RRI?s latest Tenure Trends analysis reveal how the centralization of forest management and control can lead to rollback on tenure reform. In China, where management…
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An analysis of tenure rights and REDD reveal that secure tenure rights is a key element to ensuring success of REDD initiatives
RRI’s paper, Securing Tenure Rights and Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD),illustrates the social benefits of recognizing tenure rights in combating climate change and…
An analysis of the current opportunity cost approach to REDD+ reveals a rights-based framework better accounts for social impact
A report authored by RRI President Andy White, RRI Fellow Hans Gregersen and forest economists Hosny El-Lakany and Alain Karsenty, Does the Opportunity Cost Approach…
An assessement of emerging REDD+ partnerships helps to better safeguard local communities rights to forest land
Participants and panelists at the 5th RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change assessed the emerging REDD+ partnership, the recent UNFCCC sessions in Bonn…
RRI takes stock of the existing status of standards, safeguards, and recourse mechanisms in issues related to forests and climate change
RRI holds a workshop on systems of standards, safeguards, and recourse mechanisms for forests and climate, took stock of the existing status of standards, safeguards,…
RRI leads discussion on REDD’s architeecture and implication for local communities at its 4th Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change
RRI discusses REDD’s architecture and areas of intervention in enhancing local participation and benefits at the 4th Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change.
RRI and partners participate in the first Meeting of the Steering Committee on REDD and Indigenous Peoples in Latin America
In Costa Rica, Intercooperation, Forest Trends, La Asociaci?n Coordinadora Ind?gena y Campesina de Agroforester?a Comunitaria de Centroam?rica (ACICAFOC), and International Union for Conservation of Nature…
FECOFUN and Intercooperation lobby Nepali officials to include community ownership of forests in the state’s constitution
RRI partners the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) and Intercooperation met with senior Nepali politicians to lobby for community ownership to be included…
Indonesian civil society engages the Indonesian government and private sector on advancing policies that conserve the environment and protect local communities
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) helped open new communication channels between the Government of Indonesia, the private sector and civil society to discuss issues related…
RRI supports the first large scale survey of China’s Forest Tenure Reform
A new analysis, China?s Forest Tenure Reforms: Impacts and implications for choice, conservation, and climate change, summarizes results of the first large scale survey of…
RRI second Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change addresses the implications of climate-related legislation for forest communities
The second Chatham House-RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change gathered experts from governments, NGOs, academia and the private sector to discuss the international…
Cameroon’s indigenous Bagyeli people map land use areas to ensure their rights are protected
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and the Centre for Economic Development (CED) worked with the indigenous Bagyeli people in Cameroon to map the community’s use of…
RECOFT holds a press conference to address the lack of equitable social protection and benefits
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) held a press conference to address the lack of equitable social protection and benefits in forest-carbon markets. Discussions…
CIFOR publishes a study on best practices for nut management on community controlled lands in Bolivia
Following a workshop on best practices in nut management on community controlled lands, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) published a study entitled El…
The indigenous Surui people of the Amazon basin gain legal ownership of forest-carbon
According to a legal review commissioned by RRI partners Forest Trends, the indigenous Surui people of the Amazon basin have legal ownership of the forest-carbon…
RRI examines links between human rights protection, biodiversity, and natural resource conservation
A new publication co-sponsored by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Rights-based approaches: Exploring Issues…
RRI hosts its first Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change
Expert thought leaders on the role of forest governance and tenure rights in combating climate change gathered for RRI’s and Chatham House first Dialogue on…
Intercooperation outlines strategies for addressing the negative effectsd of climate change on Nepali forest communities
Intercooperation’s latest report, Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies in Nepal?s Forest Sector: How Can Rural Communities Benefit, outlines possible strategies for addressing the negative…
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
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) co-organized the first regional forum for people and forests, Carbon Financing and Community Forestry. The forum brought together…
Local communities and NGOs assess new registry and cadastre regulations Guatemala
PERT, the Association of Forest Communities (ACOFOP), and Utz’ Che, with the participation of several peasant and indigenous organizations, coalitions and other NGOs assessed Guatemala’s…
Governments and civil society actors discuss methods for effectively dealing with climate change
In a South-South Dialogue on Community Rights, Forests and Climate Change organized by RRI and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India), leading representatives from…
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…
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,…
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