The newsletter can be downloaded from the FPP website by clicking here Dear Friends”Balancing human beings’ need for decent livelihoods against the imperative of securing…
As part of the RRI Latin America Program's 2011 Work Plan” RRI Collaborators in South America carried out case studies in Bolivia” Brazil” Colombia” and…
As written by Augusta Molnar and Nayna Jhaveri on Friday” December 9″ 2011 A Bold Conference in Lombok In Indonesia” 70% of the land has…
As written for Forest Carbon Asia on 13 July 2011. One of the President’s commitments is to reduce emissions by 26% from business as usual…
In a newly-issued briefing note” Friends of the Earth” Rainforest Foundation UK” Greenpeace and FERN cite RRI in debunking ten common misconceptions about global carbon…
As written by Financial Times on June 8″ 2011 A study of the world’s forests has found a 50 per cent rise in sustainably managed…
A declaration released after a national workshop in Peru” “Climate Crisis” REDD+ and Indigenous REDD”” defines a clear position of the workshop organizers” the Read more…
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…
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…
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…
Natural resources are increasingly at the center of violent and low-level conflicts.
Although rainforests cover more than half of Peru” the government agency in charge of overseeing and protecting them is understaffed and ineffective” according to a…
Two weeks ago the Peruvian president vetoed a bill which would have codified parts of the UN convention on indigenous peoples” saying its passage would…
Staff from RRI’s Latin America Program attended the People's Agreement creates a framework for inclusion of indigenous and local community rights in upcoming UN COP 16…
The struggle over human rights and environmental legislation continues this month in Peru” as AIDESEP” a national level indigenous organization” decried the most recent amendment…
On September 28, 2008, the people of the Republic of Ecuador passed a new Constitution, seen as a historic document which recognizes both indigenous peoples’ land rights and livelihoods and the rights of nature.
UPDATE: October 19″ 2008; Chinese government officials make formal announcement on farmers' land rights. Read about announcement at Xinhua News Online. 12 October 2008: The…
As reported in the Guardian by Gabriela Mendoza Mendizábal” indigenous groups in Peru are mounting protests against President Alan Garcia’s attempt to grant corporate access…