The importance of governance has gained momentum and wider meaning, yet it remains a confusing concept. Edmund Barrow FRSA looks at what it means in practice and suggests some ideas for understanding and supporting local governance.
O apelo de ONGs líderes para que as empresas sigam a Accountability Framework (o Quadro de Responsabilização) para acabar com a destruição do ecossistema e violações dos direitos humanos na produção, comércio e financiamento de carne bovina, óleo de palma, polpa, madeira, soja e outras mercadorias.
Leading NGOs call on companies to follow the Accountability Framework to end ecosystem destruction and human rights violations in the production, trade, and finance of beef, palm oil, pulp, timber, soy, and other commodities
The recent IPCC report was the first to recognize the critical importance of securing indigenous and community land rights as a climate solution.
RRI’s Strategic Analysis and Global Engagement Director Alain Frechette discusses the evidence behind this finding.
As seen on Mongabay, January 22, 2016. Leonardo DiCaprio’s philanthropic foundation has put another $15 million toward environmental causes. Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Crystal…
TORONTO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Global food giants and international NGOs have drafted a framework to prevent land grabs just as hedge funds, companies and…
As seen on Portugal News Dados divulgados no relatório permitem concluir que 1,3 mil milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo dependem das florestas para…
Photo: Frontier Cambodia Forest via Creative Commons As seen on IIED Governments, donors and investors must bolster locally-controlled forest businesses if they wish to deliver…
As seen on VA Nyheter En ny rapport från RRI visar att Stora Enso inte vidtagit tillräckliga åtgärder efter granskningen av bolagets verksamhet i södra…
Open Working Group urged to consider land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities as indicators of global progress Washington, D.C. (17 April, 2014)—A new…
Despite headway in addressing land rights violations made in recent years, Stora Enso has yet to fully ensure legality of all lands acquired in the…
As seen on CSR-Asia Recent years have seen significant increases in large land deals across Asia. There is growing pressure on land for investments in extractive…
Although Indigenous Peoples and local communities have legal ownership of over 33 percent of Latin America’s forests, overlapping claims to their lands continue. In an…
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 Aljazeera As the economy thrives, we examine the plight of Ethiopians forced from their land to make way for foreign investors….
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