The “Participatory Mapping and Macro-Zoning in DRC” workshop in Kinshasa (co-organized by RRI and R?seau Ressources Naturelles) gathered representatives from the government, civil society and…
In India, the Society for Promotion of Wastelands Development (SPWD) held a National Consultation on Land Grab Issues, highlighting a cross-section of issues ranging from…
FECOFUN, COFSUN, NEFIN, district community forestry representatives and Nepali media, launched an awareness campaign and fact-finding study to mobilize local communities against the Guarishankar Conservation…
Participants at RRI?s “New Ideas to Scale-Up Investments to Reduce Deforestation, Increase Restoration, Energy and Employment” developed a preliminary set of promising ideas to scale-up…
RRI presented the outcomes of the first Blue Skies Meeting in London and discussed how various mega-trends may affect the green sector to the Royal…
RRI, the Latin American Studies Institute of the University of Texas, and the University of the Andes organized a Forum on Participatory Mapping in Latin…
RRI and Chatham House co-organized the 1st Blue Skies Meeting on “Resources, Rights, and Development in a Changing World” in London, UK. This high level…
RRI presented and facilitated group discussions at the first annual International Seminar on Climate Change and Natural Resources Management organized by the U.S. Forest Service…
RRI urged external investors to get involved and contribute to poverty alleviation, agriculture-led development, and economic growth at the Roundtable Discussion on Land Access and…
RRI provided recommendations for ensuring that REDD has a positive impact at the Annual World Bank Conference on Land & Poverty in Washington DC on…
The Instituto de Recursos Naturales, Medio Ambiente y Desarrollo de la Universidad de las Regiones Aut?nomas de Nicaragua (URACCAN) launched a training course on ?Territory…
Intercooperation implemented studies in Bolivia and Nicaragua on governance issues faced by indigenous organizations as part of the RRI project, ?Governance and Territory and the…
The Latin America Institute for Alternative Law and Society (ILSA) organized a workshop titled Climate Change, Financial Mechanisms for Emissions Reductions, and the Role of…
In Guatemala City, Guatemala, CEIDEPAZ organized a forum on territorial dynamics, collective land tenure and natural resource rights. The forum was part of a series…
As part of its community rights advocacy campaign for constitutional reform, Civic Response took part in Ghana?s Constitutional review conference where it facilitated thematic meetings…
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) met with the UK World Bank Executive Director to raise concerns regarding the newly drafted IFC/World Bank policy on palm…
The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) published new research in the March 25 edition of Science determining that a higher likelihood of improvement in…
RRI co-organized a Tenure Analysis Workshop about ?Building a Collaborative Analysis of Global Forest Tenure? in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop gathered forest tenure analysts from…
TEBTEBBA and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) cohosted the 9th RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change in London. The Dialogue brought together leading…
Intercooperation worked with ALER, AGRECOL-Andes, and SERVINDI on a variety of communications focused-projects related to climate change, forests and indigenous peoples. These projects include three…
Intercooperation began a new project called “Opportunities, Risks and Challenges of REDD/PES Mitigation Mechanisms for Latin American Indigenous and Peasant Communities” which aims to analyze…
La Asociaci?n Coordinadora Ind?gena y Campesina de Agroforester?a Comunitaria de Centroam?rica (ACICAFOC) launched the Mesoamerican Community Carbon Reservoir (MesoCarbon) at the COP16 in Cancun, Mexico….
Forest Trends sponsored a regional workshop on ?Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services? in La Ceiba, Honduras in early fall in which ten different countries…
Intercooperation and the Malian Ministry of Environment and Sanitation?s organized a workshop clarifying the legal /administrative framework of local conventions in early October. The workshop…