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FPP E-Newsletter Special Edition on Safeguards, April 2013 (PDF Version)

Forest Peoples Programme

29 April, 2013

FPP E-Newsletter Special Edition on Safeguards, April 2013

As multiple international agencies adopt and update their social and environmental policies, this special edition Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter reviews experiences of communities and civil society with the safeguard policies of various international financial institutions. 

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Indigenous peoples in Madre de Dios (Peru) call for greater accountability of forest and climate schemes, including the World Bank-IADB Forest Investment Programme (FIP), February 2013

25 February, 2013

Following AIDESEP's letter of 15th February to the Forest Investment Programme (FIP) mission, FENAMAD, an indigenous peoples' organisation in Madre de Dios, has released a statement calling for greater accountability of forest and climate schemes in Peru, including the Forest Investment Programme (FIP). 

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Indigenous peoples of the Peruvian Amazon denounce failure of the World Bank’s Forest Investment Programme in Peru to respect their rights to lands and territories

18 February, 2013

On the eve of the latest visit of the Forest Investment Programme (FIP) to Peru (18 -20 February 2013), AIDESEP, the Peruvian national indigenous organisation, has sent a letter to the FIP mission denouncing the efforts of the Peruvian government to backtrack on previous commitments to recognise millions of hectares of untitled indigenous territories as part of their ‘Forest Investment Strategy’. 

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National Indigenous Amazonian Peoples Organisation of Peru (AIDESEP) challenges the development of the World Bank's Forest Investment Programme (FIP) in Peru

13 June, 2012

In a letter addressed to senior government officials, representatives of the FIP and its international donors, AIDESEP highlight that the current effort to develop an investment plan fails to respect the rights of Peru's indigenous peoples. The letter highlights how failure to respect these rights not only violate the international legal obligations of Peru but also the FIP's own operational guidelines.

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Forest Investment Program (FIP) of the World Bank - proposed Logic Model

Forest Peoples Programme

1 June, 2010

Comments submitted by Forest Peoples Programme to the meeting of the FIP sub-committee, Washington, DC, scheduled for 24 June 2010

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The World Bank’s Forest Investment Programme (FIP): core elements and critical issues

5 October, 2009

The World Bank’s Forest Investment Programme (FIP): core elements and critical issues

This review of the FIP - part of a bundle of World Bank climate-related finance initiatives - identifies significant risks posed by the FIP to the lives and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and traditional forest dwellers.
FPP: Rights, forests and climate briefing series

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