Re-envisioning REDD+

This chapter is based on the authors’ recent study for USAID on gender and REDD+ in the Asia region. The study aims at identifying and…

Respecting Rights, Delivering Development

Over the twenty years since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro set sustainable development as a key global objective, Indigenous Peoples and local…

The Challenges of Growing with Complexity

The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)1 was established in 2005 as a coalition of organizational partners to promote local people‟s rights over forest resources and…

Turning Point

This report takes stock of the current status of forest rights and tenure globally, assesses the key issues and events of 2011 that shape possibilities…