From Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter: English” Spanish” French” and Bahasa FPP 10 December” 2012 Dear Friends” The importance of ensuring respect for the rights of forest peoples’ to control…
The Peruvian Government Still Needs to Title Over 4″000 Communities Sign the petition A collective composed of 15 civil society organizations recently launched the campaign”…
Last week the Forest Investment Program held the most recent Joint Mission to Peru. On October 4″ 2012″ they met with the Interethnic Association for…
11 October (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – To grow corn” their main staple” many indigenous communities in the upland regions of Mexico need to clear…
A traveling exposition in favor of local Peruvian communities' land tenure rights is featured in capital city Lima's central plaza” the Plaza Santa Rosa from…
The Peruvian Government Still Needs to Title Over 4″000 Communities Sign the petition LIMA” PERU (12 September 2012) —A collective composed of 15 civil society…
As seen on Forest Peoples Programme 23 July” 2012 Including Updates and Analysis from Rio+20 | Read the Newsletter in Portuguese Dear Friends” We live in…
Instituto del Bien Común: La Red Amazónica de Informaciòn Socioambiental lanza el mapa Amazonía 2012
Como puede ser visto en Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) 21 Jun 2012 La Red Amazónica de Informaciòn Socioambiental lanza el mapa Amazonía 2012 El…
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As posted on the AJE site on 19 April 2012 By Mauela Picq Miami” FL – Indigenous politics tend to be understood as local anecdotes”…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New York Times reporter Andy Revkin reports on the murder of Julio García Agapito” a community leader from the Madre de Dios region of Peru…
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…
The Guardian recently published an article highlighting several studies from last year that have linked malaria with deforestation” and have concluded that deforestation and climate…