As seen on Inter Press Service BALI, Indonesia, Mar 16 2015 (IPS) – Over the past three decades, 50 percent of the 544,150 square kilometres that…
Indonesian peatland communities call for recognition of their rights and traditional knowledge in managing peatlands “We, the representatives of peatland communities in Indonesia are making…
LONDON, 12 March 2015: In February 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights met in Banjul, The Gambia, for its 17th Extra-Ordinary Session,…
As seen on Mongabay The rights of local and indigenous peoples aren’t being adequately protected in the drive for economic development, according to a report…
As seen on Al Jazeera By Saif Khalid It took eight days of walking for 80-year-old Dhanmatya Mumat to reach New Delhi. Like thousands of other…
Download a PDF of this statement here. Washington, DC (March 4, 2015) — The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Coalition joins local and international NGOs…
As seen on Forest Peoples Programme 27 February, 2015 Dear Colloquium Organizers, The Government of Kenya and the World Bank have invited us and other…
Las inversiones y préstamos chinos siguen creciendo en forma acelerada fuera de China, y especialmente en América Latina. Al mismo tiempo, la gobernanza ambiental en…
As seen on South China Morning Post China will spend about 26 billion yuan (HK$33 billion) to help identify and register the contractual rights over the…
16 Millones de dólares se usarían íntegramente para titular las 1166 comunidades indígenas amazónicas que están pendientes, ya que la alternativa, ante la exigencia de…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation At People’s Rights Conference, Nepali communities affirm their rights to resources in a recently declared conservation zone The hall…
As seen on Down to Earth. Land devoted to non-agricultural use has increased three-fold since Independence. It is set to increase further and faster, according…
(Bangkok, 12 February 2015) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its member the People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) from Thailand, has…
As seen on RTCC By Ed King A planned new global climate change deal must recognise land and resource rights in order to protect vulnerable forest…
Vídeo sobre defensa del derecho de los pueblos indígenas a la consulta previa con Gladis Villa, presidente de la Organización Nacional de Mujeres Andinas y Amazónicas…
As seen on Mongabay. Local and indigenous communities play an important role managing and protecting forests. Research published in 2014 by World Resources Institute and…
As seen on This is Africa By TIM HANSTAD In the week of 20 January, UN member states will begin the next phase of critically important…
Los pueblos indígenas de Loreto en la región amazónica de Perú han sufrido 43 años de explotación y destrucción petrolera en nombre del “desarrollo nacional”,…
As seen on Web Newswire “India needs to learn from these countries. Our forest laws are still colonial, with the state keeping a tight control…
As seen on the Times of India NEW DELHI: At the time when government is looking at various options to change green laws to make…
As seen on SciDev.net Women hold up half the sky, so goes the Chinese saying. Yet in the developing countries of Asia, they do not get…
As seen on Rainforest Action Network San Francisco, CA – A field-based survey to investigate Asia Pulp and Paper’s (APP) performance, provide input into an…
Tebtebba and CHIRAPAQ: Indigenous Peoples demand participation in national forest monitoring systems
Press release from Tebtebba and CHIRAPAQ Indigenous Peoples point out that the inhabitants of the forest are better qualified than anyone else to understand what…
As seen on Down to Earth. Globally, forest governance is undergoing reforms to benefit from community forestry MEXICO AND India are worlds apart, both in…