Federation of Community Forestry Users” Nepal (FECOFUN) celebrate 14th Anniversary Mr. Ghan Shyam Pandey” President of FECOFUN” released the following statement commemorating this special day:…
The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) recently released a UNCERD letter to Indonesian UN ambassador Forest Peoples Programme Press Release
The Brazilian Supreme Court is set to punctuate a long” contentious history of indigenous affairs in Brazil with the finalizing of this historic land transfer. …
In this recent article” RECOFTC Program Officer Ben Vickers reflects on the importance of recognizing rights for local communities in Thailand who are facing increasing…
In a May 14 piece for
Darren Schuettler has recently penned an article for here.
In late February representatives from the tribes of Manipur met during a consultation “On Tribals' Land” Forests & Natural Resources.” Participants expressed their concerns over…
Over the last few months” REDD (Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) has quickly emerged as one of the most prominent mechanisms under consideration for…
On November 21st the Thai National Legislative Assembly passed a community forestry bill that grants legal rights to forest communities to preserve and manage forest…
Anecdotal evidence and some country case studies have pointed to a strong coincidence between areas of remaining high forest cover and high poverty rate. A…
On May 14″ RECOFTC organized and hosted a roundtable discussion on the Community Forest Bill in Thailand. TheCommunity Forest Bill in Thailand is important for forest-dependentrural…
Forest People Programme (FPP) analayzes the seventh UN Forum on Forests: UNFF Fails Indigenous Peoples Again. Inan analysis of the culmination of seven years of…
The World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF)has published a series of nine Working Papers on the state ofCompensation for Environmental Services in three continents – Africa”Asia and…
See the article at Milenio.com (Spanish)
During the 42nd session of the International Tropical Timber Council”which took place in Port Moresby” Papua New Guinea last week” the CivilSociety and Advisory Group…
At the April meetings in New York” the Board of Directors unanimously resolved to welcome Civic Response as a Parter of RRI. Civic Response is…
La Paz – Last week CIFOR held an international workshop on community forestry and promoting community forest management” from April 23 – 25 in Santa…
On Monday” December 17th” the Department for International Development (DFID)” United Kingdom” announced major support for the Rights and Resources Initiative through 2012. MPGareth Thomas”…
September 25th to 27th” founding partners of the RedForestal met in the ICAES center in San José” Costa Rica. The main objective of the workshop was…