This roundtable will explore how biodiversity finance can become more gender-responsive, accessible and locally led, while strengthening synergies across biodiversity, land restoration and climate action….
Environmental Racism and Biodiversity: Challenges and Pathways for the Implementation of Decision 16/6 Decision 16/6 of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on…
In September 2026, RRI launched Advancing Rights-based and Community-led Conservation in Africa, an analysis of the rich and diverse experiences of conservation in 23 African…
In March 2026, RRI launched Moving Rights Forward, a collection of 8 case studies sharing unique insights into the lived realities of pastoralists and Mobile…
Lançar a próxima fase das duas décadas de ação conjunta da RRI em prol dos direitos e meios de subsistência — uma nova iniciativa global…
Welcome to everything related to RRI’s engagements at London Climate Action Week! Happening in London from June 21 to 29, 2025, LCAW is a unique…
Welcome to RRI’s CSW69 agenda! The 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69) aims to promote women’s rights by documenting…
Welcome to RRI’s COP16 agenda! Every two years, the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) offers a chance for people, institutions,…
Every year, UN Climate Week in New York City offers a pivotal opportunity for global leaders, innovators, and activists to converge and tackle the most…
RRI is organizing or participating in the following side events at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference, referred to as CoP28, being held on November…
Africa is home to one-quarter of the planet’s biodiversity and has a network of protected areas covering 17% of its land mass—including national parks, game…
For water governance to be truly inclusive and sustainable, it must account for community-based and customary water tenure rights. This session highlights evidence-based governance mechanisms…
On May 8–12, 2023, Indigenous and local community women leaders will join international donors and philanthropies, and African ministers and political actors in Brazzaville to…
On May 22-24, 2018, RRI is hosting a Strategy Meeting on Gender Justice in Community Land and Forests in Washington, DC, to develop a 5-year Gender Justice Strategy for the coalition, and to explore the establishment of a Global Partnership/Initiative to advance indigenous and rural women’s rights to community lands. The meeting’s objectives align with one of RRI’s strategic objectives in the third Strategic Plan (SPIII) for 2018-2022, to “scale up global efforts to secure rural women’s property rights, voice, and leadership within community land and forests.” The meeting will bring together participants from 15 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America who are actively engaged in advocacy around women’s tenure rights to land and forests, including representatives from indigenous networks, women’s networks, non-governmental organizations, and research institutions.
MegaFlorestais 2017 was held in Vancouver and Quadra Island, British Columbia, Canada on October 15-20, 2017, co-hosted by the Canadian Forest Service - Natural Resources Canada and the Province of British Columbia.
The panel will focus on the role and contributions of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in the global struggle to combat climate change. Special attention…
Organized by: The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Indian School of Business (Hyderabad), and the Tata Institute of…
The Regional Meeting: Land, Territory and the Rights of Women of African Descent, is the fifth workshop on gender and territorial rights in Latin America promoted…
The Government of Liberia has recently introduced a number of reforms in the management of land and natural resources, with a view towards encouraging economic…
In the context of national development, the government of DRC recently launched a plan to establish agro-industrial parks throughout the country. Twenty-two agro-industrial parks will…
In 2016, CACO, the RRI-supported national civil society platform on tenure, conducted a study documenting the consideration of women’s rights in DRC’s laws and policies,…
Colombia se encuentra en medio de un momento histórico trascendental. El país está en transición hacia la contrucción de paz para superar uno de los…
Join us for the next in a series of international conferences on securing community land and resources rights.
Together with local Collaborators, the Rights and Resources Initiative is partnering with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF); the Ministry of Environment, Conservation, and Sustainable Development;…