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15/05/2013		 Rocky Road: How legal failings and vested interests behind Peru's Purus highway threaten the Amazon and its people
Plans to build a 270 km highway through the Peruvian Amazon are mired in legal violations and potential ... 		Global Witness

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05/09/2012 Rights-Based Rainforest Protection: Why Securing the Rights of Forest Peoples is the Right Way to Save the Forest
The loss of the world’s rainforest has for decades been recognised as a serious, global environmental ... 		Rainforest Foundation Norway

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30/05/2012 Respecting Rights, Delivering Development: Forest Tenure Reform since Rio 1992
Over the twenty years since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro set sustainable development as a ... 		RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)

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17/05/2012 Clear-Cut Exploitation: How International Investors & REDD+ Donors Profit from Deforestation in West Papua
This report documents how an Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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11/05/2012 Driving Destruction in the Amazon: How Steel Production is Throwing the Forest into the Furnace
Greenpeace says that wood charcoal is burning up more than what’s for dinner at backyard barbecues. ... 		Greenpeace

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01/05/2012 Forest Peoples: Numbers Across the World
Forests cover almost one third of the world’s land area and nearly all are inhabited by indigenous ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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01/05/2012 What Rights? A Comparative Analysis of Developing Countries’ National Legislation on Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Forest Tenure Rights
This report presents a legal analysis of the national legislation that relates to Indigenous Peoples' ... 		RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)

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01/04/2012 An Agribusiness Attack in West Papua: Unravelling the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate
The Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) is a vast mega-project, a plan for over a million ... 		awasMIFEE!, UK

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08/03/2012 Rights to Forests and Carbon Under REDD+ Initiatives in Latin America
Rights to large areas of forest have been granted to communities and indigenous peoples in Latin America, ... 		CIFOR (AM Larson, E Corbera, P Cronkleton, C Van Dam, DB Bray, M Estrada, P May, G Medina, G Navarro, & P Pacheco)

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10/01/2012 Lessons on Land Tenure, Forest Governance and REDD+
This volume of case studies comprises one of two main publications resulting from the Oct. 21-22, 2011 ... 		University of Wisconsin / Madison Land Tenure Center (Lisa Naughton-Treves & Cathy Day)

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28/11/2011 The Reality of REDD+ in Peru: Between Theory and Practice - Indigenous Amazonian Peoples’ Analyses and Alternatives
This report compiled by AIDESEP, FENAMAD, CARE (regional and national indigenous organisations) and FPP ... 		Roberto Espinoza Llanos (AIDESEP) & Conrad Feather (FPP)

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21/11/2011 Human Rights Abuses and Land Conflicts in the PT Asiatic Persada Concession in Jambi: Report of an Independent Investigation into Land Disputes and Forced Evictions in a Palm Oil Estate
This report exposes how local Indonesian police (BRIMOB) in Jambi, working with plantation staff, systematically ... 		HuMa, Sawit Watch & Forest Peoples Programme (Marcus Colchester, Patrick Anderson, Asep Yunan Firdaus, Fatilda Hasibuan & Sophie Chao)

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21/11/2011 Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends and Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples
The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of ... 		Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch (Marcus Colchester & Sophie Chao (Eds) with Jonas Dallinger, H.E.P Sokhannaro, Vo Thai Dan & Jo Villaneuva)

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01/11/2011 Forest Tenure in Asia: Status and Trends
While Asia’s rapid growth has lifted millions out of poverty, persistent pockets still remain in ... 		The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

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11/10/2011 FPP Series on Rights, Forests and Climate - October 2011: REDD+ in Indonesia
For several years the Forest Peoples Programme has worked with the national NGO Pusaka and local partners ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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10/10/2011 Forest Peoples Programme Newsletter, October 2011
In this newsletter, FPP recounts how conflicts over imposed palm and pulpwood plantations in Riau Province, ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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04/10/2011 Forest Carbon, Cash and Crime: The Risk of Criminal Engagement in REDD+
Corruption in the forest sector has until now been overwhelmingly linked to logging, both illegal and ... 		Global Witness

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03/10/2011 Second Regional Forum for People and Forests: Local People Hold the Key to Solving Current and Emerging Issues
Although Community Forestry can help slow and even reverse deforestation, only 26% of forests in the ... 		The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

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13/07/2011 Reforming Forest Tenure: Issues, Principles and Process
FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010 (FRA 2010) shows that 80% of the world’s forests ... 		FAO

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12/07/2011 Forest Peoples Programme Newsletter July 2011
The challenge of climate change has injected new energy – and funding – into forest policy-making. ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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13/06/2011 World Bank: Catalysing Catastrophic Climate Change
This report is highly critical of what the authors see as the role of the World Bank in continuing to ... 		Friends of the Earth International

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07/06/2011 ForestWatch Issue 161 and LBA Update
In this issue:

* Cart before the horse: Growing demand dictates sustainable forest management
* Governments ... 		FERN

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01/06/2011 Guidance for the Provision of Information on REDD+ Governance. Draft.
This draft Guidance has been produced in response to the rapid developments in relation to REDD+ within ... 		Chatham House & UN-REDD

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29/03/2011 Free, Prior, and Informed Consent - Surui Carbon Project
This report documents, demonstrates and analyzes the process of obtaining free, prior and informed consent ... 		Forest Trends, ACT Brasil, Metareila Association of the Surui People, Kaninde, IDESAM, FUNBIO

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09/03/2011 Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in REDD+
The principle that indigenous peoples and local communities have a right to give or withhold their Free, ... 		The Center for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

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08/02/2011 Pushback: Local Power, Global Realignment
If 2009 was the end of the hinterland and the beginning of a new globalized forest era, 2010 was a year ... 		Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)

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07/02/2011 REDD and Rights In Cameroon: A Review of the Treatment of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Policies and Projects.
In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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24/01/2011 Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance. A Global Assessment Report
In November 2009, the Global Forest Expert Panel (GFEP) Steering Committee established an expert panel ... 		International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

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28/11/2010 REDD: The Realities in Black and White
The authors of this report claim that REDD is too good to be true. They say that although REDD may benefit ... 		Friends of the Earth International

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30/08/2010 Palm Oil and Indigenous Peoples in South East Asia
This report sets out to show how rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia has run ... 		Forest People's Programme

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29/07/2010 Forest Reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Leaving People Out
On the 26 January 2010, villagers from the province of Bandundu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ... 		Greenpeace

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13/07/2010 Peru: Illegal Mahogany Logging Continues in Reserve for Uncontacted Tribes
The authors of this paper say that widespread illegal mahogany logging continues inside Peru’s ... 		Upper Amazon Conservancy

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01/06/2010 Realising Rights, Protecting Forests: An Alternative Vision for Reducing Deforestation
The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change is a network of southern and northern NGOs representing ... 		The Accra Caucus

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01/06/2010 The Hottest REDD issues: Rights, Equity, Development, Deforestation and Governance by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities
This discussion paper is a contribution to the debate about policies and incentives to reduce emissions ... 		Global Forest Coalition

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01/03/2010 Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change
The authors of this study state that forest protection offers one of the most effective, practical, and ... 		PLoS Biology

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21/01/2010 The End of the Hinterland: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change
Forests have long been a hinterland: remote, “backward” areas largely controlled by external, ... 		RRI (Rights and Resources Initiative)

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06/01/2010 Local Battles to Save the Brazilian Amazon Pit Residents against Loggers and Government
After over a decade of ignored complaints, failed negotiations with the government, and countless threats ... 		Americas Program Report (Brenda Baletti, Gilson Rego & Antonio Sena)

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11/12/2009 Voices from the Congo Basin: Incorporating the Perspectives of Local Stakeholders for Improved REDD Design
The scarcity of information on local and indigenous perspectives on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation ... 		WRI

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03/12/2009 The World Bank and the Forest Sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo: REDD Future or Greenwash?
This is an open letter send by Greenpeace, Global Witness, and the Rainforest Foundation to Michael Wormser, ... 		The Rainforest Foundation, Global Witness & Greenpeace

