This paper is a comparative review of rights across a number of existing voluntary standards drawn from a technical workshop in Bangkok in October 2012 organised by Forest Peoples Programme with the…
The purpose of this background note is to identify some key issues and opportunities in the upcoming UNFCCC climate negotiations in Doha (26 November - 7 December 2012). The note will only focus…
This Joint Statement is the outcome of a conference held in Medan on 5 - 10 November 2012, organised by Darma Agung University and grassroots organisation Lentera Rakyat, on land grabbing and oil…
Dans le cadre de sa préparation au futur méchanisme REDD+, le Cameroun a soumis le draft de son plan de préparation le 6 août au Fonds de Partenariat pour le Carbone Forestier (FPCF) géré par la…
As part of its REDD+ preparation, Cameroon submitted on 6 August 2012 the draft of its REDD Readiness Preparation Proposal (R-PP) to the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) managed by…
The following blog post, written by Sophie Chao (FPP), has appeared on RECOFTC's Blog for People and Forests. To read the post on RECOFTC's Blog click here.
Financial institutions have been warned today to avoid investments in pulp and paper mills associated with deforestation and human rights abuses in Indonesia.
Un grupo de organizaciones indígenas y ONGs locales en la región de Ucayali en Perú rechazaron los planes del gobierno peruano a construir un vial entre Perú y Brasil. Las organizaciones indican que…
A collective of indigenous organisations and local NGOs in Ucayali province in Peru have rejected Peruvian government plans to construct a highway between Peru and Brazil. The organisations highlight…