8 July, 2009
Conflict between companies that profit from forests and the local people who depend on them could be tackled by industry-led approaches, but too few companies look for solutions beyond their legal obligations. This report - commissioned by The Forests Dialogue (TFD), an international group of forest experts from business, environmental, academic and human rights groups - takes stock of the extent of corporate engagement with conflict resolution. Press release issued by The Forests Dialogue
by Emma Wilson of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) for The Forests Dialogue (TFD)
6 July, 2009
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CAO
19 June, 2009
Full text of the CAO's audit of the IFC's investments in Wilmar companies.
14 May, 2009
NGO News Release Over 70 human rights and environmental groups from around the world express their outrage at the planned launch of the World Wildlife Fund's Aquaculture Stewardship Council. Their concern is that the proposed certification of industrial production of shrimp and salmon favours the vested interests of the aquaculture industry, without reflecting or taking into account the wishes of local communities and indigenous peoples who live alongside shrimp and salmon farms.
Forest Peoples Programme and Scale Up
11 May, 2009
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26 April, 2009
Drafted on the occasion of the XIII Ordinary Congress of their representative organisation, Central Ashaninka del Rio Ene (CARE), in the community of Pichiquia
24-26 April 2009
28 March, 2009
MANILA, Philippines - Officials of the United Nations system, multilateral institutions such as the European Commission, the World Bank, ADB, Member States of the UN, international experts, indigenous peoples and other organizations attending the International Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries have started deliberating yesterday on piles of serious issues surrounding the Indigenous Peoples all around the world, and in their bid to fin
2 March, 2009
Declaration by indigenous peoples and support organisations from 35 countries
on the occasion of the International Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Corporate Accountability and the Extractive Industries, held in Manila, Philippines
5 February, 2009
US Contact: Alfredo Quarto, Executive Director Mangrove Action Project
Contact Tel. (360) 452-5866, e-mail: mangroveap@olympus.net
Bagyeli made maps of their traditional territories to secure land rights in the Cameroon oil pipeline zone, November 2005
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Bagyeli woman and child unload a traditional fishing trap in the Cameroon oil pipleline zone
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