En Colombia, miles de campesinos, indígenas y afro-descendientes agremiados en la Asociación Nacional de Zonas de Reserva Campesina (ANZOR), la Organización Nacional Indígena Colombiana (ONIC)…
Since 2009, the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), a civil society organization based in Monrovia, Liberia, has collaborated with RRI to support local communities in securing…
The release of a new series of reports in March by the Indonesian National Commission On Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the government’s human rights agency,…
NGOs call on governments to act to save people and planet Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world’s land, but formally own just…
Global Network, MegaFlorestais, brings together forest agency leaders to better adapt to increasing pressure on forest land and climate change mitigation challenges WASHINGTON, DC (25…
A new RRI analysis reveals that secure tenure for Indigenous Peoples and local communities — a key climate change mitigation strategy — is notably absent…
Río de Janeiro en Brasil, dónde se encuentra la sede principal del Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES) fue el escenario para llegar…
Como se ve en Alianza Mesoamericana el 7 de abril de 2016. Hoy 7 de abril es un día histórico para el pueblo Miskitu pues dos…
Como se ve en Alianza Mesoamericana Hoy 7 de abril es un día histórico para el pueblo Miskitu pues dos Concejos recibirán sus títulos territoriales,…
By Sam Eaton Even the monsoon rains don’t keep the women of Ghunduribadi, a tiny tribal village in India’s eastern state of Odisha, from patrolling…
The recent murder of Honduran human rights and environmental defender Berta Cáceres is a heartbreaking blow to all of us working to support and defend…
NEW YORK – Can land rights for women drive down child marriage and domestic violence? “Yes and more”, says an international group of land…
Around 2.5 billion people live, work, and depend on indigenous and community lands. They protect about half of the world’s land, but have full ownership rights to just one-fifth of that. Why this massive gap?
More than 100 people from 15 indigenous Wapichan communities gathered together last week in the village of Shulinab, Guyana, to celebrate joining The Global Call to…
GENEVA—The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today strongly condemned the murder in Honduras of human rights defender Berta…
Monrovia – A group of rural and urban poor women under the banner of the ‘Natural Resource Women Platform’ has catalogued abuses and untold suffering…
Failure to recognize customary rights in tropical forests found to drive deforestation, climate change, and even armed conflict; new evidence released in London makes clear…
Como se ve en La Prensa Latina el 11 de enero de 2016 Santiago de Chile, 11 ene (EFE).- La presidenta de Chile, Michelle Bachelet, firmó…
A decade-long mining boom has left a string of complications–environmental liabilities, social polarization and loss of governmental legitimacy. Meanwhile it has not resolved a single…
YARINACOCHA, Peru—On the 5th of December 2015 we, the Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali – FECONAU (Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali) representing 35…
For most Peruvians it was a Sunday like any other; but in the Wampis community of Soledad, it was a historic day. On November 29,…
Armed with drones, GPS, cell phones and aps, Indigenous communities collecting information for claiming traditional lands, documenting crimes and complementing satellite and web-based data PARIS—As…
Who has legal ownership over the world’s forests? And how has that ownership changed over time? RRI’s new interactive Forest Tenure Tool lets you compare…
LIMA, Peru — The world’s top development banks pledged Friday to boost their funding to lessen climate change’s impact, aiming for the goal of $100…