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…
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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
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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
Forest community leaders created a guide for strengthening organizational leadership and creating successful community-based forest enterprises in an international exchange organized by the World Agroforestry…
Social mapping of forest areas in Central America illustrate growing external pressures faced by communities
The Indigenous and Peasant Coordinator of Communal Agroforestry in Central America (ACICAFOC) created a social map of forest areas in Central America to help strengthen…
CIFOR and the Government of Bolivia develop alternative tenure and market policies to enhance livelihoods and strengthen community tenure
In Bolivia, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Center for Labor and Agrarian Development Studies, and the Government of Bolivia analyzed new territorial…
Forest communities and local organizations create maps for recognizing customary lands
In Liberia, local NGOs Green Advocates and the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), with support from RRI parnter, Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) and HELVETAS, worked with…
Updated report on rights and accountability concerns in the proposed REDD initiatives reveal that existing intergovernmental proposals contain no clear commitments to address rights and equity issues
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At the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meetings in Poland, RRI partners hold numerous side-events to promote the safeguarding of forest communities rights and interests
At the Center for International Forestry Research’s (CIFOR) Forest Day 2 side event, RRI partners, the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC), the International Union…
RRI produces a policy brief exploring effective climate change mitigation and adaptation that human rights and development in forest areas
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RRI and Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) organize the Oslo conference on Rights, Forests, and Climate Change
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Brazilian President Lula signs Executive Decree on Family and Community Forestry
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CIFOR and the Bolivian Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources identify new alternative tenure and enterprise models
In Bolivia, the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources of the Government of Bolivia have completed a…
Cameroonian community leaders, government representatives, and researchers discuss alternative models for tenure and enterprise in central African forests
Cameroonian community leaders, government representatives, researchers and members of the RRI coalition met in Ed?a, Cameroon to discuss alternative models for tenure and enterprise in…
ATEMs workshop held in Liberia to promotes alternative, locally-led development approaches to accelerate pro-poor growth
RRI and collaborators provoked discussion of alternative tenure and enterprise models in Liberia during a workshop at the University of Liberia in Monrovia. The seminar…
ATEMs studies conducted across Africa identify alternative models accelerate pro-poor growth
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