PRESS ROOM: International Workshop on Deforestation Drivers and the Rights of Forest Peoples, Palangkaraya, Indonesia, 9th-14th March 2014

PHOTOGRAPHS:

Workshop and site visit to Gohong, a Central Kalimantan village facing land conflicts with palm oil producers and others

DELCARATION:

• 19th March 2014:"The Palangka Raya Declaration on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples" English. French. Spanish. Bahasa Indonesia

PRESS RELEASES:

• 19th March 2014: "Forest peoples demand their rights be made central to global efforts to curb deforestation" English. French. Spanish. Bahasa Indonesia.

• 11th March 2014: "Indigenous and forest peoples highlight land rights as key to saving world's rainforests" English. French.  Bahasa Indonesia.  Spanish

FACT SHEETS/ BACKGROUNDERS:

• Site visit to Gohong
• Backgrounder on Cameroon: "Community and civil society activists defend Cameroon's rainforests and propose rights-based solutions to forest threat"
• Backgrounder on Peru: "Peru's indigenous peoples assert land rights and offer a better approach to combat Amazon deforestation"

MAPS:

• A map of the field vist to Gohong