RRI, Oxfam, International Land Coalition (ILC), and Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation hosted the second international conference on “Scaling-up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights”…
RRI released a first-of-its-kind baseline to quantify the amount of land formally recognized by national governments as owned by Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Who…
As forest restoration initiatives gain popularity around the world, it is important to highlight the opportunities and challenges in advancing these efforts in a socially…
For a decade, an informal network of forest agency leaders has worked to highlight the vital role of public forest governance in protecting the world’s…
In recent years, a growing mass of Cameroon’s civil society has joined efforts to promote community land rights over exclusionary conservation schemes and colonial models…
A new analysis by RRI highlights the relationship between protected areas and community land rights as a key global human rights and biodiversity conservation issue….
Much like the rest of the developing world, Colombian rural women face an uphill battle in the recognition of their land rights. Advocacy by Federación…
The Indian government recently issued a directive to hasten the provision of forest land rights to the country’s tribal and forest-dwelling communities – who make…
A new map of deforestation and mining and hydrocarbon investments along the Pacific coast of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru provides a key advocacy tool for…
In response to advocacy by AIDESEP, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) committed to adding $16 million to its land registry and titling project (PTRT3), which…
Advocacy by the Association of Forest Communities of Petén persuaded the Guatemalan government to reclassify certain non-timber forest products into a new category, dramatically reducing…
Guatemalan government agency, FONTIERRA, reduced the agrarian debt of the 50 families of ECA la Bendición by 95 percent in recognition of their traditional practices…
While the Indonesian Constitution recognizes Indigenous Peoples’ territorial rights, the country still lacks an administrative law protecting their collective rights. The Philippines has made some…
Earlier this year, Indonesia’s Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry expressed its support for the contents of the White Book for Agrarian Reform: A Road towards…
As part of a movement to implement India’s 2006 Forest Rights Act and protect the rights of forest-dependent communities, Vasundhara organized two workshops for civil…
Following months of demonstrations by almost a million people advocating for community rights to natural resources in Nepal’s Chure region, over 400 activists, scholars, and…
As part of a larger effort to put questions of tenure for local communities at the forefront in ongoing land reforms in Senegal, the Initiative…
TENFOREST hosted a training workshop that provided civil society organizations in Burkina Faso with knowledge and tools to advocate for secure community land tenure in…
Prompted by the forced evictions of the Sengwer people from their ancestral territories, the Forest Peoples Program (FPP) coordinated a swift response in collaboration with…
RRI’s efforts to promote the inclusion of community land rights in the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) resulted in a technical brief advocating for the…
RRI’s comments on a proposed World Bank Environmental and Social Framework—currently undergoing consultations—emphasized that the draft weakens protections for Indigenous Peoples and local communities that…
RRI’s comments on a proposed World Bank Environmental and Social Framework—currently undergoing consultations—emphasized that the draft weakens protections for Indigenous Peoples and local communities that…
A new practical guide on the application of UNDRIP in protected areas provides guidance on strengthening respect for Indigenous Peoples’ rights in conservation policies and…
Participants at the Interlaken+10 workshop—a country-led initiative that supports the UN Forum on Forests (UNFF)—learned about RRI’s findings on the global state of forest tenure…