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 and Governance: Territory and Economic Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Autonomous Regions of Nicaragua? as part of a joint project with RRI collaborators Instituto NITLAPAN and CIFOR. The course has the objective of strengthening leadership capacities of members of indigenous and afro-descendant territorial and community governance institutions. It is being attended by 37 leaders of eight indigenous territories of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua.