The Guardian: "World Bank spending on forests fails to curb poverty, auditors claim"
30 Jan 2013
Report by World Bank's own evaluators say its investments support logging and do little to help rural poor people.
Resources
Upcoming Event: Landowners or Labourers? A panel on the rural development choices facing leaders of developing countries, 5 February 2013
29 Jan 2013
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion on the current state of rights and resources around the world, and new analyses on the mounting risks of local land rights insecurity for investment and development.
Press Release: Guyana court ruling violates indigenous peoples' rights
28 Jan 2013
Controversial Court decision favours miners over indigenous peoples as country sinks to new low on double standards on human rights and development.
Announcement of New Director
24 Jan 2013
FPP is very happy to announce, that Joji Cariño will be taking up the position of Director of the Forest Peoples Programme from 15th May 2013, in coordination with FPP’s Executive Committee and Board members. Joji, well known to many of you, is a highly regarded indigenous woman from the Philippines with extensive experience on indigenous peoples’ human rights at community, national and international levels, having been an active policy advocate and practitioner for the past 30 years.
The Guardian: Peru's indigenous people take battle over gas exploration to court
04 Jan 2013
Source: The GuardianCampaigning groups say further expansion into Amazon territory could lead to 'extermination' of isolated tribes.