A survey of 25 of the world's 30 most-forested countries shows that, between 2002 and 2008, the area of forest owned by governments declined from…

Conservation organizations are becoming increasinglyaware of the need to deal equitably with localpeoples’ rights to forest land and forest resources. “Rights-based” approaches to conservation arebeing…

This analysis from Forest Peoples Programme and RRI concludes that forest tenure reforms must take into account a wide range of human rights beyond solely…

A background paper for the conference "Towards a New Global Forest Agenda", held in Stockholm, Sweden in October 2007.

growth in the global economy placing significantconstraints and pressures on natural resourcessuch as forests.Increased access to information andcommunication will empower civil society andlocal communities to…