Accra Caucus Report on Rights in Forests
Accra Caucus Report on Rights in Forests

The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change published a report this month which details an alternative vision for slowing deforestation through addressing the drivers…

Kenya moves toward new land policy
Kenya moves toward new land policy

As reported in the Daily Nationby Ibrahim Mwathane” the cabinet of the Kenyan government has recentlyapproved sweeping changes to the country’s land resource policy.  Thishopeful…

Samdhana Institute joins RRI coalition
Samdhana Institute joins RRI coalition

In January RRI welcomed The Samdhana Institute as the newest Partner in the Rights and Resources Initiative coalition.   Samdhana's vision is a region where natural”…

Keeping REDD accountable to forest-dependent poor
Keeping REDD accountable to forest-dependent poor

Making REDD Work for the Forest-Dependent Poor: Civil Society Perspectives from the South In a joint policy statement released by RRI Partner Federation of Community…

Land  encroachment threatens Nepalese forest communities
Land encroachment threatens Nepalese forest communities

The forests of Nepal are under threat.  Due to illegal encroachment and timber extraction” the livelihoods of community forest users are being challenged.  In a…

Forest Day Cameroon
Forest Day Cameroon

In response to recently-observed climatic changes in Cameroon” RRI Partner CIFOR organized Forest Day Cameroon” held in Yaoundé on 24 April 2008. The occasion” intended…

So who owns Liberia's forest?
So who owns Liberia's forest?

A new report launched in Monrovia today” proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of…