As seen on Huffington Post LIMA, Perú (AP) — Eso no ocurre en Perú porque la titulación casi se ha detenido. Los últimos 14 años…
During a discussion session at the 2014 Global Landscapes Forum in Lima, Peru, RRI, the World Resources Institute, and the Governance, Environment and Markets Initiative…
As seen on Inter Press Service LIMA, Dec 6 2014 (IPS) – The clamor of indigenous peoples for recognition of their ancestral lands resounded among…
As seen on The Guardian Peru is home to the second largest block of Amazon rainforest after Brazil and has promising forest protection schemes (including REDD+) in…
As seen on WRI Climate negotiators are currently at COP 20 in Lima to lay the foundation for a comprehensive climate agreement in Paris in…
BOGOR, Indonesia—From the Amazon forests of Peru and Brazil, to the Congo Basin and Tanzania, to Vietnam and Indonesian Borneo, more than 300 initiatives have…
Download the Joint Opinion Brief about the World Bank’s safeguards process here. In October 2012, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Ateneo School of…
As seen on Thompson Reuters Foundation KUMBA, Cameroon (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – As the world’s fifth-largest cocoa producer, Cameroon should be reaping the benefits of…
As seen on Redd Monitor Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder. These are the big names that…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation In 1864, one hundred and fifty years ago, idyllic Yosemite Valley in California was set aside by the US as…
Nature is Speaking, a new campaign from Conservation International, uses celebrity voices to personify natural forces — Penelope Cruz is water, Kevin Spacey is the…
Descargue el Dialogo Estados y Propuestas Indígenas sobre COP20 aquí. La Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático (CMNUCC) es uno de los principales…
Download the full report here. LIMA, PERU (30 October, 2014)—In an analysis of almost 73,000 concessions in eight tropical forested countries, more than 93 percent…
Four networks of institutions in Peru – Colectivo Territorios Seguros para las Comunidades del Perú, la Plataforma de Ordenamiento Territorial, Red Muqui and la Plataforma…
A new report reveals that Asia Pulp and Paper (APP), one of the world’s 10 largest pulp and paper companies with over US$20 billion in…
Este decreto representa un hito histórico hacia la consolidación de los territorios indígenas como entidades estatales. Con la expedición de este decreto, el Gobierno adopta…
As seen on Inter Press Service BALI, Indonesia, Sep 20 2014 (IPS) – When she talks about the forests in her native Kalimantan, the Indonesian part…
Joint Civil Society Statement for the 36th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry “Regional Civil Society Dialogue to Improve Food Security, Agriculture…
The outcome document of the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, which will be discussed and…
As seen on Inter Press Service By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON, Sep 18 2014 (IPS) – Starting next year, a new grant-making initiative will aim to fill…
As seen on BBC By Mark Kinver, Environment reporter, BBC News Recognising the land rights of local people could provide cost-effective protection for many of…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation By Megan Rowling BARCELONA, Sept 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sweden plans to announce at the U.N. climate summit…
As seen on Devex A new institution is in the works to help secure land for indigenous populations in order to significantly reduce the risk…
As seen on Mongabay Since 2008, governments have invested $1.64 billion in funds to kick-start REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, the global effort…