UPDATE: October 19″ 2008; Chinese government officials make formal announcement on farmers' land rights. Read about announcement at Xinhua News Online. 12 October 2008: The…
An article by Ben Block of WorldWatch discusses how indigenous peoples and traditional groups are expressing concern over further disempowerment that may result from the…
As reported in the Guardian by Gabriela Mendoza Mendizábal” indigenous groups in Peru are mounting protests against President Alan Garcia’s attempt to grant corporate access…
Thursday” August 21: John Vidal of The Guardian looks at the discussion of The Guardian website.
A new development project aimed at strengthening governance and improving management of land and natural resources is underway in Lao PDR. The announcement of the…
July 31″ 2008 – Monrovia – The NGO Coalition for Liberia has sounded a warning that the Government of Liberia is threatening its own reform…
A milestone in China’s rural development and forestland management was established on July 14″ 2008″ when the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)…
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Without strong land rights” vulnerable forest communities face greater poverty” violent conflict” and few benefits from carbon sales ’s forests” if efforts to address climate…
In a position paperreleased this week” Via Campesina challenged the environmental and socialrationale for the agrofuel production. According to the paper” the cultivationand industrial processing…
In a May 14 piece for
On May 27th” individuals from NGOs and research institutions working on climate change came together to discuss opportunities for pro-poor and people-centered adaptation and mitigation…
In a press release issued on May 2nd” groups representing Indigenous Peoples expressed outrage over the endorsement of carbon trading in the final report of…
Liz Alden Wily has recently written a paper entitled “Getting to the Heart of the Matter: Powers over Property. Devolved land governance – the key…
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Delegates at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues called for indigenous peoples to be included as stakeholders in the global climate change mitigation…
Somini Sengupta reports on the human impact of India’s burgeoning wildlife preserves in an article from the April 16th edition of The New York Times….
Darren Schuettler has recently penned an article for here.
This posting summarizes an opinion piece that appeared in the April 1st” 2008 edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer: According to Dennis Martinez” founder and co-chairman…
Read more… Declarations and proceedings in English” French” Spanish” Portuguese and Bahasa http://partnerpage.google.com/amazonforestpeople.com “Rainforest peoples form alliance to demand payments for forest carbon credits.” Mongabay.com http://news.mongabay.com/2008/0407-manaus_declaration.html…
In late February representatives from the tribes of Manipur met during a consultation “On Tribals' Land” Forests & Natural Resources.” Participants expressed their concerns over…
Read the full report from NFFPFW on the Forest Peoples Programme website here.