A timely advocacy strategy spearheaded by ONAMIAP, CNA, and CCP in Peru helped influence the Constitutional Commission to advise Congress to repeal a controversial legal order…
Recommendations from Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and support groups regarding the content, framework, and purpose of an Indigenous Peoples’ Policy for the Green Climate Fund were…
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)’s presence was highly anticipated at the fifth Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) Congress—convened every five years to set AMAN’s…
In 2017, the Interlaken Group—an informal network co-chaired by RRI and the International Finance Corporation working to expand private sector action to secure community land…
Historic recognition of the first ever customary forests in Indonesia took place on December 30, 2016, with nine adat communities receiving titles over 13,000 hectares…
The impact of land-related conflicts on India’s society and economy has been vastly underestimated, according to two new reports released at an RRI co-sponsored workshop…
RRI Partners and Collaborators in Indonesia have made important progress in confronting violence associated with land disputes, as well as the ongoing criminalization of Indigenous…
A new report from Liberian NGOs and RRI Collaborators Green Advocates International, the Natural Resources Women Platform, and the Alliance for Rural Democracy reveals that…
In October, RRI supported a dialogue held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the potential social and environmental impacts of the government’s planned expansion of…
Efforts in Peru helped safeguard the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya against the expansion of a palm oil plantation on 38,745 hectares of…
RRI Partners and Collaborators in Nepal held extensive consultations with Indigenous Peoples, community forest user groups (CFUGs), women, Dalits, and minority and distant user groups…
Advocacy efforts led by the Pontifical University Javeriana and the Afro-Caribbean Community Councils have resulted in a collective land title for the Guacoche community to…
District-level authorities have recognized the community forest resource rights (CFR) claims of 22 villages in the Kandhmal district of India to 4,450 hectares of forestland….
New RRI analysis revealed that secure tenure for Indigenous Peoples and local communities is notably absent from countries’ Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), which outline…
A recent analysis published by eight former leaders of public forest agencies calls for new, participatory approaches to forest regulations to address urgent global challenges….
On March 2, RRI joined Oxfam International and the International Land Coalition in the launch of the Land Rights Now alliance—a global initiative to secure…
The release of a new series of reports in March by the Indonesian National Commission On Human Rights (Komnas HAM), the government’s human rights agency,…
On March 14, 2016, the Arhuaco community of Colombia consolidated a new mapping system to continue safeguarding a recent expansion of their community lands. In…
Sustained advocacy lead by RRI Partners and Collaborators in Peru has led to their inclusion in a national consulting committee for an $80 million land…
The African Women’s Network for the Community Management of Forests (REFACOF)—an RRI Affiliated Network—has completed a comprehensive review of Burkina Faso’s legislation and policies regarding…
A national dialogue in New Delhi analyzed evidence of the links between insecure land rights and land-based conflict in India, as well as the risks…
Leaders from 10 different countries issued recommendations for incorporating the viewpoints of women in policy decisions related to land rights, climate change, and sustainable economic…
Non-timber forest products (NTFPs) offer a sustainable alternative to traditional forest uses, in addition to serving as a viable option for many women to pursue…
The Interlaken Group, a multi-stakeholder forum on land governance convened by RRI, has released a new online tool to help corporations and investors mitigate risks…