroon’s 1994 Forestry Law earlier this year, Cameroon Ecology organized a…
New roadmap for RRI’s contribution to land reform in Cameroon
On July 5, the RRI Cameroon coalition met with the various ministries involved in land and forest tenure at a workshop organized by Cameroon Ecology…
Cameroon mandates RRI to propose sample text for new law on sustainable land management
On July 4, Cameroon Ecology workshop convened a workshop with civil society and seven ministries involved in land and forestry. The participants submitted three articles…
Workshop explores REDD+ to strengthen community rights and participation
On 21-23 August, ACRN (Africa Community Rights Network) hosted a regional workshop on using REDD+ to effectively strengthen community rights and participation. Participants explored options…
Conference launches land reform process in the DRC
On July 19-21, RRI co-sponsored the National Conference for Land Reform in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The conference launched the land reform…
Workshop emphasizes secure community tenure in Cameroonian land reform
On May 28-29, Centre for Environment and Development (CED) organized a national multi- stakeholder workshop advocating for the centrality of secure community tenure to successful…
REFACOF identifies advocacy activities to emphasize women in forest tenure
The African Women?s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) identified main advocacy activities geared towards forest tenure with an emphasis on women at a…
Workshop puts forth propositions for recognizing community forestry’s role in securing loans
On June 10, Coop?rative Agroforesti?re de la Trinationale?s workshop advocating for legislation favorable to small and medium community forest enterprises in Cameroon produced two major…
Liberia’s Forestry Development Authority recognizes pit-sawyers’ right to operate
Following advocacy by Green Advocates and the RRI coalition in Liberia, the Forestry Development Authority adopted regulations to recognize small-scale loggers (pit-sawyers) and their right…
Unprecedented tenure baseline study on DRC launched
The Tenure Baseline Study for the Democratic Republic of the Congo was launched in Kinshasa on May 31-June 1, during a workshop hosted by RRI,…
Workshop analyzes palm oil expansion to develop FPIC guidelines for Africa
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) partnersed with with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation to convene a workshop in Douala, Cameroon. The workshop included representatives from…
Cameroonian government to declassify land reserved for logging for community use
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Collaborators in Cameroon present government with recommendations on revising Cameroon’s forestry law
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…
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….
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