As written by Ramesh Prasad Bhusal for The Himalayan Times on 16 April 2011. KATHMANDU: The forest Act (1993) amendment bill” prepared by the Ministry…
As written by John Muchangi for Nairobi Star on April 4″ 2011. The controversial shamba system may be good for Kenyan forests” a new study…
As written by Kunal Purohit for the Hindustan Times on 16 March 2011. Al least 10″000 tribals from across the state” many barefoot” marched from…
Dear Readers” Happy New Year to readers in Cambodia” Lao PDR” Myanmar” and Thailand! Before the festivities” Bangkok is hosting the United Nations climate change…
As reported by the Latin American Herald Tribune. Peru Policy” Army Brass Convicted for Deadly Clash with Indians LIMA – A Peruvian military court handed…
A three-part documentary produced by RRI and partner organization Intercooperation as a result of an ideas exchange workshop held last year among indigenous organizations from…
Precedent-setting land deal in palm oil expansion zone in Borneo PONTIANAK – A new oil palm plantation being developed in Indonesian Borneo (West Kalimantan) has…
Watch an AFP TV report on Zapotec forest management in Oaxaca” Mexico here.
As written on 8 February 2011. “Rapidly-rising food prices and growing demand for all land-based commodities” like palm oil and biofuels” are driving an intensive…
As written by Rhett Butler on Mongabay.com Progress over the past 25 years in recognizing indigenous peoples’ rights to land and resources has been interrupted…
In Guatemala City on October 28″ 2010″ RRI Collaborator
On November 30th” 2010″ in a side event at the COP16 in Cancun” Mexico” the Mesoamerican Community Carbon Reservoir” MesoCarbon” was launched by the newly…
REDD: The Realities in Black and White Friends of the Earth International” November 2010 Posted on 02″ December” 2010 “The case studies in this report…
To save forests” women call for inclusion in REDD talks Adianto P. Simamora” The Jakarta Post” CANCUN” MEXICO | Wed” 12/01/2010 10:13 AM Nepalese housewife…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Agrees to Hear Case of Indigenous Peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol” Brazil Tuesday” 16 November” 2010….
As published on the website for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada website. ************************ November 12″ 2010 Today” Canada joins other countries…
The Guardian today labeling two international think tanks as fronts for palm oil plantation” wood-pulp and logging interests. The letter accuses World Growth International (WGI) of Washington and Melbourne-based…
Will the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity finally accept proposed solutions to halt biodiversity loss that also benefit forest communities? For all forest peoples” the…
Can You Imagine? : Opening remarks of the Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms in Asia
Opening Remarks Conference on Forest Tenure and Regulatory Reforms: Experiences” Lessons and Future Steps in Asia Delivered by Andy White” Coordinator” Rights and Resources Initiative…
Natural resources are increasingly at the center of violent and low-level conflicts.
The opening remarks of the 2010 RRI Asia Dialogue on Community Forests and Property Rights in the Context of Climate Change were delivered by H.E….