May 17, 2012
- The RRI coalition in Liberia is pleased to share an important victory for its team, following several years of hard work by RRI Collaborator Green Advocates and the coalition members on behalf of Liberia’s pit-sawyers (small scale loggers).
The Liberian Forestry Development Authority (FDA) has just adopted regulations to legally recognize pit-sawyers and their right to operate. The pit-sawyers are a promising model for...
April 26, 2012
As posted on WNN on April 26, 2012
(WNN) Moreton-in-Marsh, ENGLAND: With a combined effort to ensure policies that promote the inclusion of indigenous people worldwide who face corporate development land projects without their consent or cooperation, indigenous groups are calling upon the GIF – Global...
April 23, 2012
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Dear Friends,
The continuous, sometimes subtle, violence of conservation and development against indigenous peoples continues, unchecked even at the highest levels by the most worthy-sounding agencies of the United Nations.
As this newsletter reports, the...
February 29, 2012
As written by Patrick Mugo Mugo on February 29, 2012
A new phenomenon is taking shape across the developing world, threatening to heighten resource-related conflict, particularly in Africa. Referred to as land leasing, land selling or land grabbing, it affects Africa more than any other region, where land is more than a factor of production, but a lifeline...