May 18, 2012
The Indian Law Resource Center has called on the UN Permanent forum on Indigenous Issues to ensure that the World Bank implements the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
At the 11th Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, which is taking place this week in New York, Leonardo Crippa, a Senior Attorney with the Indian Law Resource Center made a statement pointing out that, “There is a need of stronger safeguard measures to protect...
May 17, 2012
Two critical determinants of REDD+ success moving forward are: (1) developing and implementing REDD+ safeguard information systems (SIS) and (2) fostering effective private sector engagement in the REDD+ value chain.
To explore these issues, an expert meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya, on April 2–3, 2012, under the Building REDD+ Policy Capacity for Developing Country Negotiators and Land Managers project. The workshop was delivered by IISD and the ASB Partnership for...
March 8, 2012
UN-REDD Programme Viet Nam is developing two reports, the evaluation report for effectiveness of awareness raising and training, and lesson learned report from activities in particular areas such as Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC), Benefits Distribution System (BDS) consultations.
The Programme is conducting interviews with related stakeholders not only in Hanoi but also in pilot province, Lam Dong, where UN-REDD Phase 1 has been running since 2009. The two...
March 2, 2012
The Royal Government of Cambodia and private land developers were exploiting indigenous communities in Mondulkiri and Ratanakkiri provinces by signing concession deals for the communities’ land without prior consultation, advocates said yesterday. “All these projects must be planned with care, transparency and accountability.”
The NGO Forum of Cambodia launched its publication on “Free, Prior and...
March 1, 2012
The first global workshop, which took place 8-9 February in Geneva, focused on the UN-REDD Programme’s Social and Environmental Principles and Criteria (SEPC) and the associated Benefits and Risks Tool (BeRT). The second one-day workshop, on 10 February, reviewed the draft UN-REDD Programme Guidelines on Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) on 10 February, and was followed by a one day technical experts’ working group on 11 February.
Both of these workshops were...