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  • Mission

    Forest Peoples Programme supports the rights of peoples who live in forests and depend on them for their livelihoods. We work to create political space for forest peoples to secure rights, control their lands and decide their own futures.

    Goals

    • Get the rights and interests of forest peoples recognised in laws, policies and programmes
    • Support forest peoples to build their own capacities to claim and exercise their human rights
    • Counter top-down policies and projects that threaten the rights of forest peoples
    • Promote community-based sustainable forest management
    • Ensure equity, counter discrimination and promote gender justice
    • Inform NGO actions on forests in line with forest peoples’ visions
    • Link up indigenous and forest peoples’ movements at the regional and international levels
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Job vacancies: Forest Peoples Programme is recruiting for 2 job vacancies

Submitted by Christina Ketter on Thu, 22/09/2011 - 8:24am

  1. Project Manager for the project entitled: REDD financing, Human Rights and Economic Development for Sustainable Poverty Reduction of forest communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Bali Declaration on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia

Submitted by lmeggiolaro on Fri, 02/12/2011 - 4:46pm

The international meeting of South East Asian Human Rights Institutions on ‘Human Rights and Business: Plural Legal Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Institutional Strengthening and Legal Reform’ hosted by the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (KOMNASHAM) was held in Bali, Indonesia, from 28th November to 1st December 2011.

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Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter July 2011

Submitted by Annabelle Galt on Tue, 12/07/2011 - 1:18pm

Please click on a language to read the full FPP E-Newsletter: English, French,

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12 October 2011, RRI Dialogue on Forests, Governance & Climate Change, London

Submitted by lmeggiolaro on Tue, 16/08/2011 - 2:37pm

The 11th Rights and Resources Initiative Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change: Status and role of public and private finance to reduce forest loss and degradation, will take place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London on 12 October 2011.

Press Release: Bali Declaration acclaimed at Agribusiness and Human Rights in Southeast Asia Workshop

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1 December, 2011

The international meeting of South East Asian Regional Human Rights Commissions on ‘Human Rights and Business: Plural Legal Approaches to Conflict Resolut

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