Cameroon Ecology held a national workshop on participatory mapping, attended by about 50 participants from the central and regional administration of targeted ministries, mayors, representatives…
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Community members support legal position paper by Camerooninan parliament on land and forest tenure.
In Cameroon, key stakeholders validated a legal position paper produced by the members of parliament on land/forest rights and tenure of local communities and indigenous…
Workshop in Mali develops guide for inclusion of local conventions in resource management
In Mali, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) organized a workshop focused on local tools and examples for advocacy and the promotion of local conventions in…
Workshops develops final declaration for partipatory mapping and macro-zoning in the DRC
The “Participatory Mapping and Macro-Zoning in DRC” workshop in Kinshasa (co-organized by RRI and R?seau Ressources Naturelles) gathered representatives from the government, civil society and…
SPWD provides consultation on land grab issues in India
In India, the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD) held a National Consultation on Land Grab Issues, highlighting a cross-section of issues ranging from…
Campaign mobilizes local communities against Conservation Area Declaration in Nepal
FECOFUN, COFSUN, NEFIN, district community forestry representatives and Nepali media, launched an awareness campaign and fact-finding study to mobilize local communities against the Guarishankar Conservation…
Forum analyzes the role of participatory mapping as a political process to gaining tenure rights
RRI, the Latin American Studies Institute of the University of Texas, and the University of the Andes organized a Forum on Participatory Mapping in Latin…
Training course strengthens leadership capacities of Indigenous Peoples and Afro-descendants
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Studies raise awareness of challenges for community forestry in Latin America
Intercooperation implemented studies in Bolivia and Nicaragua on governance issues faced by indigenous organizations as part of the RRI project, ?Governance and Territory and the…
Colombian government and afro-descendant representatives agree to ensure community participation in REDD-readiness proposal
The Latin America Institute for Alternative Law and Society (ILSA) organized a workshop titled Climate Change, Financial Mechanisms for Emissions Reductions, and the Role of…
Guatemala’s civil society organizations receive training on the implementation of the Registry of Cadastre Information
In Guatemala City, Guatemala, CEIDEPAZ organized a forum on territorial dynamics, collective land tenure and natural resource rights. The forum was part of a series…
Civic Response advocates for constitution reform in Ghana for natural resource governance
As part of its community rights advocacy campaign for constitutional reform, Civic Response took part in Ghana?s Constitutional review conference where it facilitated thematic meetings…
FPP raises concerns with the World Bank on new policy on palm oil
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) met with the UK World Bank Executive Director to raise concerns regarding the newly drafted IFC/World Bank policy on palm…
Workshop examines collecting and interpreting data on forest tenure
RRI co-organized a Tenure Analysis Workshop about ?Building a Collaborative Analysis of Global Forest Tenure? in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop gathered forest tenure analysts from…
Communications campaigns educate Latin American youth on climate change and their rights
Intercooperation worked with ALER, AGRECOL-Andes, and SERVINDI on a variety of communications focused-projects related to climate change, forests and indigenous peoples. These projects include three…
New project analyzes opportunities, risks and challenges of REDD/PES mechanisms for Latin American communities
Intercooperation began a new project called “Opportunities, Risks and Challenges of REDD/PES Mitigation Mechanisms for Latin American Indigenous and Peasant Communities” which aims to analyze…
Mesoamerican Community Carbon Reservoir launched
La Asociaci?n Coordinadora Ind?gena y Campesina de Agroforester?a Comunitaria de Centroam?rica (ACICAFOC) launched the Mesoamerican Community Carbon Reservoir (MesoCarbon) at the COP16 in Cancun, Mexico….
Strengthening the knowledge base of indigenous and community leaders
Forest Trends sponsored a regional workshop on ?Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services? in La Ceiba, Honduras in early fall in which ten different countries…
Intercooperations works with Malian Ministry to recognize local conventions on natural resource management
Intercooperation and the Malian Ministry of Environment and Sanitation?s organized a workshop clarifying the legal /administrative framework of local conventions in early October. The workshop…
New national thinktank on field trees is established with the peasant organizations in Mali
The Sahel Eco multi-stakeholder national workshop on Rural Field Trees and Agroforest Management followed a stocktaking study of issues in managing protected trees in peasant…
Workshop builds capacity and road maps for effective community rights advocacy
The World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) hosted a training workshop on advocacy and negotiations for extended forest rights in Cameroon. Community leaders and NGO staff gathered…
Recommendations for forestry law reform in favor of community rights
Cameroon Ecology hosted a Multi-Actor Forum on Community Rights: Links between land and forest tenure in recognizing community tenure rights. Local communities, land and forest…
RRI helps build communication capacities for collaborators in Africa
The first RRI Africa Communications Knowledge Exchange was held during the 2011 Africa Regional Planning Meetings in Busua Beach, Ghana. During the week-long planning meetings…
Dialogue influences African Development Forum to prioritize tenure reform
RRI Africa Regional Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The event brought stakeholders from across the continent to…
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