21 February 2017
By: Adisti Sukma Sawitri
Date: 21 February 2017
Source: The Jakarta Post
The government has made a bold move with its plan to grant people wider access to land under its agrarian reform.
By: Ed Atkins
Date: September 7th 2016
Source: The Conversation
By: Dan Collyns
Source: The Guardian
Date: 4 November 2016
As Paris climate agreement comes into force, inhabitants of Amazon rainforest demand recognition of key role their communities play in conservation
By: Luisa Torre, Patrik Camporez Macao
Date: 5 January 2017
Source: Aljazeera News
"They stole our forests and our water. We took our medicine from the forest. Now, they put police and dogs at our door."
By: Rachel Savage
Date: August 18th 2016
Source: The Guardian
They came without warning, forcing people from their homes with no time to collect their possessions. A deaf old man was attacked when he didn’t hear the orders to leave. Then the houses were burned to the ground.
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Communities that own the territory are more likely to conserve the forest than other land users
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Giving indigenous people land title deeds is one of the most cost-
By: Pius Sawa
Date: 16 December 2016
Source:PLACE.TRUST.ORG
"I used to stay away three hours looking for enough wood to cook beans, but now it is easy because I need just a small bundle"
By: Brittany Patterson
Date: 21 June 2016
Source: Scientific American
An effort in Ecuador might point the way to a more sustainable future for the rainforest and people
In the lush green rainforest of the Ecuadorean Amazon, members of the Kichwa indigenous group gather well before
By: Mong Palatino
Date: September 23rd 2016
Source: Global Voices
By: Patrick Barkham
Date: 5 January 2017
Source: The Guardian
In unprecedented move, OECD will look into allegations that world’s largest conservation organisation facilitated abuse of Baka people of Cameroon
By: Gaurav Madan
Date: August 31st 2016
Source: Motherboard
Depending on the season, the journey to Rivercess County requires either bumping along dirt paths or navigating endless stretches of mud. In the heart of Liberia the dense tropical forests, some of the last intact in West Africa, are