Participants at the capacity building workshop hosted by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) for members of Mali?s National Federation of Rural Women?s Associations…
IUCN brought together pastoralist representatives from Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Niger and Kenya to validate a study done in 2010 on pastoralism, tenure and climate…
The Tenure Champions? National Platform, a group of civil society organizations from Burkina Faso, engaged in advocacy for land and forest tenure policies favorable to…
African Women?s Network for Community Management of Forests (REFACOF) hosted a regional workshop on gender and land and forest tenure in Africa, gathering Indigenous women…
The country-level forums hosted by Foundation for Community Initiatives (FCI) in Gbarpolu and Grand Bassa counties, led to resolutions outlining the way forward for improving…
The workshop on participatory mapping in Cameroon yielded clear recommendations for integrating mapping into national decision making, and produced a road map for the participatory…
The Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF) hosted four regional dialogues, “Forest Enterprises: Opportunities and Challenges” in the Dhankuta, Makwanpur, Palpa and Bardiya districts of…
An exchange between civil society and key political figures to discuss state priorities for environmental conservation and poverty alleviation hosted by ForestAction and Community Development…
A regional workshop on rights and tenure in processes of land acquisition and threats from the palm oil sector, hosted by The Samdhana Institute and…
An interactive workshop on promoting women?s rights and the inclusion of women?s access issues in natural resource management in Nepal?s forthcoming constitution was held to…
The Global Alliance of Community Forestry (GACF) annual meeting, “Strengthening community forestry networks and federation to secure tenure rights, strengthen community-based forest enterprise and enhance…
The Natural Resource People?s Parliament of Nepal, in conjunction with HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, hosted an interaction program on July 2 with key actors from the…
Forest Peoples’ Program and Institut Dayakologi have initiated a one-year workplan to collaborate with local communities and government officials in Sanggau District, West Kalimantan, in…
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) hosted a one-day seminar on community forestry and agroforestry responses to climate change-related disasters. Over 50 participants gathered…
The Global Issues in Governance of Natural Resources International Training gathered next generation leaders from eight forest ministries ? including Brazil, Canada, China, DRC, Indonesia,…
The 10th RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change focusing on “Common Approaches to Dealing with the Challenges of Food Security and B210 Climate…
The Rethinking Forest Regulations Workshop, held in Montana, gathered 20 forest agencts and NGO leaders from Indonesia, Liberia, China, Mexico, United States, Peru, and Brazil….
Coinciding with the International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance and Enterprise in Lombok, Forest People’s Program (FPP) chaired a Roundtable Discussion on Mapping Forest Rights…
Indonesian government indicates major shift in recognition of community rights and tenure in forests
The International Conference on Forest Tenure, Governance and Enterprise: Experiences and Opportunities for Asia in a Changing Context drew 300 participants from government, civil society,…
The final course in the series “Certification in Territorial Governance: Economic and Territorial Rights of the Indigenous Peoples in the Autonomous Regions of Nicaragua” at…
The second Workshop on Climate Change, Financial Mechanisms for Emissions Reductions, and the Role of Communities in Bogot?, Colombia heightened the understanding of the impacts…
Cameroon Ecology held a national workshop on participatory mapping, attended by about 50 participants from the central and regional administration of targeted ministries, mayors, representatives…
Community members support legal position paper by Camerooninan parliament on land and forest tenure.
In Cameroon, key stakeholders validated a legal position paper produced by the members of parliament on land/forest rights and tenure of local communities and indigenous…
In Mali, the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) organized a workshop focused on local tools and examples for advocacy and the promotion of local conventions in…