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27/11/2009 Global Climate Politics in the Congo Basin: Unprecedented Opportunity or High-risk Gamble?
This report discusses the challenges and opportunities of forest carbon schemes and management in the ... 		Heinrich Boell Foundation (Korinna Horta)

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21/11/2009 Declaration of the First Congress - Save the Peoples and Forests of Papua
This declaration has been issued by the participants of the First Congress – Save the People & ... 		Foker LSM Papua (congress organisers)

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10/11/2009 Up for Grabs: Deforestation and Exploitation in Papua’s Plantations Boom
The plantations boom in Papua is being promoted by the Indonesian government
as a means of bringing ... 		Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA)

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01/11/2009 Conservation with Justice: A Rights-based Approach
A rights-based approach has the potential to harmonize nature conservation activities with human rights ... 		IUCN Environmental Policy and Law Paper No. 71

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02/10/2009 REDD+ Social and Environmental Standards
This initiative is developing standards that can be used by governments, NGOs, financing agencies and ... 		Climate, Community & Biodiversity Alliance (CCBA) and CARE International (faciltators)

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01/10/2009 Protected Area Effectiveness in Reducing Tropical Deforestation: A Global Analysis of the Impact of Protection Status
The authors of this report analysed remote sensing imagery across the entire tropical biome and compared ... 		Independent Evaluation Group Evaluation Brief 7, The World Bank (Andrew Nelson & Kenneth M. Chomitz)

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08/07/2009 Company-Led Approaches to Conflict Resolution in the Forest Sector
This discussion paper explores the potential for addressing conflict in the forest sector through the ... 		The Forests Dialogue (Emma Wilson)

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01/05/2009 Land Rights and the Forest Peoples of Africa: Historical, Legal and Anthropological Perspectives
A series of five country studies, plus a broad overview, examining indigenous peoples' land rights ... 		Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI)

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01/05/2009 Tropical Forest Tenure Assessment: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities
The goal of this report is to present and analyse the state of forest tenure in much of the world’s ... 		Rights & Resources Initiative (RRI) & International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO)

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01/01/1999 Policy that Works for Forests and People: Real Prospects for Governance and Livelihoods
The authors of this book believe that poor forestry policy has led to a pattern of common problems across ... 		IIED (James Mayers & Stephen Bass)

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NEWS

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23/05/2013 Aceh defends deforestation plan
Aceh Governor Zaini Abdullah on Wednesday defended his plan to clear the province’s protected forests, ... 		The Jakarta Post

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17/05/2013 In landmark ruling, Indonesia's indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest
In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's ... 		Mongabay.com

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15/05/2013 Vested interests pushing Amazonian highway bill, putting uncontacted groups and the environment at risk under the guise of development
Plans to build a 270 km highway through the Peruvian Amazon are mired in legal violations and potential ... 		Global Witness

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15/05/2013 In Latin America’s Second Largest Rainforest, an Indigenous Tribe Fights for Its Land
Deep inside the verdant expanse of Nicaragua’s Bosawás Biosphere Reserve—the western ... 		TIME

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20/04/2013 Amazon’s Awa tribe faces threat of extinction as illegal logging takes hold
Although Brazil’s government has pared down deforestation of its Amazon rain forest land, large ... 		Science Recorder

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17/04/2013 Illegal loggers continue to threaten Amazonian tribe
Campaigners say the Brazilian government is failing to protect one of the world's most endangered ... 		BBC

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27/03/2013 Resolving land conflicts is key to stopping deforestation
Many habitats around the globe are under pressure and conservation budgets are tight, so it is important ... 		Environmental Research Web

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25/03/2013 An Indigenous Solution: Deforestation in the Amazon (Part 2)
When I met Krentoma back in the 1980s, his people, the Panará, were just starting to recover from ... 		EDF

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24/03/2013 Bruno Manser Fund calls on Malaysian authorities to close down Taib’s land-grab firms
Companies Commission Malaysia urged to immediately deregister Billion Venture Sdn Bhd and Ample Agro ... 		World-wire.com

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14/02/2013 'State govt to blame for Lojing deforestation'
Kora Baru - The massive environmental damage in Lojing, Gua Musang, is the result of neglect by the state ... 		New Straits Times, Malaysia

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27/12/2012 Give land to farmers, and they will stop deforestation
Local residents who have been living together with the forests, considering the forests as their homes, ... 		VietNamNet Bridge

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20/12/2012 Brazil's JBS says withdraws lawsuit against Greenpeace
JBS SA, the world's largest meat company, said on Wednesday it has withdrawn a lawsuit against environmental ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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20/12/2012 Rogue palm oil firm ordered to stop clearing in Muara Tae
London - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has upheld a complaint lodged by the London-based ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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10/12/2012 Civil society raises serious concerns about Cameroon’s draft revised Forest Code
Cameroon’s 1994 Forest Code is being reformed and civil society has serious and urgent concerns ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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30/11/2012 Indigenous leaders embrace REDD, with or without carbon markets
In Doha, more than a dozen indigenous leaders spoke in favor of the “Indigenous REDD” program, ... 		Ecosystem Marketplace

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16/11/2012 Colombia gets world's first VCS validated and verified REDD project on collective lands
A conservation project in Colombia has broken new ground in the world of forest carbon credits. The project, ... 		Mongabay.com

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14/11/2012 Cambodian villagers fight against powerful timber industry
Phnom Penh, Cambodia — Hang Serei Oudom told his 7-month pregnant wife that he was going out to ... 		Alaska Dispatch, US

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07/11/2012 RSPO fails to act as Muara Tae is destroyed: International body’s credibility called into question
London - The credibility of the international Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has been called ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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17/10/2012 Indigenous peoples bring concerns to impacts of AB 32
San Francisco – Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed ... 		indybay.org, California, US

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12/10/2012 Open for big businesses – but little people pay the price
Last month, the President of Indonesia did the international investment equivalent of, shall we say, ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency) blog

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08/10/2012 Liberia: Farmers attribute climate change to govt concession policies
Local farmers across the country are blaming government's policies that allocated large-scale industrial ... 		The News, Liberia (posted on allAfrica.com)

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02/10/2012 Alert: End intimidation & forest destruction in Muara Tae
London - The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for supporters world-wide to demand ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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28/09/2012 Natives block construction works on mega-dam in Malaysian rainforest
Murum, Sarawak, Malaysia - Early morning of 26th of September, 200 Penan and Kenyah women, men and children ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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28/09/2012 Peru: Amazon Indians win court case over land rights
A small community of Indians from the Peruvian Amazon has won a court case with potentially far-reaching ... 		Upside Down World, Latin America

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25/09/2012 Earth’s most threatened tribe demands help ‘urgently’ amid hunting peril
The Awá of Brazil, known as Earth’s most threatened tribe, have written to the country’s ... 		Survival International

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25/09/2012 Liberia: Notorious Malaysian company surfaces in Liberia
A comprehensive investigation by this paper has unearthed that a notorious Malaysian logging company ... 		The Inquirer, Liberia (posted on allAfrica.com)

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24/09/2012 Illegal logging costs the nation in revenue
For years now, Tanzania has been named as one of the countries in the world losing millions of revenue ... 		allAfrica.com

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07/09/2012 Environmentalists and indigenous people against carbon offset trading
Central American environmentalists and indigenous people are intensifying efforts to prevent governments ... 		Eurasia Review

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06/09/2012 Human rights key to rainforest conservation, argues report
Recognizing the rights of forest people to manage their land is critical to reducing deforestation rates ... 		Mongabay.com

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04/09/2012 Illegal loggers ‘closing in’ on Earth’s most threatened tribe, investigation shows
A recent investigation by Brazil’s Indian affairs department FUNAI has uncovered shocking evidence ... 		First Perspective, Canada

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30/08/2012 Indigenous groups in Panama wait for UN REDD to meet promises
A dispute over the implementation of REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation) in ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/08/2012 In Bolivia, a battle over a highway and a way of life
Growing conflicts over development in South America have come to a head in Bolivia, where indigenous ... 		Yale Environment 360

