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…

Balancing climate strategies with community needs
Balancing climate strategies with community needs

A recent publication by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) addresses the potential impact on forest communities…

Villagers help expose illegal logging in Indonesia
Villagers help expose illegal logging in Indonesia

In films recently released in Jakarta and London” Indonesian villagersin Papua helped expose illegal logging and forest devastation by usingdigital and video cameras to record…

Community forestry bill passed in Thailand
Community forestry bill passed in Thailand

On November 21st the Thai National Legislative Assembly passed a community forestry bill that grants legal rights to forest communities to preserve and manage forest…

Deforestation increases flooding risks
Deforestation increases flooding risks

An international team of scientists” including experts from Singapore” has proven for the first time that deforestation increases the risk of flood disasters” which kill…

Conservation vs. Livelihoods?
Conservation vs. Livelihoods?

An article published in the Hindu highlights the necessity to balance conservation and livelihoods concerns” so as not to alienate the communities who inhabit the…

Forests offer more than wood
Forests offer more than wood

Vietnam – June 13th 2007 – A four-day international conference beganyesterday in Ha Noi to explore the role of non-timber forest product(NTFP) in poverty alleviation…

India: Development preys on Mumbai's urban forest
India: Development preys on Mumbai's urban forest

Mumbai” India” is struggling to prevent its growing population of 17million from infringing on the world's largest urban forest. Thisthreatens the biodiversity of the forest…

Forests and the Millennium Development Goals
Forests and the Millennium Development Goals

ETFRN News: Forests and the Millennium Development Goals The Winter 2006-07 Issue of ETFRN News (No. 47-48) focuses on the role of forests in achieving…

War in the Heart of India
War in the Heart of India

War in the Heart of India: an enquiry into the ground situation in Dantewara District” Chhattisgarh A six member team of independent citizens from Delhi”…

12-17 March 2007: Meetings in Yaounde” Cameroon
12-17 March 2007: Meetings in Yaounde” Cameroon

March 12-17 2007″ RRI is hosting a series of meetings in Yaounde” Cameroon. Meetings will advance the work of the Alternative Tenure and Business Model…