As seen on news.yahoo.com HOUQIAO” China (AP) — A report says that ensuring forest dwellers' rights over their own land is a crucial step in the…
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 Newstrack IndiaNew Delhi” May 30 (IANS) Millions of forest people in tropical nations” including India” have won unprecedented legal rights to land…
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…
The Constitutional Court of Colombia (CCC) has upheld a 2009 decision on the suspension of the mining project Mande Norte in the Pacific coast of…
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s Committee on World Food Security approved the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land”…
The ForestAction Nepal 2011 Annual Report Message from the Chairperson I am glad to share that with scholarly research and deliberative policy dialogue”ForestAction has been…
As written by Samik Kharel on April 26″ 2012 The customers are suffering due to the ineffective distribution system of the Timber Corporation Nepal (TCN)….
As seen on Kathmandu PostShe became the chairperson of Madhuban Community Forest of Malakheti VDC-6 at a time when no one was willing to take…
By Daniel Pye & Philip Jacobson | April 22″ 2012 One by one they picked up the microphone” describing their communities’ experiences fighting outside interests…
As written by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal on 22 April” 2012 DHANGADI” April 22: A forest encroacher on Saturday attacked a forest conservation campaigner severely…
As posted on the AJE site on 19 April 2012 By Mauela Picq Miami” FL – Indigenous politics tend to be understood as local anecdotes”…
In an important win for the efforts of the RRI Coalition in Cameroon” led by Cameroon Ecology (Cam-Eco)” the Government has agreed to declassify several…
As posted by Chris Lang” 17th April 2012 Interview with Bernadinus Steni” HuMa (Perkumpulan untuk Permbaharuan Hukum Berbasis Masyarakat dan Ekologis – Association for Community…
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As posted on the IRIN website on April 16″ 2012 With pressure on natural resources increasing in Laos” the first community land titles granted…
Landesa has deepened its partnership with the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)” a coalition of NGOs who are committed to supporting local communities’ struggles against…
As written by Chris Lang on April 6″ 2012 On 8 March 2012″ the World Bank announced that the Draft Indonesia Forest Investment Plan was…
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Marking the one year anniversary of the involuntary displacement of the communities of Polochic Valley” 2″500 peasants and indigenous residents of Alta Verapaz” Guatemala” began a march…
By Emilio Godoy MEXICO CITY” Apr 2″ 2012 (IPS) – Despite the key role they play in caring for natural resources in the face of…