During RRI’s conference on Tenure, Governance, and Enterprise in Yaound?, Cameroon, a network for women leaders across Africa was created. This new network, the African…
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) produced a new issues paper on Payments for Environmental Services (PES) and Poverty: Risks and Opportunities, which analyzes…
RRI and the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) completed the last phase of their three-year research project, ?Enhancing Livelihoods and Equity in Community Forests.”…
Drawing on a longer study of the same name, RRI?s brief Who Owns the Forests of Africa examines the 2002-2008 period of forest tenure transition…
In preparation for the Yaound? tenure conference, RRI partners and collaborators prepared several briefs on Alternative Tenure Enterprise Models (ATEMs) in Ghana, Cameroon, Burkina Faso,…
RRI and International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) provided the first global review of tropical tenure, analyzing trends between 2002-2008. The report, Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment,…
Central American research center Regional Program for Environmental Studies (PRISMA) held a regional conference to discuss the impact of the food, climate, and economic crises…
RRI partners the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and the Center for Labor and Agrarian Development Studies (CEDLA) developed maps illustrating changes in land-use…
At the request of the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo, RRI provided logistical and technical support during its tenure reform process.
Thirty-two Community Forestry Agreements were signed in Kampong Thom province, Cambodia, transfering 15,000 hectares to communities. RRI partners, the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)…
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) coordinated a study on land and forest laws in five central African countries (Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Burundi, Rwanda, and…
In collaboration with International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the Forest Peoples Program (FPP), the Coordinating Association of Indigenous and Community Agroforestry in Central…
The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) joined the Nepalese Delegation to the UNFF to provide greater civil society representation and weign in on…
In response to increased pressures undermining community rights to forest land in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, RRI collaborator Asociaci?n de Comunidades Forestales de Pet?n (ACOFOP)…
The Forest People’s Programme (FPP) and the Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) carried out a workshop on Free, Prior and Informed consent (FPIC), REDD,…
In Mali, the World Agroforestry Center (ICRAF) and RRI brought together representatives from governments, donors, NGOs and forest communities from the Sahel region to discuss…
The International Conference on Forest Governance, Tenure and Enterprise: New opportunities in Central and West Africatook place in May in Yaound?, Cameroon, catalyzing new and…
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) coordinated a consultation-based study on land and forest laws in five countries in Central Africa: Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo,…
The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC) and RRI released the report Forestry and Poverty Data in Viet Nam: Status, Gaps and Potential Uses. This…
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) released a brief on Indigenous Peoples? rights and REDD mechanisms. Analyzing the outcomes of the Saramaka People v. Suriname case, the…
During a workshop at the World Social Forum in Bel?m, Brazil, women from forest communities in Brazil and around the world developed strategies to ensure…
Members of the Africa Community Rights Network developed strategies for how their organizations and networks can influence REDD and FLEG(T) processes at the local level….
Forest community leaders created a guide for strengthening organizational leadership and creating successful community-based forest enterprises in an international exchange organized by the World Agroforestry…
UNREDD accepted recommendations by RRI and the Rainforest Foundation Norway to expand representation of Indigenous Peoples and Civil Society on the Policy Board and create…