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01/08/2012 Do REDD trees make forest green?
Deforestation, especially of tropical forests, makes up 18 percent of annual global greenhouse gas (GHG) ... 		National Geographic

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13/07/2012 Environment or profit - palm oil firm tests Indonesia
An Indonesian palm oil firm received preliminary approval six years ago for a large plantation in a swampy, ... 		Planet Ark (Reuters)

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09/07/2012 Land tenure for whom? Recognising community rights essential for REDD+ legitimacy
Rio de Janeiro - If a scheme to pay developing countries to reduce carbon emissions by slowing deforestation ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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03/07/2012 Alarmed UK MPs urge Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe
Dozens of British politicians are calling on Brazil to save Earth’s most threatened tribe by halting ... 		Survival International

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25/06/2012 Small farmers cause substantial damage in the Amazon rainforest
Small farmers are less likely than large landowners to maintain required forest cover on their property ... 		Mongabay.com

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20/06/2012 Indigenous peoples insist on rights-based approaches and respect for traditional knowledge and practices in Rio+20 outcomes
Rio de Janeiro - As government representatives start formal negotiations in Brazil to seek agreements ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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19/06/2012 Google Earth helping Amazon tribe to preserve their forest and their culture
At the UN Rio+20 conference this week, Google revealed their first cultural map for Google Earth. The ... 		YourOliveBranch.org

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08/06/2012 Earth’s most threatened tribe demands action as logging season starts
Earth’s ‘most threatened tribe’ has made a desperate appeal for the Brazilian government ... 		Survival International

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05/06/2012 Palm oil giant moves forward on zero deforestation initiative
One of the world's largest palm oil companies has become the first to identify and disclose high ... 		Mongabay.com

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04/06/2012 Brazil’s Belo Monte Dam: a conflict in the Amazon
As the United Nations’ Rio+20 conference on sustainable development takes place in Rio de Janeiro ... 		Yale Environment 360

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30/05/2012 Studies show land rights reform key to saving forests, fighting climate change
Shanghai - Ensuring that forest dwellers have rights over their land is vital for slowing the deforestation ... 		The Washington Post, US

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23/05/2012 Indigenous group paid $0.65/ha for forest worth $5,000/ha in Indonesia
A palm oil company has paid indigenous Moi landowners in Indonesian Papua a paltry $0.65 per hectare ... 		Mongabay.com

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23/05/2012 Ghana: turning the back on forest revenue losses
The negligence of state institutions, including Parliament, to review Ghana's Timber Rights Fees ... 		allAfrica.com

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22/05/2012 Indigenous Awa facing genocide in Amazon
A Brazilian official says the national government is trying hard to save the lives and land of the indigenous ... 		Press TV, Iran

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20/05/2012 Pioneering Amazon tribe asks Brazilian police to help enforce logging moratorium
Leaders of the Paiter Surui have asked Brazilian authorities for police support in enforcing a logging ... 		Ecosystem Marketplace

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18/05/2012 Prey Lang forestry activists lobby Washington for help
Environmental activists from Prey Lang forest have brought their concerns to Washington seeking international ... 		Voice of America

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17/05/2012 West Papua’s big palm oil plantations rip-off
London - An Indonesian oil palm plantation in which Norway has a financial stake paid Papuan tribal landowners ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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17/05/2012 Ford, GM and BMW linked to illegal logging and slave labour in Brazil
Car makers source iron from Brazil that contributes to Amazon deforestation, says Greenpeace ahead of ... 		The Guardian, UK

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14/05/2012 Indonesia: Forests remain a source of conflict
Bangkok - The world’s largest producer of teak, an Indonesian state-owned company on the island ... 		IRIN News

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04/05/2012 Amazon road could cut uncontacted tribes’ land in half
Peru’s Congress is about to approve a highly controversial road that will slash in half the territory ... 		Ekklesia, UK

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25/04/2012 World's 'most threatened' tribe finds itself in dire straits
A new international campaign hopes to save a group of people who have been dubbed "the most threatened ... 		MSNBC

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23/04/2012 Warning on Indonesia’s disappearing forests
Earth Day commemorations in Indonesia were low-key, but those who marked the day were quick to warn of ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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23/04/2012 All in a day’s work: ending illegal deforestation in the Amazon
Editor’s Note: Rane Cortez works for The Nature Conservancy and is based in Belem, Brazil. She ... 		National Geographic

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22/04/2012 'They're killing us': world's most endangered tribe cries for help
Logging companies keen to exploit Brazil's rainforest have been accused by human rights organisations ... 		The Guardian, UK

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17/04/2012 Laos: Communal land titles could save more than forests
Vientiane - With pressure on natural resources increasing in Laos, the first community land titles granted ... 		IRIN News

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16/04/2012 The Letter of Intent that prompted a tectonic shift in the dialogue about Indonesia’s forests: An interview with CIFOR’s DG
Bogor, Indonesia - The Letter of Intent between Indonesia and Norway has been “the single most ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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12/04/2012 Amazon tribe becomes first to get OK to sell REDD credits for rainforest conservation
An Amazon tribe has become the first indigenous group in the world's largest rainforest to win certification ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/04/2012 Brazil is a model for the rights of forest communities
Rio de Janeiro - Brazil is one of the most advanced countries in the world when it comes to legally guaranteeing ... 		IPSNews

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05/04/2012 Brazil can eliminate deforestation by 2020, says governor of giant Amazon state
Long seen as a pariah for its high rate of deforestation, the world is starting to look to the Brazilian ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/03/2012 Congo-Kinshasa: forest certification scheme ignores human rights violations in the Congo Basin
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) industrial logging is still totally out of control. Ongoing ... 		allAfrica.com

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26/03/2012 Government policies responsible for half of the reduction in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
Rio de Janeiro - Approximately half of the deforestation that was avoided in the Brazilian Amazon during ... 		MarketWatch, The Wall Street Journal

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17/03/2012 Drilling for oil in Eden: initiative to save Amazon rainforest in Ecuador is uncertain
Quito, Ecuador— The most biologically diverse habitat in the western hemisphere, the Yasuní ... 		Scientific American blog

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11/03/2012 Act amendment soon to curb deforestation
Kathmandu - The Ministry of Forests and Soil Conservation is giving final touches to a draft designed ... 		The Himalayan Times, Nepal

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08/03/2012 REDD+ can have multiple benefits for indigenous territories, if it respects their rights
Lima, Peru - REDD+ policies in Latin America can strengthen indigenous territorial management institutions ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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03/03/2012 Court decision upsets plantation companies
The Constitutional Court’s recent decision to approve a request from a number of local governments ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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29/02/2012 Green activists seeing REDD over program’s effect on forest tribes
Balikpapan, East Kalimantan - Environmental activists have objected to plans to use Kayan Mentarang National ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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23/02/2012 Folk in interior Baram want authorities to bring illegal loggers to book
Miri, Sarawak - Villagers from a settlement in Ulu Baram have lodged a police report after discovering ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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22/02/2012 First pictures from sealed-off Bakun dam zone reveal social and environmental disaster
Bruno Manser Fund investigation in the Bakun dam’s exclusion zone shows increased poverty due to ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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22/02/2012 Forest witnesses show how Olympics and Southend pier link to Congo
People affected by illegal logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo have told UK politicians how the ... 		WWF

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20/02/2012 REDD task force calls for more indigenous rights
Indonesia has its work cut out in efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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19/02/2012 Land wars: Indonesia unrest shows risks of resource-led growth
On a scorching day in January, the only thing hotter than the afternoon sun is the fiery shouts emanating ... 		Time Magazine

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16/02/2012 Busting the forest myths: people as part of the solution
The long-held contention that rural forest communities are the prime culprits in tropical forest destruction ... 		Yale Environment 360

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16/02/2012 Forest clearing blamed on local govt
Local government officials may have accepted bribes from logging, mining and plantation companies in ... 		The Jakarta Post, Indonesia

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06/02/2012 Flannery in-depth on PNG's logging boom
Late last week, Radio Australia revealed new figures which showed forest clearance on controversial land ... 		ABC Radio Australia

