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New global analyses analyzes tenure reform and its impacts since 1992
RRI released two new global analyses of tenure reform (and impacts) since the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development: Respecting Rights, Delivering Development: Forest Tenure…
Annual review for 2012-13 and study on the fate of customary land tenure in Africa launched
RRI hosted a panel of experts at The Royal Society in London, England to discuss new analyses on the status of forest and land rights…
Workshop examines collecting and interpreting data on forest tenure
RRI co-organized a Tenure Analysis Workshop about ?Building a Collaborative Analysis of Global Forest Tenure? in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop gathered forest tenure analysts from…
New report addresses whether the value of land productivity can determine REDD+ feasbility
RRI’s latet analysis, Does the Opportunity Cost Approach Indicate the Real Cost of REDD+ addresses whether the value of land productivity can determine REDD+ feasbility…
RRI’s Tenure Trends analysis reveal advances in tenure reform in China and the potential for rollback in REDD countries
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…
New analyses reveals that in Asia, governments claim ownership of 67 percent of forest areas
RRI produced a new regional brief on Asia, Who Owns the Forests of Asia? An introduction to the forest tenure transition in Asia, 2002-2008. The…
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 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,…
Studies highlight how Indigenous Peoples and forest communities of central Africa have been slowly dispossessed of their land rights over time
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) coordinated a consultation-based study on land and forest laws in five countries in Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,…
RRI report provides best available data on forest poverty, tenure, and markets in Vietnam
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and RRI released the report Forestry and Poverty Data in Viet Nam: Status, Gaps and Potential Uses. This…
Study analyzes unique characteristics of forest resource management in South Yunnan Province, China
Customary rights and collective forest tenure reform in southwest China are the focus of a new case studies published by World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). The…
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…
FPP coordinates studies of land and forest laws in five Central African countries
The Forest Peoples Programme’s (FPP) latest study focuses on Burundi, Cameroon, DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda. Based on historical and legal arguments, the analyses highlight how…
RRI publishes a sequel to the 2002 report Who Owns the World’s Forests?, which analyzes statutory forest tenure in the world’s most forest countries
Following the 2002 report Who Owns the World’s Forests?, RRI’s latest analysis From Exclusion to Ownership? Challenges and opportunities inadvancing forest tenure reform, which analyzes…
RRI publishes a new global report reviewing the history of development intervention in forest areas and proposes new strategies for advancing forest rights
In this global report, Seeing People Through the Trees: Scaling up efforts to advance rights and address poverty,conflict and climate change, RRI reviews the history…
RRI and the FPP launch two important publications on forest tenure, poverty alleviation, and climate change
RRI and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) held a press conference with the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DfID) in the House of Commons…
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