Most of the land where the private forests were located was sold. This then resulted in different issues as wood became scarce along with other forest resources.

For decades, deforestation in Georgia has been putting the livelihoods of communities at risk. It has not only led to an increase in the impact of natural disasters, but has also deprived communities of clean running water.

On May 22, the Georgian Parliament endorsed the amendments to the Forest Code of Georgia with its third reading with 79 votes in favor and none against – amid strong criticism voiced by the civil society organizations.  

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to lease a total of 99,077 acres of land in 187 forest lots of various sizes in four districts of South Punjab to the investors for 15 years for commercial forestry. This was revealed by Awais Leghari, Chairman, South Punjab Forest Company (SPFC), while

The entirety of three protected forests are now classified as private land, an investigation from rights group Adhoc has found, along with tens of thousands of additional hectares of what has once been state public land. In total, an area slightly smaller than the size of Jakarta has been

By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee Date: October 10th 2016 Source: ThinkProgress About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.

By: Rebecca Myles Date: April 22nd 2016 Source: RT Representatives from 155 countries are in New York to sign a climate-change agreement to limit the rise in global temperatures. Forest-dwelling indigenous peoples claim the pact ignores them and that they face assaults when trying to protect