This joint-opinion brief is released at the 19th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru to…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 25, 2014)—A new map of land conflicts in India shows that at least one quarter of India’s districts are affected by some…
Nature is Speaking, a new campaign from Conservation International, uses celebrity voices to personify natural forces — Penelope Cruz is water, Kevin Spacey is the…
From a business perspective, the risk posed by conflicts between concession operators and local populations in emerging or frontier markets concerns more than just companies…
This new report reveals that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the worlds’ ten largest pulp and paper companies with over US$20 billion in…
An analysis of the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
This report—a follow-up to our 2010 investigation on Stora Enso’s land acquisition in China, which revealed violations of forest farmers’ property rights—assesses the company’s efforts…
While governments are increasingly recognizing local ownership and control of forests, forest tenure arrangements remain in dispute or unclear in many places, including low, middle, and high income countries.
While there were many encouraging pronouncements in 2013—from courts, governments, and some of the world’s largest corporations —unfortunately, progress for community land rights on the ground remains very limited.
It is widely understood that forests throughout the world are under growing pressure as societal demands increase and diversify. If the drivers for this pressure…
In order to strengthen collective efforts to address these challenges and capitalize on current opportunities to scale up community land rights around the world, from…
Map of land aquisition and related disputes select examples of common lands.
The Memorandum of Understanding is the formal declaration of partnership between Partner Organizations in the RRI coalition. The document outlines the details of collaboration on…
This paper seeks to characterize and quantify the regional investment trends of organizations investing in Liberian agribusiness” infrastructure” and extractive industries” to better understand their…
On 28 January, a meeting was conducted in the Sindhuli district of Nepal with the central committee members of RRI Partner FECOFUN, along with chairpersons…
This report provides an overview of Nepal’sinitiatives on readiness for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+), the political and socioeconomic context in which…
Four community leaders in Sinoe County” Liberia have been arrested by local authorities over the past few days” calling into question the government’s commitment to…
This book is a compilation of research and analyses from some of the leading scholars and experts on the Indian forest sector. Their analyses take…
Opening remarks at the International Conference on Forest Tenure Reform” Hangzhou” China. 22 November 2012.
The presentation examines the unique characteristics” context and impacts of India's 2006 Forest Rights Act.
A legal analysis of the national legislation assessing whether these legal systems recognize the community rights to access, withdraw, manage, exclude and alienate to forest resources and land.
This paper was authored by Zhu Keliang of Landesa-RDI” in collaboration with RRI. It offers recommendations to reform the policy” law and institutional practices concerning…