As seen on The Guardian Holly Watt Thursday, 23 July 2015 Campaign group urges Golden Veroleum Liberia to renegotiate deals in which communities panic-stricken by…
Como se ve en Correo Del Sur 13 JULIO 2015 PRESENCIA. El presidente Evo Morales visitó Sararenda en el municipio de Camirí. El presidente Evo…
Realizing full potential of Forest Rights Act will transform land ownership, forest governance, and rural livelihoods for tens of millions of forest-dwellers on at least…
As seen on Eco-Business The world’s largest palm oil trader faces accusations against unresolved land grabbing and human rights issues by its concessions in Asia…
As seen on Cultural Survival 13 July 2015 Wake for three Tolupán activists in San Francisco de Locomapa, August 25, 2013, killed while defending…
As seen on Upside Down World Written by Maria Osava Friday, 17 July 2015 (IPS) – Ethnocide, the new accusation leveled against the Belo Monte…
As seen on CIFOR Forests News BY AOIFE BENNETT-CURRY 20 July 2015 Jorge Rios Pacaya, a smallholder from Ucayali, Peru. A CIFOR study shows that small…
Como se ve en Servindi En el micrófono, Alfonso López Tejada, presidente de la Acodecospat, federación de indígenas kukama…
Bangkok, Thailand – Local people from forest communities in Cambodia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand and Nepal came together in Bangkok recently to discuss…
As seen on the UNHCR website. GENEVA (7 July 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, today…
Bangkok, Thailand – From 8-10 July, community forest members, indigenous peoples and smallholders from Asia’s forests will gather in Bangkok for The pre-World Forestry Congress regional…
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) coalition in Cameroon presented its position on land reform to government representatives from the offices of the President, Prime…
As seen in The New York Times. By JIM YARDLEY, JULY 7, 2015 Pope Francis, center, arrived Tuesday to celebrate Mass at Bicentenario Park in Quito, Ecuador. Credit…
As seen on Upside Down World. Written by Jeff Abbott Monday, 06 July 2015 20:53 The Pasión River in northern Guatemala is a disaster area. Beginning…
As seen on Upside Down World Written by Santiago Navarro Monday, 15 June 2015 11:17 Source: Americas Program Adenilson da Silva Nascimento, a 54-year-old indigenous man…
As seen on Upside Down World Written by Emily Achtenberg Monday, 29 June 2015 08:33 Source: NACLA Report on the Americas Bolivian President Evo Morales escalates…
Thanks to advocacy work by RRI Collaborator the Federation of Peasant Women of Cundinamarca (FEDEMUCC), the Colombian government has agreed to establish a comprehensive public…
RRI is pleased to announce the recent international recognition of leaders of two of our Collaborator organizations in Guatemala and Perú. Mr. Marcedonio Cortave (left), Director…
Publicado por CIFOR: Los bosques en las noticias blog. Por Yoly Gutiérrez PUCALLPA, Perú. La comunidad nativa de Saweto en la región amazónica de Ucayali,…
Efforts to secure water rights and resist extractivism united campesino and indigenous organizers. By Teresa A. Velásquez * As seen in NACLA Since his presidential…
As seen in Global Issues By Kwame Buist (amsterdam) Tuesday, June 02, 2015 Inter Press Service AMSTERDAM, Jun 02 (IPS) – Indigenous people who would…
As seen on The Huffington Post The Tolo River People of Colombia were in a bind: dependent on nearby cattle ranches to make…
Gracias a la labor de la Mesa de Incidencia de las Mujeres Rurales Colombianas, de la cual hace parte nuestras Colaboradoras de la Federación de Mujeres…
As seen on GreenBiz Watching the sun rise over the temple-riddled rainforest of Guatemala’s Tikal National Park, it’s easy to understand why George Lucas chose…