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02/02/2012 Indonesia to require loggers prove their concessions free of overlapping claims
Applicants for forest concessions in Indonesia will soon be required to prove there aren't overlapping ... 		Mongabay.com

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01/02/2012 REDD: Saving the Amazon rainforest
This article is the first in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ... 		Global Post

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01/02/2012 REDD: The Amazon's carbon cowboys
This article is the last in a three-part series that explores the issue of deforestation and climate ... 		Global Post

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25/01/2012 New video reveals global resistanceto forest-carbon project
A Darker Shade of Green documents critical perspectives on REDD

Global Forest Coalition and ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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24/01/2012 On the front line: Muara Tae’s last stand against big palm oil
Muara Tae, East Kalimantan - The fate of a Dayak community deep in the interior of East Kalimantan demonstrates ... 		EIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)

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20/01/2012 Indigenous communities make a list of “do’s and don’ts” for forest conservation schemes
Bogor, Indonesia - Indigenous and community groups have made a wish-list detailing how schemes that aim ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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14/01/2012 Indigenous rights versus wildlife rights? – Part 2
Bangalore - As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife ... 		IPSNews

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09/01/2012 Tribal villages, mining firms fight for land in Indonesia
Mataram - Members of two tribal communities in Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara, say they are being driven ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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07/01/2012 Mexico can’t see the wood for the trees
An indigenous community in Mexico wants to drop protected conservation status for its area because it ... 		Le Monde Diplomatique

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04/01/2012 The ABCs of REDD+: on building a new forestry model that works for Indonesia
It has been joked that anyone who claims to understand REDD+ must, in fact, be under-informed on the ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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03/01/2012 Mouths are sewn shut in protest against deforestation in Indonesia
Twenty-eight Indonesians have taken the extreme measure of sewing their mouths shut in a protest turned ... 		Mongabay.com

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28/12/2011 Critics say nixing of forest land titles could create chaos
Prime Minister Hun Sen has called for the nullification of land certificates in protected natural areas, ... 		Voice of America

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23/12/2011 Officials destroy homes In NTB protected forest
Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara. More than 100 families have fled their forest village in Sumbawa after government ... 		The Jakarta Globe, Indonesia

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15/12/2011 Little headway in Durban on deforestation: experts
Brasilia - The UN's Durban conference on climate change failed to make enough headway in efforts ... 		AFP

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14/12/2011 Durban talks both good and bad for REDD+, says expert
Durban, South Africa - The U.N. climate change talks in Durban resulted in a mixed bag for REDD+: progress ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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12/12/2011 Indigenous peoples call for REDD moratorium
Durban, South Africa - A new coalition of indigenous peoples and local communities called for a moratorium ... 		IPS News

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11/12/2011 Private sector finance eyed for U.N. forest projects
Private investors may be allowed to earn carbon credits by paying poor countries to halt the destruction ... 		Reuters

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04/12/2011 Protections for indigenous rights, biodivesity weakened in latest REDD+ text
Safeguards to ensure forest carbon projects protect biodiversity and respect the rights of local and ... 		Mongabay.com

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01/12/2011 Technological breakthrough maps a path to rainforest protection
As the latest climate summit in Durban again tries to resolve the challenges of implementing ‘reduction ... 		Directions Magazine

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29/11/2011 Forest campaigners denounce forest carbon offsets
Forest campaigners denounce REDD as a Grimm Fairy Tale; indigenous communities declare safeguards will ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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22/11/2011 Indonesia green prosperity program gets $600 million from State Dept
This weekend, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton signed an agreement with Indonesia's government ... 		SustainableBusiness.com

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21/11/2011 New report exposes human rights abuses in Wilmar Group plantation in Jambi, Indonesia
A new report released today ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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21/11/2011 Palm oil need not harm environment or local communities, says new study
The exponential growth in the palm oil sector, which accounts for a third of the total global trade of ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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17/11/2011 Deforestation threatens planet, economies and communities, UN chief warns
Deforestation not only threatens the planet’s climate and national economic development, but also ... 		UN News Centre

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16/11/2011 Can Indonesia grow its economy and keep its forests?
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s commitment to dedicate the last three years his term to delivering ... 		Climate Spectator

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15/11/2011 3 sticking points to tackle on REDD+ in Durban, says facilitator
Manila, Philippines - Antonio La Viña, who facilitates REDD+ negotiations at the U.N. climate ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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13/11/2011 Papua New Guinea: Landowners resist illegal logging
The role of notorious Malaysian-owned logging company Rimbunan Hijau (RH) is in the spotlight after Greenpeace ... 		Green Left Weekly, Australia

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10/11/2011 Indigenous peoples key to conservation, says new report
Indigenous peoples are key to preserving the world’s forests, and conservation reserves that exclude ... 		Ekklesia

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05/11/2011 Villagers who claimed NCR land encroached file suit
Kuching - The villagers who claimed their Native Customary Right (NCR) land near Rumah Nesaw and Rumah ... 		The Borneo Post

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02/11/2011 Dodgy logging: are Papua New Guinea’s forests going the way of Indonesia’s?
“Don’t Californicate Oregon [or Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Washington, Montana etc]” ... 		The Conversation

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01/11/2011 Guidelines to ensure forests are well-managed
A new set of standards on forest certification is in the works.

Way back in 1999, Malaysia was just ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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01/11/2011 Indigenous community forcibly evicted for palm oil in Indonesian Borneo
A palm oil company has forcibly evicted an indigenous community from one of the last tracts of rainforest ... 		Mongabay.com

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25/10/2011 Plantations, mining and REDD a threat: Dayak
Expanding oil palm plantations, mining concessions and even forest conservation projects are threatening ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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25/10/2011 Oxfam welcomes FSC complaint to certifiers of Ugandan land grab
Oxfam welcomes the announcement yesterday by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) that it has filed an ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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24/10/2011 Worst food additive ever? It's in half of all foods we eat and its production destroys rainforests and enslaves children
The production of this ingredient causes jaw-dropping amounts of deforestation (and with it, carbon emissions) ... 		AlterNet

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15/10/2011 Tearing at the soul of a fragile nation
From 180 metres up, the jungles of Papua New Guinea's Western Province look like close-packed heads ... 		The Age, Australia

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13/10/2011 Sarawak hopes for compromise in M'sia-EU timber issue
Kuching - Sarawak is hoping that a compromise can be reached between the European Union (EU) and Malaysia ... 		The Sun Daily, Malaysia

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26/09/2011 Climate Conversations - REDD+ in Mozambique: A new opportunity for land grabbers?
Land is cheap and is perceived to be abundant in Africa. A scramble for Africa’s land, following ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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23/09/2011 World Bank carbon schemes charged with displacing communities in South, allowing pollution in North
As the World Bank, the largest source of multilateral financing for forestry projects, prepares for its ... 		eGov Monitor

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20/09/2011 Indigenous peoples suffer abuses in race for natural resources – UN rights expert
Extraction of natural resources and other major development projects in or near the territories of indigenous ... 		UN News Centre

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17/09/2011 Welsh generosity helps Size of Wales rainforest drive
People in Wales are doing their bit to help preserve rainforests in east Africa from deforestation. ... 		BBC News

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15/08/2011 Forest groups say Indonesia should look to Chinese model
Greenpeace says 1.8 million hectares of Indonesian forest is disappearing each year. China and India ... 		Deutsche Welle, Germany

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09/08/2011 China demand seems to be driving illegal harvesting of rosewood: Cristina Coc
At the end of last month, the Maya Leaders Alliance (MLA) vocalized concerns about illegal logging in ... 		Amandala Online, Belize

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25/07/2011 Malaysia's Penan fear police crackdown against logging road blockade
Long Win, Sarawak, Malaysia - Indigenous Penan communities in the Malaysian part of Borneo are fearing ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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13/07/2011 Indonesian Government announces dramatic shift in forest policy; commitment to rights of IPs, communities
Indonesian Government announces dramatic shift in forest policy; signals commitment to expand rights ... 		Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)

