As seen on YubaNet BOGOTA” COLOMBIA March 21″ 2013 – A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction…
As seen on Global Food For Thought By Renee Giovarelli and D. Hien Tran Renee Giovarelli is Executive Director of the Landesa. Forty years after the…
Researcher points to “colonial mentality” as governments race to attract investors; Cites destruction of forests” rivers” way of life of rural communities in 4 nations…
The Xinca people of the Santa Maria Xalapan community in southern Guatemala denounce the kidnapping” murder” and torture of four community members” one of whom…
Palm fruits at a palm oil plantation in Talun Kenas” North Sumatra. (EPA Photo/Dedi Sahputra) Environmental advocacy group Greenpeace has welcomed the launch of a…
As seen on IRIN Asia PHNOM PENH” 15 March 2013 (IRIN) – Faced with widespread evictions and opaque private sector deals” activists in Cambodia are…
As seen on AllAfrica.com By Monde Kingsley Nfor” 14 March 2013 Douala” Cameroon — The fruit farmers in Njombe” a small town in the coastal…
Comme on le voit sur Média Terre La réunion du 13ème dialogue régional sur les forêts” la gouvernance et les changements climatiques en Afrique s'est…
Ecoutez Samuel Nguiffo Dans deux études” l’ONG Initiative des droits et ressources (RRI) fait valoir que certains ministères africains choisissent d’offrir les ressources naturelles aux…
As seen on AllAfrica Samuel Nguiffo” director of the Centre for Environment and Development (CED) based in Cameroon” discusses how to recognize and protect community…
The Rights and Resources Initiative” Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC)” the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)” and the Cameroon Ministry of Forest and Wildlife (MINFOF)…
AllAfrica: Photoessays: African Governments Giving Land Away Quickly” Recognizing Land Rights Slowly
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AIDESEP Press Release: In the face of the hearing (Audiencia de Control de la Acusación Fiscal) scheduled to be held in the Bagua Transitory Penal…
As seen on Reuters By James Pomfret SHANGPU” China – Torched vehicles and violent clashes in the Chinese village of Shangpu as farmers protest…
RRI has released two new analyses highlighting the wide-ranging impacts and risks of land and concession deals in Africa” with a particular focus on Central…
RRI Collaborator AIDESEP (Asociación Interétnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana) has published its newsletter for February 2013. The newsletter includes an update on new…
As seen on the Forest Peoples Programme Sophie Chao” Forest Peoples Programme 25 February” 2013 The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is a not-for-profit…
As seen on Nourishing the Planet By Laura Reynolds The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)” a coalition of groups working for the rights of rural…
With activists killed in Brazil” Cambodia” the Philippines” and elsewhere” 2012 may have been the most violent year yet By Fred Pearce for Guardian Environment…