In response to February 3″ 2012 press release by Sime Darby Berhard “False and Inaccurate Reports on Liberian Operations Washington” D.C. – In light of…
On 20 September 2011″ Silas Siakor presented a 'brown bag' lunch talk on the current situation of concessions and land policy in his native Liberia. …
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…
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…
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…
Rights and Resources Initiative” International Tropical Timber Organization and the Cameroon Ministry of Forests and Wildlife are pleased to announce the international conference Forest Tenure”…
July 31″ 2008 – Monrovia – The NGO Coalition for Liberia has sounded a warning that the Government of Liberia is threatening its own reform…
Last week in Monrovia” Liberia” RRI and Green Advocates hosted meetings that have spurred dialogue among policymakers and civil society about the future of ownership…
On Wednesday” February 6 BBC news hosted a live radio broadcast posing the questions: “Is land ownership the root of Africa's problems? Should governments bring…
A new report launched in Monrovia today” proposes formalizing customary Liberian land ownership by registering it as private property. This would signal the launch of…
A recent publication by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) addresses the potential impact on forest communities…
Although they defend their overall policy toward forestry and development in the Congo” the World Bank recently admitted certain ommissions in forestry reforms that would…
In films recently released in Jakarta and London” Indonesian villagersin Papua helped expose illegal logging and forest devastation by usingdigital and video cameras to record…
From November 11 – 14 in Akosombo” Ghana” 40 diverse stakeholders gathered to discuss natural resource management” decentralization and development issues in Ghanaian forestry. Participants…
Vietnam – June 13th 2007 – A four-day international conference beganyesterday in Ha Noi to explore the role of non-timber forest product(NTFP) in poverty alleviation…
War in the Heart of India: an enquiry into the ground situation in Dantewara District” Chhattisgarh A six member team of independent citizens from Delhi”…
This month” the UNFF Secretariat Online Forum is hosting a discussionon the benefits and challenges associated with community-based forestmanagement. The guest contributor for this discussion…