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Analysis
- 8 Jul 2015
Why is it so incredibly hard to stop deforestation?
Hint: look to powerful people with an interest in deforestation.
News
- 14 Feb 2013
Preventing partnerships: Timber companies & indigenous groups grapple over land
New report highlights the importance of Free, Prior and Informed consent in recognizing community rights to land.
News
- 17 Dec 2012
For indigenous people in Latin America, land rights are only half the battle
The need to tip the power balance through the empowerment of local actors.
News
- 22 Aug 2012
Greater awareness needed to dispel REDD+ myths
The basic question for local communities - ‘what are we consenting to?’ - is still unanswered.
News
- 22 Aug 2012
Greater awareness needed to dispel REDD+ myths
Event Coverage
- 2 Dec 2011
REDD+ developers hesitant to talk carbon to local communities, experts say
The trend undermines calls for free, prior and informed consent from local communities.
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