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13/07/2011 Reforming forest tenure systems: Forest ownership rights can improve peoples’ livelihoods
Rome – Reforming forest tenure systems and securing forest ownership rights can significantly improve ... 		FAO Media Centre

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13/07/2011 Indonesia pledges to resolve forest land conflicts
Indonesia’s government made some big promises Tuesday: to resolve land tenure conflicts that plague ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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06/07/2011 Sarawak reiterates goal to convert 1 million ha of forest to oil palm plantations
Despite rising criticism over deforestation and human rights abuses, Sarawak is maintaining its target ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/06/2011 Peru revamps environment law in line with trade obligations
Peruvian Congress on 16 June approved the establishment of a revamped forestry and wildlife law, in line ... 		ICTSD

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07/06/2011 ITTO criticized over failure to reach its goals
Berne, Switzerland - The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has been criticized for not ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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13/05/2011 Regulation role model
The EU Timber Regulation means the wood industry is again leading the way in developing responsible procurement ... 		TTJ, The Timber Industry Magazine, UK

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10/05/2011 REDD rag to indigenous forest dwellers
Mexico City - The implementation of a forestry programme against climate change in the southern Mexican ... 		IPS News

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09/05/2011 Liberia and EU sign bilateral trade agreement to stop illegal logging
Today, Liberia and the European Union (EU) will sign a legally binding comprehensive agreement to control ... 		FERN

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06/05/2011 IOI gets extended timeline
Petaling Jaya - IOI Corp Bhd has been given an extension to May 25 by the Roundtable On Sustainable Palm ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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29/04/2011 Indonesian official: REDD+ forest conservation plan need not limit growth of palm oil industry
Indonesia's low carbon development strategy will not impede the palm oil industry's growth ... 		Mongabay.com

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29/04/2011 World's largest beef company signs Amazon rainforest pact
The world's largest meat processor has agreed to stop buying beef from ranches associated with slave ... 		Mongabay.com

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11/04/2011 Peruvian presidential election may decide Amazon future
The enormous segment of Amazonian rainforest that covers over half of the country has always been an ... 		The Cutting Edge News

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07/04/2011 Malaysia's 2nd-biggest listed palm-oil company under scrutiny
Kuala Lumpur - IOI Corp Bhd, the country's second-biggest listed palm-oil company, is being scrutinised ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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05/04/2011 Is Sarawak deforested?
Lim Swee Bin caught up with Brimas director Mark Bujang and seized the opportunity to find out the real ... 		ALIRAN, Malaysia

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23/03/2011 World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed
World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed for sidelining indigenous peoples’ rights and failing ... 		Scoop Independent News, New Zealand

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10/03/2011 Fighting illegal logging in Indonesia by giving communities a stake in forest management
Over the past twenty years Indonesia lost more than 24 million hectares of forest, an area larger than ... 		Mongabay.com

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10/03/2011 Report: corruption in Sarawak led to widespread deforestation, violations of indigenous rights
At the end of this month it will be 30 years since Abdul Taib Mahmud came to power in the Malaysian state ... 		Mongabay.com

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08/03/2011 Is palm oil a kernel of development for African countries like Liberia?
... 		Guardian, UK

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03/03/2011 Sarawak natives file historical land rights case
Miri, Malaysia - For the first time in the history of Malaysia, natives from three different tribes have ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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18/02/2011 Bruno Manser Fund to launch campaign against Sarawak timber corruption
The Bruno Manser Fund is about to launch an international campaign against the blatant corruption and ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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09/02/2011 Rising land, food prices cause recognition of indigenous peoples' rights to stagnate
Rising food, energy, and mineral prices, coupled with new interest in forests for their carbon-storing ... 		Mongabay.com

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03/02/2011 Communities not getting a say in how forests are managed
Conservation groups and scientists claim government-backed forest industries have led to entrenched poverty ... 		Guardian, UK

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02/02/2011 Forest Year warning of wrong solutions
As UN declares International Year of Forests, groups demand solutions to root causes of deforestation.

Insist ... 		OneWorld.net

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02/02/2011 As UN declares International Year of Forests, groups demand solutions to root causes of deforestation
New York City - At the launch of the High Level segment of the UN Forum on Forests, Mr. Sha Zhukan, UN ... 		Global Forest Coalition

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24/01/2011 New study suggests global pacts like REDD ignore primary causes of destruction of forests
New York - A new study issued ... 		International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO)

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23/01/2011 Climate accords and neo-colonialism
Ubud, Indonesia ― Third World activists are often animated by an anti-colonial instinct that induces ... 		The Korea Times, South Korea

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15/01/2011 Forest efforts under threat
The government's flagship policy on community land deeds could jeopardise conservation efforts that ... 		Bangkok Post, Thailand

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10/01/2011 Sharing power - the end of 'fortress' conservation?
Will conservation organisations finally take practical action to implement agreed commitments that recognise ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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05/01/2011 Climate colonialism by stealth
Strict emissions control standards can impoverish the world’s poor and their less-developed governments ... 		Livemint.com

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05/01/2011 Mexico, the leader in community forest management
Mexico City - Thanks to its experience with community forestry projects, Mexico can provide tips on how ... 		IPS News

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03/01/2011 Top five forest stories of 2010
In the context of an overall bleak 2010 for the planet, forests offer a bright point for some celebration ... 		Grist

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27/12/2010 Illegal logging, mining blamed for rise in slays
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21/12/2010 Penan go to court to defend Heart of Borneo rainforests
Ba Jawi community sues logging group Samling and the Sarawak state government in order to protect 15,000 ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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20/12/2010 In draft bill, at least 1 year in prison for illegal loggers
Legislators are set to deliberate the first-ever bill to combat illegal logging that will impose harsh ... 		The Jakarta Post

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13/12/2010 Warm praise for Cancun deal to stop logging
One of the key agreements from the Cancun climate summit is a deal to pay poor countries to stop chopping ... 		ABC News, Australia

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13/12/2010 Sarawak government announces destruction of 1 million hectares of tropical forests
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11/12/2010 REDD+ progresses, LULUCF regresses in Cancún agreements
UN climate talks wrapped up early Saturday morning with agreement on the need to incentivize REDD+ but ... 		Ecosystem Marketplace

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06/12/2010 Indigenous peoples strive for recognition of their rights as international agencies scramble for REDD+ deal
While inter-governmental climate negotiations (UNFCCC) still face major stumbling blocks to achieving ... 		Forest Peoples Programme

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04/12/2010 Monks branch out into carbon market to protect forest
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04/12/2010 REDD at Cancún causes angst in India
Cancun, Mexico - Forest rights advocates and indigenous community organisations from India are adding ... 		IPS News

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30/11/2010 Limits of green alarmism
Boosting Indonesia’s economy and meeting our development objectives while simultaneously tackling ... 		The Jakarta Post

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30/11/2010 Sarawak to double oil palm plantation area
Kuching - Sarawak, which recorded its fastest pace in opening up land for oil palm cultivation in the ... 		The Star Online, Malaysia

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28/11/2010 Oil companies and banks will profit from UN forest protection scheme
Redd scheme designed to prevent deforestation but critics call it 'privatisation' of natural ... 		Guardian, UK

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23/11/2010 Forests rescue plan riddled with uncertainties
Uxbridge, Canada - Deforestation rates have slowed in Brazil and elsewhere in expectation of a windfall ... 		IPS News

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18/11/2010 Carbon credits have a social price for Indonesia
Climate change has brought forest protection into the forefront of the global agenda. In the past few ... 		The Sydney Morning Herald, Australia

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16/11/2010 Forest project threatens Indonesian tribes
Indigenous people in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo are worried about an Australian-backed project ... 		ABC News, Australia

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01/11/2010 Peru: Statement by AIDESEP on the rights and consultation of indigenous peoples
In a public statement directed at the Peruvian State, the World Bank, UNDP and UNFCCC, the Inter-ethnic ... 		Bank Information Center

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22/10/2010 TPAC revises judgement on MTCS
Earlier this year, the Timber Procurement Assessment Committee (TPAC) judged that the Malaysian certification ... 		Timber Procurement Assessment Committee, Netherlands

