February 21, 2012
- Samuel Nguiffo, Brendan Schwartz - Centre for Environment and Development (CED)
Using a particular case study, this report attempts to illustrate the problems communities, environment, and the entire country are exposed to when large agro-industrial plantations are developed. The issues explained here within appear in all large-scale and long-term land concessions in Cameroon with only minor variations. Additionally, the principal agro-industrial plantations in Cameroon that are already in... - RECOFTC, RRI, Ministry of Agriculture and Forest - The Center for People and Forests, Rights and Resources Initiative, Lao PDR
A national workshop on Forest Tenure and Policies in Lao PDR was held in Vientiane from 28-29 November, 2011. The workshop was hosted by the Department of Forests of Lao PDR, with support from RECOFTC ' the Center for People and Forests and the Rights and Resources Initiatives (RRI). The key objective of the workshop was to continue the process of learning on...
February 16, 2012
- Ganga Ram Dahal, Julian Atkinson, James Bampton - RECOFTC
While Asia's rapid growth has lifted millions out of poverty, persistent pockets still remain in areas beyond the embrace of development. Some 450 million people in Asia-Pacific live in and around forests, depending on them for subsistence, shelter and a way of life, which has been indigenous to their societies for generations. However, their status remains largely unacknowledged as governments retain administrative control...
February 15, 2012
- Kevin Murray - Kevin Murray Strategic Consulting
During 2011, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) supported its fourth Independent Monitoring (IM) exercise. Given that the organization had just completed a Mid-Term Review, the IM exercise was less ambitious than in previous years. It focused on validating RRG's reported progress toward realizing the Initiative's Strategic Outcomes, and it also reviewed RRI's implementation of its internal monitoring and evaluation...
February 14, 2012
- Irene Ramos Urrutia - Derecho, Ambiente, y Recursos Naturales (DAR)
Parte de cuatro estudios de caso (Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Perú) sobre inversiones en tierras y territorios indígenas en relación con las política(s) pública(s) y las estrategias empresariales; y cuáles son los impactos en las relaciones sociales, las formas de propiedad y el aprovechamiento de los recursos naturales. - - CEDLA
Estos estudios de caso se realizaron en 2011 como parte del plan de trabajo regional de RRI en América Latina. El proyecto fue liderado por CEDLA, en colaboración con ILSA (Colombia), DAR (Perú), y RepórterBrasil (Brasil). Parte de cuatro estudios de caso (Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Perú) sobre inversiones en tierras y territorios indígenas en relación con las política(s) pública(s) y las estrategias empresariales; y... - Margarita Flórez A. , Héctor-León Moncayo S. - Instituto Latinoamericano para una Sociedad y un Derecho alternativos, ILSA
Parte de cuatro estudios de caso (Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Perú) sobre inversiones en tierras y territorios indígenas en relación con las política(s) pública(s) y las estrategias empresariales; y cuáles son los impactos en las relaciones sociales, las formas de propiedad y el aprovechamiento de los...
February 10, 2012
- RRI
This report expands on 5 years of impact by the Rights and Resources Initiative. The impact of RRI's 14 Partners and 120 plus Collaborators is strong and extensive. The collective RRI 'fingerprint' can be seen in major tenure reforms in China and Brazil, stronger tenure advocacy in Nepal and Central America, greater global awareness of tenure in global REDD negotiations, enhancing corporate responsibility standards and policy, growing reform movements, and supporting...
February 9, 2012
- Duncan Macqueen, Sibel Korhaliller - International Institute for Environment and Development (iied)
Taking biomass energy seriously makes increasing sense. Biomass energy currently makes up 77 per cent of the world primary renewable energy mix ' or 10 per cent of the world primary energy mix. The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that biomass will become increasingly important as a source of energy, rising to 30 per cent of the world primary energy mix by 2050. Since non-OECD...
February 6, 2012
- The Mountain Institute
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI)1 was established in 2005 as a coalition of organizational partners to promote local people‟s rights over forest resources and reduce poverty. It has been led by an active secretariat, established as the Rights and Resources Group (RRG), and guided by a prominent Board that included Partner and independent members. In January 2008, a Framework Proposal developed in coordination with partners and donors was adopted to...