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…
As posted on the AJE site on 19 April 2012 By Mauela Picq Miami” FL – Indigenous politics tend to be understood as local anecdotes”…
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…
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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…