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21/10/2010 Foreign corporations devastating Papua New Guinea rainforests
A letter in Nature from seven top scientists warns that Papua New Guinea will lose all of its accessible ... 		Mongabay.com

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20/10/2010 Lack of legally defined border status of forests in Indonesia
A report by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) revealed that less than 5% of forest areas in the five provinces ... 		ITTO Tropical Timber Market Report

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13/10/2010 Fears of corruption as REDD forest-protection schemes begin
Misunderstandings and scepticism around schemes that pay countries to protect their forests are rife, ... 		The Ecologist, UK

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11/10/2010 Brazil Amazon forest to be privately managed
Brazil will auction large swaths of the Amazon forest to be managed by private timber companies and cooperatives ... 		Reuters

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23/09/2010 Less smoke, less ire: Brazil, long the world’s deforester-in-chief, is mending its ways
The Amazon’s dry season, from July to September, is when the grileiros cut and burn the rainforest. ... 		The Economist, UK

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23/09/2010 Keeping it in the community: Well-organised locals often make the best forest managers, but they need help
At a sawmill in the misty hills of Michoacán in central Mexico, loggers sporting damp sombreros ... 		The Economist, UK

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23/09/2010 Better REDD than dead: Tropical forests’ best hope
North of East Kalimantan’s scarified waste is an area where the extractive juggernaut has not yet ... 		The Economst

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30/08/2010 Rapid growth of palm oil industry tramples indigenous peoples' rights, says report
Rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across Southeast Asia have run roughshod over customary tenure ... 		Mongabay.com

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26/08/2010 Don't sell forests, groups urge Nigerian govts
A round table strategic meeting in Calabar, the Cross River State capital, on Reducing Emissions from ... 		AllVoices

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06/08/2010 Native people demand autonomy over territory
In the view of governments, international bodies and some sectors of civil society participating in negotiations ... 		IPS News

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05/08/2010 More than 60,000 km of forests have no boundaries
Over 60,000 kilometers of the country’s forests’ borders have not been legally defined, leaving ... 		The Jakarta Post

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07/07/2010 Indigenous leaders taking REDD into their own hands
Less than 2% of Brazil’s indigenous tribes have undertaken projects that reduce greenhouse gas ... 		Ecosystem Marketplace

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01/07/2010 No rights, no REDD: communities
Indigenous communities have warned the government they will reject the implementation of a planned carbon ... 		The Jakarta Post

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01/07/2010 Deforestation moratorium is not panacea?
At the Oslo Climate and Forest Conference, the Indonesian and Norway governments had signed a partnership ... 		The Jakarta Post

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30/06/2010 Guyana indigenous people charge land abuses
Georgetown - Guyana's indigenous people are accusing the government of snatching their traditional ... 		Reuters

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23/06/2010 Understanding what REDD means to sustainable development
Launched in September 2008, the United Nations Collaborative initiative on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation ... 		Just Means

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21/06/2010 Penan violently attacked as communities set up road blockade to protect their rainforests
Long Sebayang, Sarawak, Malaysia - A Penan hunter has been violently attacked by a logging company official ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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21/06/2010 Camp to protect Riau peatlands reopened
Teluk Meranti, Riau - A camp that was established to protect Kampar peninsula against deforestation but ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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06/06/2010 An alternative vision for reducing de-forestation
A report released recently has warned that the provisions for protecting forests being discussed this ... 		Green Building Press

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03/06/2010 REDD threatens rights of 350 million local people
Last week the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) program received a ... 		Mongabay.com

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26/05/2010 NGOs call for strong safeguards in efforts to halt deforestation to help address climate change
Gland, Switzerland – Leading environmental and humanitarian organizations are calling for efforts ... 		WWF

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04/05/2010 Seeing REDD over forest peoples
By the end of this year, governments may have finalised arrangements for preserving developing countries' ... 		BBC News

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20/04/2010 Will REDD+ reduce rights of forest-dwellers?
Over the last quarter-century, developing countries have begun to shift the management of their forests ... 		Environmental Research Web

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15/04/2010 New report slams Sarawak government's unlawful dealing with native land rights
The Malaysian network of indigenous peoples and NGOs (JOANGOHUTAN) releases documentation on 140 land ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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13/04/2010 $6B forest conservation plan lacking in transparency, indigenous participation, say activists
The process to establish REDD+, a proposed climate change mitigation mechanism that would reduce greenhouse ... 		Mongabay.com

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07/04/2010 Forests at a climate crossroads
Montpelier, France - Billions of dollars are being mobilised to protect and increase the world's ... 		IPS News

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06/04/2010 Penan step up campaign to defend Heart of Borneo nature reserve
New logging road blockades aimed at preserving last primeval rainforests in Sarawak's Upper Baram ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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24/03/2010 Community networks key to forest reform
Communities linked to their own networks and organizations have the best chance of success in community ... 		The Jakarta Post

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22/03/2010 Indigenous peoples to the Norwegian Government: listen to us!
Indigenous peoples denounce lack of transparency and participation in French-Norwegian partnership on ... 		ScandAsia.com

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22/03/2010 The challenges of managing high expectations for REDD-plus
Civil society, government organizations and local communities in many tropical rainforest nations have ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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13/03/2010 Indigenous people start mapping territory
Indigenous people have begun mapping their customary land across the country in an effort to gain recognition ... 		The Jakarta Post

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11/03/2010 European Commission position on carbon markets undermines UN Climate Convention
Coalition of non-governmental organizations and indigenous peoples’ organizations warns that UN ... 		Huntington News, US

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10/03/2010 Indigenous leaders call for hold on LCDS, REDD+ projects
Indigenous leaders are calling on government [of Guyana] and international agencies to shelve policies ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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09/02/2010 Forest carbon scheme gains support, faces hurdles
Among the few policy agreements to emerge from December's United Nations climate summit was recognition ... 		Environmental Expert

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05/02/2010 Indigenous groups resist EU-Malaysia timber trade deal
The European Union and Malaysia had hoped to conclude negotiations on deal to combat trade in illegal ... 		ICTSD (International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development)

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01/02/2010 Greenwashing for beef land
A Brazilian cattle-ranching company has been publicly exposed for illegally bulldozing land belonging ... 		Slow Food

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29/01/2010 Indigenous people get ‘20%’ REDD money
At least 20 percent of revenue from the forest carbon scheme should be transferred to indigenous people ... 		The Jakarta Post

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25/01/2010 Copenhagen Accord could boost forest protection efforts, though details unclear
London - Ensuring that forests and the carbon they store are protected, and that the people who live ... 		Reuters AlertNet

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22/01/2010 Increased conflict in tropical forests projected despite Copenhagen Accord
Washington - A new report has warned that ... 		OneIndia

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22/01/2010 Copenhagen 'fails forest people'
A multi-billion dollar deal tabled at the Copenhagen climate summit could lead to conflicts in forest-rich ... 		BBC News

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21/01/2010 Borneo natives win landmark court case over oil palm plantation
"Native Rights Action Front" launched on historic day for Sarawak native landowners. ... 		Bruno Manser Fund

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21/01/2010 Sarawak court orders oil palm company to return native land
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia - Sarawak's natives have won two important court cases over native land ... 		Environment News Service

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15/01/2010 Indigenous peoples groups say carbon markets violate rights and threaten cultural survival
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13/01/2010 DENR prodded to cancel largest logging permit
Copies of at least 20,000 signatures of affected residents who are seeking the immediate cancellation ... 		Manila Bulletin, Philippines

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12/01/2010 Sarawak party leader calls on natives to fight for their rights
Baru Bian, Sarawak leader of Anwar Ibrahim's People's Justice Party (PKR), speaks out on corruption, ... 		Bruno Manser Fund

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12/01/2010 Indonesian military's 'empire' poses threat: HRW
Jakarta - Indonesia's military has failed to dismantle its "dangerous business empire" ... 		AFP

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12/01/2010 DENR urged to revoke logging license of STC
Cagayan de Oro City - At least 25,000 signatories are urging the Department of Environment and Natural ... 		Business Mirror, Philippines

