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…
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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…
Commnity pressure in Nepal leads Constituent Assembly representatives to oppose amendments to the Forest Act
Nearly 5,000 community forest users including representatives from the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) and the Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF) took…
FECOFUN leads protests against amendments to the 1993 Forest Rights Act in Nepal
Chairperson Apsara Chapagain of the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) led a peaceful demonstration in a continued effort to protest proposed amendments to…
Platform to advance legal reform of community rights is revived
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) contributed legal advice for a constitutional review of the Indonesian Plantations Act and the elaboration of a draft Bill on…
FPP initiates a rights awareness campaign on agribusiness ventures in Indonesia
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) initiated a community mobilization and rights awareness project, which included disseminating legal information on the 1.2 million hectare plantations and…
FPP persuades the IFC to revise and extend public consultation for palm oil sector
Through increased lobbying efforts and publication distribution, Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and local collaborators persuaded the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to revise (again) and further…
Global Alliance of Community Forestry strengthens ties with key forestry stakeholders in Lao
RRI representatives traveled to Lao PDR to strengthen the Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF)’s ties with Laotian civil society groups, international NGOs, and government…
Indonesian Ministry of Forests learns from the Chinese tenure reform experience
As a follow-up to September?s Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms, a delegation from the Indonesian Ministry of Forests traveled to Beijing and Kunming…
CSAG participates in the 46th session of the ITTO
At the 46th session of the International Tropical Timber Council meetings of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO), Civil Society Advisory Group (CSAG) presented on…
Peru’s youth gain greater understanding of climate change and how it directly affects their lives
Intercooperation and Servicios en Comunicaci?n Intercultural Servindi (SERVINDI), with support from the Provincial Municipality of Coronel Portillo and the Intercultural University of the Peruvian Amazon…
Indigenous leaders and local NGOs support Peru’s Consultation Law with Presidential Limitations
The Instituto del Bien Com?n (IBC) held a workshop on the rights of Indigenous Peoples to consultation for projects undertaken on their territories. The workshop…
Amazonian radio programming highlights climate change and its implications for rural and forest communities
Intercooperation and ALER conducted a training for rural radio programmers to develop effective radio programs for addressing climate change, its effects on rural and indigenous…
Forest community leaders highlight the importance of recognizing cultural contexts in REDD initiatives
La Asociaci?n Coordinadora Ind?gena y Campesina de Agroforester?a Comunitaria de Centroam?rica (ACICAFOC), the Asociaci?n Gaia, and RRI organized a workshop to discuss the current conditions…
Indigenous leaders share experiences and strategies for autonomy and self-governance
Intercooperation and El Centro de Estudios Jur?dicos e Investigaci?n Social (CEJIS), with support from the International Working Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) and the Communal…
Mesoamerican Dialogue proposes engagement strategies on climate change issues for governments and civil society
RRI’s Mesoamerican Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change, which took place in San Salvador, El Salvador, brought together participants from across Central America and…
Intercooperation contributes to the “land component” in Mali’s new Farm Bill
Intercooperation contributed to the implementation of the “land component” of the new farm bill, establishing 147 communal land boards and seven local land committees. These…
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