FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Agrees to Hear Case of Indigenous Peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol” Brazil Tuesday” 16 November” 2010….
As published on the website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website. ************************ November 12″ 2010 Today” Canada joins other countries…
Will the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity finally accept proposed solutions to halt biodiversity loss that also benefit forest communities? For all forest peoples” the…
Can You Imagine? : Opening remarks of the Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms in Asia
Opening Remarks Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms: Experiences” Lessons and Future Steps in Asia Delivered by Andy White” Coordinator” Rights and Resources Initiative…
Center for Environmental Development have held consultations with indigenous communities in Cameroon regarding the impacts of climate change to the forests of Cameroon and the implications…
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…
Cambodia: The Last Chance In Kampong Thom province” local communities have only recently been granted formal rights to manage their forests. Many of the forests…
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…
A resolution linking climate change to national and international security was approved by the UN General Assembly on Wednesday” June third. As reported by Claudia…
Regional workshops addressing government forestry classification practices were recently held in the towns of Edea and Kribi” Cameroon. The meetings were organized by Cameroon Ecology”…
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”…
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…
Subregional Workshop – Ownership and Access Rights in Decentralized Natural Resources Management in the Sahel RRI” Intercooperation and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation…
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…
Rights and Resources Initiative” International Tropical Timber Organization and the Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife are pleased to announce the international conference Forest Tenure”…
On August 12-14″ 2008″ community leaders” government representatives” researchers and members of the RRI coalition met in Edéa” Cameroon to discuss alternative models for tenure…
July 31″ 2008 – Monrovia – The NGO Coalition for Liberia has sounded a warning that the Government of Liberia is threatening its own reform…
On May 9th” 2008 in Lomié” in the department of Haut Nyong” Eastern Province” Cameroon” a group of community forestry leaders and advocates took a…
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…
Last week in Monrovia” Liberia” RRI and Green Advocates hosted meetings that have spurred dialogue among policymakers and civil society about the future of ownership…
Two articles that appeared recently in the Bangkok Post highlight the inadequacies of Thailand’s Community Forest Bill (CFB)” which passed the National Legislative Assembly in…
Following the successful Forest Day workshop held in Bali during the UNFCCC COP 13 meetings in December 2007″ CIFOR and counterparts are now organizing a…