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New analyses reveals that in Asia, governments claim ownership of 67 percent of forest areas
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New analyses highlight the loss of resourcess and legal rights for Indigenous Peoples in the DRC, Cameroon, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda
In Central Africa, the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and local collaborators published a new analyses highlighting the loss of resource and legal rights for Indigenous…
RECOFTC analyzes the implications of carbon financing for forest communities
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Local communities and NGOs assess new registry and cadastre regulations Guatemala
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Governments and civil society actors discuss methods for effectively dealing with climate change
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Women leaders from across Africa create the Africa Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests
During RRI’s conference on Tenure, Governance, and Enterprise in Yaound?, Cameroon, a network for women leaders across Africa was created. This new network, the African…
Analyzing the linkages between payment for environmental services, forests, and poverty.
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) produced a new issues paper on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and Poverty: Risks and Opportunities, which analyzes…
CIFOR and RRI complete a ten country report analyzing and comparing the effects of tenure reform, regulations, and market access on community livelihoods
RRI and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) completed the last phase of their three-year research project, ?Enhancing Livelihoods and Equity in Community Forests.”…
RRI releases brief on forest tenture trends in Africa from 2002-2008
Drawing on a longer study of the same name, RRI?s brief Who Owns the Forests of Africa examines the 2002-2008 period of forest tenure transition…
RRI produces several new briefts on Alternative Tenure Enterprise Models in Ghana, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Guatemala, British Columbia, the Gambia, and Liberia
In preparation for the Yaound? tenure conference, RRI partners and collaborators prepared several briefs on Alternative Tenure Enterprise Models (ATEMs) in Ghana, Cameroon, Burkina Faso,…
RRI provides the first global review of tropical tenure, analyzing trends between 2002-2008
RRI and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) provided the first global review of tropical tenure, analyzing trends between 2002-2008. The report, Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment,…
CIFOR and CEDLA facilitate tenure discussion between forest peoples and governments in Bolivia and the northern Amazon region
RRI partners the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Center for Labor and Agrarian Development Studies (CEDLA) developed maps illustrating changes in land-use…
Thirty-two Community Forestry Agreements were signed in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, transfering 15,000 hectares to communities
Thirty-two Community Forestry Agreements were signed in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, transfering 15,000 hectares to communities. RRI partners, the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)…
ACOFOP trains community leaders on policy advocacy
In response to increased pressures undermining community rights to forest land in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, RRI collaborator Asociaci?n de Comunidades Forestales de Pet?n (ACOFOP)…
FPP and RECOFTC hold a workshop on Free, Prior and Informed consent (FPIC), REDD and conflict management in Manokwari, West Papua, Indonesia
The Forest People’s Programme (FPP) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) carried out a workshop on Free, Prior and Informed consent (FPIC), REDD,…
Studies highlight how Indigenous Peoples and forest communities of central Africa have been slowly dispossessed of their land rights over time
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RRI report provides best available data on forest poverty, tenure, and markets in Vietnam
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Report highlights the increasing risks to investment projects and REDD projects when Indigenous People’s rights are ignored
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Women from forest communities in Brazil and around the world develop strategies to ensure the inclusion of gender rights in climate change mitigation and adaption schemes
During a workshop at the World Social Forum in Bel?m, Brazil, women from forest communities in Brazil and around the world developed strategies to ensure…
Forest community leaders create a guide for strengthening organizational leadership and creating successful community-based forest enterprises
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UNREDD accepts recommendations to expand representation of Indigenous Peoples and civil society on the Policy Board and create a civil society advisory group
UNREDD accepted recommendations by RRI and the Rainforest Foundation Norway to expand representation of Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society on the Policy Board and create…
Study analyzes unique characteristics of forest resource management in South Yunnan Province, China
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