Themes

Explore the key themes the Forest Peoples Programme addresses, including Human Rights, Climate Change and Biodiversity, Business, Trade and Finance, Deforestation, Community Governance, and Culture and Knowledge.

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Lands, Territories and Resources

Land, territories and resource rights refer to the legal or customary rights that communities have over land, territories and natural resources such as water, forests, minerals, and biodiversity.

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Self Determination and FPIC

FPIC and self-determination are essential for indigenous peoples and forest peoples as they uphold their rights, autonomy, and sovereignty over their lands, territories, and resources.

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National Legal Analyses

Comment sécuriser les droits fonciers coutumiers des populations autochtones qui cohabitent avec les communautés locales ?

27 junho 2025

Access to Justice Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources Francês

Les droits à la terre et aux ressources des peuples autochtones en République démocratique du Congo : Rapport de synthèse et de recommandations

01 abril 2025

Access to Justice Lands, Territories and Resources Self Determination and FPIC Timber, Pulp and Paper Minerals and Energy Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources Francês

Report on baseline study of the existing policy frameworks for IPLCs on recognition of land rights and indigenous and local knowledge in the context of biodiversity conservation in Kenya

03 julho 2024

Conservation and Human Rights Climate and Forest Policy and Finance Lands, Territories and Resources Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources Inglês Espanhol Indonésio Suaíli

A Survey of Jurisprudence Affecting Indigenous Peoples and their Ancestral Land and Resource Rights in the Philippines (2009-2023)

13 março 2024

Law and Policy Reform Lands, Territories and Resources Biodiversity Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources

Espanhol Inglês

Estudio sobre el marco jurídico de los derechos territoriales y el conocimiento ancestral de pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales en el Perú

13 dezembro 2023

Territorial Governance Culture and Knowledge Conservation and Human Rights Lands, Territories and Resources Rights to Lands, Territories and Resources Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)Espanhol

In IUCN World Conservation Congress

Gender and Conservation

Gender and Conservation

Publications include: 'Understanding Gender-Based Violence in Conservation', 'Women's Ties to Land: Charting a Course for Gendered Community Use and Occupancy Mapping', and 'With Us and For Us: Creating Strengthening Processes'.

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Transformative Pathways

Transformative Pathways

Publications include: "Community and Human Rights," "Introduction to Community-Based Environmental Monitoring,", "Ensuring the Sustainability of Customary Use on Indigenous and Community-Held Lands."...

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National Legal Analyses

National Legal Analyses

Publications include: 'Report on baseline study of the existing policy frameworks for IPLCs on recognition of land rights and indigenous and local knowledge in the context of biodiversity conservation in Kenya', 'A Survey of Jurisprudence Affecting Indigenous Peoples and their Ancestral Land and Resource Rights in the Philippines'....

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Transforming Conservation

Transforming Conservation

Publications include: "Transforming Conservation: From Conflict to Justice," numbers 1 through 8.

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Themes

Human Rights

Lands, Territories and Resources

Self Determination and FPIC

Human Rights Defenders

Climate Change and Biodiversity

Climate Change

Biodiversity

Business, Trade and Finance

Palm Oil

Timber, Pulp and Paper

Carbon and Biodiversity Markets

Minerals and Energy

Infrastructure

Certification

Regulation

Deforestation

Community Governance

Culture and Knowledge

Our Programmes

Environmental Governance

Territorial Governance

Culture and Knowledge

Conservation and Human Rights

Responsible Finance

Supply Chains and Trade

Global Finance

Climate and Forest Policy and Finance

Legal and Human Rights

Legal Empowerment

Access to Justice

Law and Policy Reform

Gender Justice

Advancing Legal Protections

Partner-led Actions

Communications and Resources

Priority Initiatives

Strategic Legal Response Centre

Forest Visions

Priority Collaborations

Indigenous Led Education (ILED)

Indigenous Navigator

Local Biodiversity Outlooks (LBO)

The Accountability Framework initiative (AFi)

Transformative Pathways

Whakatane Mechanism

Zero Tolerance Initiative (ZTI)

National Legal Analyses

Comment sécuriser les droits fonciers coutumiers des populations autochtones qui cohabitent avec les communautés locales ?

Les droits à la terre et aux ressources des peuples autochtones en République démocratique du Congo : Rapport de synthèse et de recommandations

Report on baseline study of the existing policy frameworks for IPLCs on recognition of land rights and indigenous and local knowledge in the context of biodiversity conservation in Kenya

A Survey of Jurisprudence Affecting Indigenous Peoples and their Ancestral Land and Resource Rights in the Philippines (2009-2023)

Estudio sobre el marco jurídico de los derechos territoriales y el conocimiento ancestral de pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales en el Perú