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06/01/2010 Australia helps REDD projects in Jambi
Indonesia and Australia are set to launch the first-ever forest carbon project in Jambi following the ... 		The Jakarta Post

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31/12/2009 What does Copenhagen mean for the private sector in REDD-plus?
The Copenhagen Accord recognized the need for a mechanism to funnel money into projects that reduce greenhouse ... 		Ecosystem Marketplace

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23/12/2009 Brazil establishes 20,000 sq mi of new indigenous reserves in the Amazon
On Monday, Brazil decreed nine new indigenous reserves covering 51,000 square kilometers (19,700 square ... 		Mongabay.com

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22/12/2009 Brazil sets aside vast tracts for new indigenous reserves
Brasilia — Brazil on Tuesday declared new indigenous reserves in vast tracts of Amazon rainforest ... 		AFP

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21/12/2009 Africa: Accra Caucus flay Redd deal
Accra — The Accra Caucus on Forests and Climate Change says the deal reached on Reduced Emissions ... 		allAfrica.com

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20/12/2009 Iban villagers erect blockade against oil palm company
Miri - Yesterday a group of about 50 Iban villagers from Rumah Jonathan Tinggi, Sungai Sekaloh, Niah, ... 		Borneo Resources Institute, Malaysia

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17/12/2009 Sarawak government refuses to recognize Penan Peace Park
Sarawak state forest director Len Talif Salleh has refuted the attempt of 17 indigenous Penan communities ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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15/12/2009 Forests and indigenous peoples 'left vulnerable in final text'
Copenhagen 2009: The final draft of a deal on curbing carbon emissions from deforestation has been stripped ... 		Irish Times

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15/12/2009 Samling Global under pressure over native land claims
Miri (Malaysia) / Hong Kong - Timber giant, Samling Global, which is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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13/12/2009 Indonesian village's environmental dilemma weighs on the world
Tiny Teluk Meranti, in an area seen as ground zero for climate change, is being wooed from all sides. ... 		Los Angeles Times

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10/12/2009 Firm seeks carbon deal for Brazilian tribes
Brazilian tribes should be entitled to billions of carbon credits in return for sustainable management ... 		Financial Times, UK

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08/12/2009 REDD in Madagascar
Despite damage from ongoing illegal logging, Madagascar's remaining forests are poised to benefit ... 		Mongabay.com

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08/12/2009 Guyana offers a model to save rain forest
In Guyana, where pristine rain forest still covers 75 percent of the land, and barely 750,000 people ... 		The New York Times

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08/12/2009 'Landmark' legal opinion finds that indigenous Brazilian tribe in Amazon owns carbon rights
Finding comes during global climate talks in Copenhagen; could impact other indigenous groups seeking ... 		Eurekalert

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04/12/2009 Can REDD keep Indonesia’s forests green?
It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions ... 		The Jakarta Globe

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04/12/2009 Govt likely to accept tribal communal rights
The government is likely to recognize communal rights and the crucial role of tribal people in environmental ... 		The Jakarta Post

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27/11/2009 A fair deal for forest people: working to ensure that REDD forests bear fruit for local communities
As world leaders meet to thrash out the next incarnation of the Kyoto climate agreement, the world waits ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/11/2009 Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight
Novo Progresso, Brazil - Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, ... 		The New York Times

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26/11/2009 Borneo natives proclaim tropical forest reserve
Long Ajeng / Sarawak, East Malaysia - Seventeen indigenous Penan communities have proclaimed a new tropical ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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26/11/2009 Africa: Fears forest proposals are 'human rights disaster'
Copenhagen — The clean, ultra-modern chrome and glass lines of the Bella Centre, in the Danish ... 		allAfrica.com

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11/11/2009 Stringent conditions to be met before Norway $$ released
Transparency and accountability are key issues in the forest preservation deal between Guyana and Norway ... 		Stabroek News, Guyana

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11/11/2009 Up for grabs: deforestation and exploitation in Papua's plantations boom
Jakarta - The planned expansion of plantations in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia should be immediately ... 		Global Research, Canada

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27/10/2009 FAO targets land tenure
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has begun widespread consultations over the ... 		Afrique en Ligne

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16/10/2009 S. American bishops take stand in rain forest crunch
Lima, Peru - Ever since the Spanish conquistadors set off across the Andes in search of El Dorado, outsiders ... 		Western Catholic Reporter, Canada

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23/09/2009 Forest conservation: who has the right idea?
The Thai government’s recent U-turn on its decision to remove monks in temples in environmentally-protected ... 		Sideways News

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17/09/2009 JOAS media release: Sarawak state government not listening to its indigenous peoples
On the day that Malaysia was formed, 15 indigenous peoples who stood for four hours outside the Chief ... 		Malaysia Today

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16/09/2009 Penan's anti-logging blockades torn down
The police said they had dismantled blockades constructed in the Borneo jungles by Penan tribespeople ... 		Malaysiakini

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15/09/2009 International probe uncovers Malaysian loggers' legal offences
An independent review commissioned by Europe's leading tourism group, Accor, confirms that Interhill ... 		Bruno Manser Fund, Switzerland

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15/09/2009 Maathai wants Mau evictions now
Nairobi, Kenya - Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai has challenged the government to kick out Mau forest ... 		Capital News, Kenya

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08/09/2009 Progress on Amazonian deforestation and land reform
President Lula’s targeted vetoes to controversial but landmark legislation mark significant progress ... 		World Resources Institute, US

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03/09/2009 Spears versus bulldozers in Borneo
In the jungles of central Borneo, loggers and native tribes, environmentalists and plantation companies, ... 		Al Jazeera

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01/09/2009 Ownership plan to save forest resources
The government plans to offer forest ownership to people living in forests and their peripheries as part ... 		The New Nation, Bangladesh

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01/09/2009 Leading Sarawak lawyer calls for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud to apologize with the Penan
Meeting between blockading Penan and officials ends without result - Penan announce to continue logging ... 		Bruno Manser Fund

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25/08/2009 Getting rich in Malaysia cronyism capital means Dayak lose home
After a stomach-churning takeoff from a 550-meter runway at Long Banga airstrip on the Malaysian side ... 		Bloomberg

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24/08/2009 Road-blocking Penan communities fear imminent police action
Communities protesting against planned oil palm and acacia plantations on their
native lands. ... 		Bruno Manser Fund

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18/08/2009 Forests and businesses: uneasy bedfellows
Windhoek - Too few businesses use appropriate industry-led approaches to tackle the threat of wholesale ... 		New Era, Namibia

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09/08/2009 Malaysian Indigenous Peoples want moratorium on plantations, other extractive projects
Today is the World Indigenous Peoples Day declared by the United Nations General Assembly under resolution ... 		Indigenous Peoples Organisations, Malaysia

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23/07/2009 The need to check deforestation in West Africa
Achieving long-term development in West Africa requires much more than just exploiting the region's ... 		Business Day, Nigeria

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08/07/2009 Report urges forestry industry to tackle conflict with local people
Conflict between companies that profit from forests and local people who depend on them could be tackled ... 		IIED (International Institute for Environment and Development)

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01/07/2009 Greens denounce 'Knight of the Chainsaw'
Environmental groups are demanding that the Queen withdraw the award of a knighthood to a Malaysian tycoon ... 		Times Online, UK

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24/06/2009 Cambodia signs REDD agreement
Terra Global Capital, a San Francisco-based firm seeking to capitalize on emerging markets for ecosystem ... 		Mongabay.com

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04/06/2009 Forest carbon market already shows cracks
LONDON/NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - It could save the rainforests of Borneo, slow climate change and ... 		Reuters (Gerard Wynn and Sunanda Creagh)

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29/05/2009 Amazon activist to bring climate change warning to Britain
An activist from the Yanomami people in the Amazon is to visit the Houses of Parliament to tell MPs that ... 		Ekklesia, UK

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28/05/2009 Indigenous people, forest communities in Africa control less than 2% of forest land
Less than 2 percent of Africas tropical forests are under community control, hindering efforts to slow ... 		Mongabay.com

