Despite the pledge in November 2003 by the DRC government to root out Hutu rebel elements, ‘Pygmy’ communities in north and south Kivu are reporting increased attacks…
In response to the submission made to CERD in June 2006 regarding widespread, persistent and systematic violations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination against…
Madam Chair, Honourable Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this opportunity to address the Commission on behalf of the Forest Peoples Programme. May I first commend…
Mr Huguet Antoine Head of Forest and Wood Department EUROCERTIFOR - BVQI 60 avenue du Général de Gaulle 92046 Paris La Défense Cedex France [email protected]…
Fergal Keane of the BBC is in Cameroon meeting Baka indigenous peoples who are using new technology to document their traditional use of forests, to map their lands and to…
This week, the Baka community in the Lomie region of Central Cameroon, have been mapping their lands with the support of the Centre for Environment and Development in …
FPP letter to the President of the World Bank, expressing concern at the World Bank’s failures in applying Operational Directive 4.20 in Cameroon James Wolfensohn, Esq. President The World Bank 1818…
Déclaration de positionnement par les organismes de la société civile africaine rapport au projet de consultation de la revue de la politique de sauvegarde de la SFI en Africque, le 29-30 novembre,…
We, the undersigned African civil society organizations, working on and interested in extractive sector issues have decided not to officially participate …
