indigenous people
MOST READ
About
64 Results found. From 1997 - 2024
Feature
- 20 Mar 2013
Indonesian province explores ‘green growth’ amidst economic expansion
Maximizing the economic use of degraded land may help to bridge the gap between economic growth and climate change.
News
- 7 Mar 2013
New Rights to Nicaragua’s Forests: Are Women Included?
A vision for managing forests that gives voice to all members of the community who benefit.
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
- 24 Dec 2012
BEST OF 2012: Supernatural powers play key role in forest use
A strictly secular approach to forest management may be at odds with local attitudes.
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.
Interview
- 6 Nov 2012
Indonesia lauded for laying REDD groundwork: Next step, true forestry management reform
Can REDD+ provide a platform for the recognition of the rights of local communities living in forests?
23 Oct 2012
Recognising indigenous “sacred areas” could double amount of protected land worldwide
More indigenous voices and knowledge need to be involved in decisions over indigenous owned land.
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
- 13 Aug 2012
Massive plans for oil and road development may threaten Peruvian Amazon
New infrastructure could put pressure on national parks and indigenous groups, some who have chosen to cut themselves off from civilization.
Feature
- 20 Jul 2012
Social assets and social hazards shape adaptive capacity in Setulang
Adaptation planning should take into account both the social assets and the social hazards that enhance or hinder adaptive capacity.
Event Coverage
- 2 Jul 2012
Could new interactive maps help preserve last “roadless” areas?
Google, European Environmental Agency, Society for Conservation Biologists, the European Parliament create remarkable map of the Amazon.
Most popular
CIFOR-ICRAF harnesses the power of trees, forests and agroforestry landscapes to address the most pressing global challenges of our time – biodiversity loss, climate change, food security, livelihoods and inequity.
The views expressed in Forests News are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the CIFOR-ICRAF.
This site is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
Forests News is governed under CIFOR-ICRAF’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.