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27/05/2009 Property rights and the fight against climate change
The recent news that deforestation is faster in Africa than anywhere else is hardly surprising. Weak ... 		Telegraph, UK

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25/05/2009 Slow forest tenure reform threatens Africa's action against climate change
A new report released today at a major global forestry conference in Cameroon has found that deforestation ... 		Africa Science News Service (Kenya)

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24/04/2009 Pygmy lives neglected in forests of the troubled Congo
The provinces of Northern and Southern Kivu are amongst those most affected by deforestation and soil ... 		peopleandplanet.net

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22/04/2009 Indigenous people serve as guardians of forest carbon, must be involved in climate solutions
Efforts to create an international climate framework - including a carbon financing mechanism for forest ... 		Mongabay.com

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19/04/2009 REDD and the rights of Indigenous Peoples: ensuring equity and participation in World Bank funds
One of the most contentious issues under discussion in current climate change debates is how to reduce ... 		Bretton Woods Project

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09/12/2008 Climate of no-confidence
Forests may help in the fight against climate change but will their inhabitants? ... 		Nepalnews.com (Nepal)

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20/10/2008 Forest peoples' rights key to reducing emissions from deforestation
Unless based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities, efforts by rich ... 		Science Daily

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09/09/2008 Sarawak government deposes elected Penan leaders
Malaysia - Authorities attempt to engineer the replacement of elected leaders by logging company stakeholders. ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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22/08/2008 REDD carbon markets: Proposals compared
Delegates to a UN climate convention meeting in Ghana today begin hard discussions on establishing a ... 		Carbon Positive (Netherlands)

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25/06/2008 No more forestry deals until our rights are protected, say Papuans
Jakarta, Indonesia - Papuans have demanded a halt to all new forestry and plantations deals until the ... 		EIA (UK)

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03/02/2008 Flaws in the Forestry Bill
Thailand - At least two provisions in the approved law are seen to deprive many communities of the right ... 		Bangkok Post (Thailand)

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02/01/2008 Penan chief found dead, foul play suspected
Penan villagers of Long Kerong in Sarawak will file a police report at the Miri police station tomorrow ... 		Malaysiakini (Malaysia)

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18/12/2007 Penan leader Kelesau reported missing
(Bruno Manser Fonds Press Release) Malaysia - Penan of Borneo lodge police report after one of their ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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17/07/2007 Village Chiefs protest at Rain Forest World Festival
Sarawak, Malaysia Nine village chiefs from one of the last nomadic tribes in Malaysia showed up at the ... 		Earthtimes.org (USA)

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05/07/2007 Penan sue Samling and Sarawak State Government to save their rainforest from loggers
The Penan community of Long Lamai on the upper reaches of the Baram River in the Malaysian state of Sarawak ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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24/05/2007 Name the 'traitors', Jabu told
A Sarawak land rights lawyer has asked Deputy Chief Minister Alfred Jabu to name the traitors whom he ... 		Malaysiakini (Malaysia)

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22/05/2007 Leading Sarawak land rights lawyer sued by Chief Minister for distributing leaflets
Malaysia - Taib Mahmud attempts to silence opposition and media over his alleged involvement in a timber ... 		Bruno Manser Fonds (Switzerland)

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16/05/2007 Peru makes progress on illegal mahogany logging
Last month Inrena, Peru's environmental agency, implemented regulations for mahogany loggers that ... 		Mongabay.com (USA)

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23/02/2007 Environmental groups attack Indonesian government, World Bank
Environmental groups have criticized the World Bank for a forest management plan in Indonesia that they ... 		Voice of America (USA)

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18/12/2006 KL govt to blame, say Papua NGOs
Penang, Malaysia - The government should take responsibility for the actions of Malaysian timber and ... 		Sun2Surf (Malaysia)

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05/05/2006 Dying tribe takes on timber giants over lost habitat
'Your suppliers are killing us,' Asian forest dwellers tell a British lumber group. ... 		The Times (UK)

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04/05/2006 International coalition launches unprecedented effort to strengthen local rights to own and use forests and fight rural poverty
Group sees historic opportunity to boost incomes among 1.6 billion forest-dependent poor, prevent illegal ... 		Rights and Resources Initiative (USA)

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02/05/2006 It's the law of the jungle - and this woman is ready to fight
ANNIE KAJIR was just 24 when she won a precedent-setting case in the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea ... 		Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)

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26/04/2006 Anne of Green Able
Anne Kajir combats the greed of Papua New Guinea's timber barons. ... 		Daily Grist (USA)

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PRESENTATIONS

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06/07/2012 Forest tenurial justice to strengthening VPA implementation in Indonesia Made Subadia Gelgel, Ministry of Forestry, Indonesia

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06/07/2012 Implications for tenure reform and VPA/FLEGT licensing Mina Susana Setra, AMAN Indonesia

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06/07/2012 Private Use Permits and Liberia’s VPA: Do they demonstrate legally recognised rights? Jonathan Yiah, Liberian Civil Society Platform

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08/07/2009 Safeguarding rights in the FCPF Marcus Colchester, Forest Peoples Programme

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19/01/2009 Malaysia-EU FLEGT-VPA stakeholder consultations and native customary land rights in Malaysia Ramy Bulan, University of Malaya

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Thursday 21st March 2013 Fourteenth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance, and Climate Change
The RRI Latin America Dialogue, organised in collaboration with Asociación Ambiente y Sociedad, ...

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Tuesday 5th March 2013 Thirteenth Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
This Africa-focused dialogue, Harmonizing Tenure and Resource Policies in Central and West Africa's ...

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Tuesday 5th February 2013 State of Rights and Resources 2012-2013: Landowners or Laborers? A panel on the rural development choices facing leaders of developing countries
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is co-hosting with Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), a panel ...

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Monday 29th October 2012 Twelfth RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change
The RRI Dialogues on Forests, Governance & Climate Change are designed to foster critical reflection ...

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Monday 18th June 2012 Community forest management to assure sustainable development
RRI is hosting an official UN side event during Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, ...

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Wednesday 12th October 2011 Eleventh RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change
The RRI Dialogues on Forests, Governance & Climate Change are designed to foster critical reflection ...

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Sunday 24th July 2011 Small-Scale Forestry: Synergies and Conflicts in Social, Ecological and Economic Interactions
The UN has declared 2011 the "International Year of Forests". This is to raise awareness and ...

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Monday 11th July 2011 Forest Tenure, Governance and Enterprise: Experiences and Opportunities for Asia in a Changing Context
Organized by: Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO).

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Wednesday 12th January 2011 International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Forests
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Tuesday 31st August 2010 Workshop: Forest Governance, Decentralisation and REDD in Latin America
Several factors underscore the relevance of discussing the relationships among sustainable forest management, ...

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Amazon Watch Amazon Watch works to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. The organisation partners with indigenous and environmental organisations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems. Broken link

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Forest People's Programme Forest Peoples Programme supports forest peoples to secure and sustainably manage their forests, lands and livelihoods. Their strategies to achieve this include:

* promoting the rights and interests of forest peoples at local, national and international levels
* creating space for forest peoples to have an effective voice in decision-making processes
* challenging top-down policies and projects that deprive local peoples of resources
* coordinating support among environmental organisations for forest peoples' visions
* supporting community-led sustainable forest management
* publicising forest peoples' plight through research, analysis and documentation.

Click here for the Forest Peoples Programme webpage with ongoing dialogue with HSBC over funded activities by companies in Sarawak and Guyana. 		Broken link

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Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) The Rights and Resources Initiative is a strategic coalition of international, regional and community organizations engaged in development, research and conservation. Together, we are working to encourage greater global commitment and action on pro-poor tenure, policy and market reforms.

The RRI coalition is formed by a group of core Partners who conduct work in specific areas of their regional and thematic expertise. Partners also engage with a wide group of collaborators who participate in and support RRI activities around the world. RRI is a strategic coalition that goes beyond the traditional set of international development actors to involve a wide spectrum of organisations, each of which provides a critical perspective in the larger chain of actors necessary to advance change. 		Broken link

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