On April 13, FECOFUN organized a peaceful demonstration in Kathmandu, Nepal, to halt the process of amending the Forest Act of 1993, thereby upholding community…
A dialogue on forest management issues and the role of the media was held in Kathmandu, Nepal with participation from more than 30 journalists from…
On June 27, the Federation of community Forestry Users Nepal (FECOFUN) hosted an interactive dialogue on the case of Jogbudha Valley, Dadeldhura District, which has…
A resource book for community forestry institutions was released under the guidance of COFSUN to increase awareness among community forestry user group (CFUG) members on…
In Nepal, COFSUN and HIMAWANTI co-organized a weeklong training on the Facilitators? Capacity Building for Forest Rights Campaign to garner support for the campaign, raise…
Landesa-RDI completed a comprehensive report based on findings from field research on the gender dimensions of China’s forestland reform. The report demonstrates that women’s rights…
In Guangxi, China, Landesa-RDI successfully implemented a legal education project to educate forest farmers about their land rights through legal outreach and consultation services. As…
The international training seminar on Global Issues in Governing Natural Resources brought together the ?next generation? of leaders from public forest agencies in Brazil, Cameroon,…
The Tenure Baseline Study for the Democratic Republic of the Congo was launched in Kinshasa on May 31-June 1, during a workshop hosted by RRI,…
RRI released two new global analyses of tenure reform (and impacts) since the 1992 UN Conference on Sustainable Development: Respecting Rights, Delivering Development: Forest Tenure…
Booklet highlights the experiences of Indonesian communities impacted by Hutan Tanaman Rakyat leases
The Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) published a new booklet summarizing its research into the real experiences of communities impacted by Hutan Tanaman Rakyat (People’s Plantation…
A multi-stakeholder workshop was held in Yunnan Province, China by the Rural Development Institute: Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences. The workshop, titled ?New Problems of…
PRISMA in Central America and CEDLA in South America completed the following complementary analyses on regional investments in indigenous territories: Inversiones y Din?micas Territoriales en…
New analyses and documentaries highlight economic valuation of Latin American indigenous territories
The fourth phase of the RRI Latin America project ?The Territory and Governance Initiative? led by HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, came to a close in March,…
The Latin American Institute for an Alternative Society and an Alternative Law (ILSA) led the event ?The Colombian REDD+ Strategy: Possible Environmental and Social Impacts…
Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) partnersed with with the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation to convene a workshop in Douala, Cameroon. The workshop included representatives from…
The Coalition in Cameroon, led by Cameroon Ecology, also succeeded in persuading the Government to declassify parts of two Unit?s Foresti?res d?Am?nagement (Forest Management Units)…
RRI’s collaborators in Cameroon (Cameroon Ecology, CAFT, CED, ICRAF, IUCN and FPP) formally presented its recommendations to the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MINFOF) for…
On March 25-27, RRI represented the Independent Advisory Group to the UN-REDD programme at the 8th UN-REDD Policy Board meeting and its joint meeting with…
On February 20-23, RRI participated in a meeting on Forest and Community Rights Issues in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, organized by R?seau CREF….
On February 14, the Government of Lao People?s Democratic Republic and RECOFTC hosted a Forest Policy Dialogue discussing RRI?s role in advancing forest tenure and…
RRI hosted a panel of experts at The Royal Society in London, England to discuss new analyses on the status of forest and land rights…
The Latin American Institute for Alternative Society and Law (ISLA) of Colombia hosted the Virtual Forum on Governance in Indigenous Territories Overlapped by Protected Areas,…
In Lima, the Centre for Latin American Research and Documentation (CEDLA) organized a high-level meeting at the Consultative Council of Indigenous Peoples in the Andean…