As seen on India Environment Portal New research released by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) at the International Workshop on Gender and Forest Tenure…
As seen on AllAfrica 27 JUNE 2012 WASHINGTON” D.C./ROME (28 June” 2012) — A new report released today by Namati and the International Development Law…
As seen on CIFOR News Blog 20 JUNE 2012 BY CATRIONA MOSS RIO DE JANIERO, Brazil (20 June 2012)_Community-managed forests in Nepal are already achieving…
As seen in The Bengal Post Sujoy Dhar June 19″ 2012 In the thick Sal forest of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha” 50-year-old Bishnu Paw is…
As seen on IISD Reporting Services 30 May 2012: Ahead of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD” or Rio+20)” the Rights and Resources Initiative…
As seen on Deutsche Welle Autora: Nádia PontesRevisão: Carlos Albuquerque Estudo compara evolução dos direitos dos habitantes da floresta em 27 países que possuem…
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As seen on CBS Money Watch HOUQIAO” China — A report says that ensuring forest dwellers' rights over their own land is a crucial step…
As seen on www.indiablooms.comWashington” May 30 (IBNS) New research released by the non-profit group Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) on Wednesday shows that hundreds of…
RRI sponsored a trip to Budhikhamari” Orissa” India for journalists interested in India's tenure reform process earlier this month (May 2012). For details on the…
As seen on ooskanews.com“There can be no prosperity without infrastructure” but infrastructure projects don’t necessarily benefit the poor. Past energy” water and transport strategies have…
As posted on Mongabay.com on May 16″ 2012 Despite a global trend towards urbanization some 1.2-1.7 billion people worldwide remain primarily dependent on forests for…
Cecile Ndjebet from Cameroon Ecology and REFACOF (African Women’s Network for Community Management of Forests) on the work she is doing to promote women's rights…
Trust.org: The Word on Women – Africa’s Latest Land Rush: The Effect Of Land Grabs On Women’s Rights
As written by Kathambi Kinoti on Trust.org on February 13″ 2012. In Africa land rights are critical to economic power. In recent history” there have…
As written by Chris Lang and Andy White for REDD-Monitor.org on 11 August 2011. The role of women in protecting and managing forests is often…
As written by Bisong Etahoben for the Africa Review on 30 July 2011. African women want their governments to undertake reforms that will enable them…
As written by Amantha Perera for Inter Press Service (IPS) LOMBOK” Indonesia” Jul 13″ 2011 (IPS) – A 1993 forest act gave back Nepal its…
A study presented this week at the community rights conference in Lombok” Indonesia” suggests that granting greater control to local forest communities has been a…
As written by Anna Strom for the Secretariat for International Forestry Issues on 10 June 2011. Summary of the Seminar on global trends Reforming international…
Dear Friends” The work of the Forest Peoples Programme is to support indigenous peoples and other forest peoples to defend their human rights” in particular…
As written in a CIFOR press release on March 1″ 2011. BOGOR” Indonesia (March 1″ 2011). Women are the main users of forests in developing countries –…
As written by Rhett Butler on Mongabay.com Progress over the past 25 years in recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to land and resources has been interrupted…