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RRI Partners and Collaborators launch initiative to help Nepal cope with devastating COVID-19 crisis.
Blood in the jungle, we demand justice.
Big transformations are coming to the world of forestry, a sector generally known for being conservative and slow to change.
Indigenous people formally own just one-tenth of the world’s land, according to research released on Wednesday as part of a campaign that aims to expand legal rights to land globally.
As seen on Yucatan Informa: MEGAflorestais es un seminario co-organizado por la Comisión Nacional Forestal (CONAFOR) y Rights + Resources cuyo objetivo es permitir el…
Como se ve en Andina En la Décima Reunión Anual MegaFlorestais 2015 Cusco, abr. 14. Las autoridades de los diez países con mayor cobertura de…
MegaFlorestais celebrates a decade of convening global forest leaders to find innovative solutions to global challenges Rapid changes in the world’s climate and rising pressures…
BUEA, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Cameroon’s government is due to introduce legal reforms by the end of the year to redress weaknesses in its two-decade-old forestry legislation. The new forest code will better protect rainforests and the rights of indigenous communities that rely on them, officials say.
Como se ven en Servindi 31 de marzo, 2014.- El martes 1 de abril el ministerio del Ambiente anunciará la suscripción de un convenio de cooperación…
2013 saw a lot of serious progress in forest tenure reform: legal judgments that upheld the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities; successful local…
Photo: Aljazeera As seen on Ethiopia – Land for Sale
Survival: L’approbation d’un projet gazier au Pérou annonce une véritable catastrophe pour les Indiens isolés
UN: Declaración del Relator Especial de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas” James Anaya” al concluir su visita al Perú
New book reveals that their ability to preserve forests is under threat from land grabs by governments and developers WARSAW, Poland—Through the conservation and…
SPANISH: BIC (Spanish): AIDESEP reclama a la CIDH la situación de los pueblos indígenas en aislamiento voluntario en Perú
On October 30th and 31st” the Socialization of the Studies and Maps of the Investment Projects in Infrastructure” Energy” Extractive Activities and Pressures Affecting Forests…
The crisis of insecure land rights–most immediately felt by the millions of Indigenous Peoples and other local communities who risk losing their lands and livelihoods–profoundly…
As seen on Forest Peoples Programme PRESS INFORMATION: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE” 16 September 2013 Photos reveal illegal clearings in ‘isolated’ indigenous peoples’ reserve in Peru’s Amazon…
The BBC: La lucha por la tierra: multinacionales vs. pueblos indígenas
Agence France-Presse: Achats de terres et droits humains: concessions à hauts risques
In a major breakthrough for indigenous community rights” Peru’s Ministry of Culture has recognized the existence of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation in five areas…
As seen on the Jakarta Informer An organization representing Indonesia’s indigenous people is determined to map out the country’s customary forests in order to save them…
Photograph: Reuters Authorities perplexed as more than 100 members of a clan that has almost no contact with outsiders threaten to cross river …