In 2017, the Interlaken Group—an informal network co-chaired by RRI and the International Finance Corporation working to expand private sector action to secure community land…
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New research shows that large scale concessions in Liberia violate women’s rights, fail to deliver promised economic benefits
A new report from Liberian NGOs and RRI Collaborators Green Advocates International, the Natural Resources Women Platform, and the Alliance for Rural Democracy reveals that…
Mali-Burkina Faso exchange visit fosters learning on NTFPs for women
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) offer a sustainable alternative to traditional forest uses, in addition to serving as a viable option for many women to pursue…
Women from across Africa rally in support of Liberia’s tenure reform
About 100 women brought together by The African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF), representing 12 countries in Central and West Africa, participated…
RRI engaged forest
land, and mining ministry officials from Central West Africa in a regional dialogue in March on the challenges of coherent land allocation for large-scale agroindustry,…
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…
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…
The African Women’s Network
for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) was admitted to Cameroon’s national platform on REDD and climate change and identified its focal points to five Cameroonian…
Following RRI’s advocacy,
the Liberian government’s commitment to implementation of the 2006 Forest Law, its regulations and a new Community Rights Law established a mandate for communities to…
Held the International Conference on Forest Governance,
Tenure and Enterprise in Yaoundé, Cameroon which catalyzed new, unprecedented commitments to strengthen rights in Central and West Africa among forest and land agencies, parliamentarian…
Catalyzed critical reflection
on forest concessions and viable alternative tenure and enterprise models in Cameroon, Ghana and Liberia
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