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Films spur dialogue on inclusive agriculture in Tanzania
Poorly governed, large-scale land acquisitions are a concern across sub-Saharan Africa. Tanzania’s answer to land-grabbing is a plan for sustainable,…
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COP23 Special: Walking the REDD+ line, talking transformational change
Has REDD+ worked? Many at COP23 asked this question, and those in Bonn who were participating in negotiations, hosting discussions…
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COP23 Special: What would a rights-based REDD+ look like?
From its outset, REDD+ has divided opinions over its potential impacts on the rights of indigenous peoples. Partly, this is…
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COP23 Special: Can REDD+ benefit the poor?
This topic will be one of several featured at an official COP23 side event hosted by the Center for International…
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Restoring forest landscapes: A question of community rights
A workshop on this topic will be held in Bonn, Germany, on 3 November, arranged in collaboration by the Center…
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Lampung, Indonesia’s model province for social forestry
Granting communities the right to manage state forests through social forestry programs in Lampung, Indonesia, could have positive outcomes for…
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Communities want collaboration, customary law
For centuries, communities in Maluku, in eastern Indonesia, tapped wealth from their forests without any kind of restrictions beyond adat,…
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Governing mangroves: From Tanzania to Indonesia
Mangroves constitute only 0.5 percent of forest area worldwide, but millions of people depend on them for food, income and…
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A promising (but uncertain) future for tenure rights devolution
Over the past two decades, communities across the developing world have secured stronger rights to manage their forests, carried by…
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Evaluating REDD+ social safeguards with mobile phones, gas stoves and benefits
The UN REDD program was launched in 2008 to “reduce forest emissions and enhance carbon stocks in forests while contributing…
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Community participation as a REDD+ safeguard
When making decisions about land use, involving diverse members of the community can help ensure fairer outcomes for all and…
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Why social safeguards matter for managing trade-offs under REDD+
Local people can benefit from climate change mitigation schemes to keep tropical forests standing and enhance forest cover — if…
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For secure land rights, indigenous forest communities need more than just titles
Under Peruvian law, a title gives traditional forest communities rights over land, but resources on that land, such as forests,…
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Long road ahead to indigenous land and forest rights in Peru
Over the past half-century, more than 1,300 indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon have obtained title to more than 12…
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Land-rights policies in Latin America still fall short, studies show
Latin American countries have made progress in granting land rights to communities in recent years. Nevertheless, policies often fail to…
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