In this issue, we are focusing more on community conservation, and you can find exciting pieces about the real forest heroes: community members and indigenous peoples from over 40 countries around the world who come to Durban for the Fostering Community Conservation Conference, their role in the Sustainable Development Goals indicators, and also some results from our Fostering Community Conference in Durban last September.
By Andrey Laletin An international conference, ‘From Rhetoric to Action: Scaling up Community and Indigenous Peoples’ Land and Resource Rights’, was organised in Bern, Switzerland, 30 September-1 October 2015. It…
16 October: On the occasion of World Food Day [1] a coalition of environmental and indigenous groups [2] denounces undue corporate influence over the UN Committee on World Food Security…
Durban, South Africa – September 9, 2015 We, local communities, peasants movements, Indigenous Peoples and civil society organizations from Africa and all over the world, call upon the United Nations, the…
By: Mary Louise Malig* Like reading the ancient Greek tragedy of Homer, we are at the pages of the Iliad where we can see what hell ahead shall befall Troy.…
Download the summary report here Introduction This assessment was conducted with communities in Sulufou and Fera Subua in northeast Malaita. It was based on questionnaires, workshops, face-to-face interviews with community…
Download the summary report here INTRODUCTION Ole Si’osi’omaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI) in Samoa conducted community consultations and mangrove surveys in the villages of Toamua, Saina and Vaiusu as the first…
By Souparna Lahiri* During the Global Forest Coalition (GFC)’s Fostering Community Conservation Conference in Durban, South Africa (31 August-4 September, 2015), just days before the World Forestry Congress (WFC) (7-11 September,…
Today, September 21, on the international day against monoculture tree plantations, the Global Forest Coalition commemorates the many years of struggles of local communities, Indigenous Peoples, women and other forest…
Download the summary report here INTRODUCTION The two-day workshop took place on Ustupu island, in the Guna Yala Indigenous Region. People from various Guna communities participated, most of whom live…
By Miguel Lovera* Earlier this year, I was invited to give a keynote speech at the World Forestry Congress (WFC), an event organised by the FAO every six years. The…
Download the summary report here INTRODUCTION The neoliberal economic model imposed in Chile has promoted export-oriented extractive industries, including mining, agroindustry and forestry. Studies show that the Chilean model of…
Download the summary report here by Tesfaye Tolla and Cath Traynor INTRODUCTION The Bale Mountains, in the Oromia Region of southeast Ethiopia are a biodiversity hotspot. For generations, local communities…
Download the summary report here Introduction The Centre for Sustainable Development (CENESTA) introduced the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) to community representatives in Iran at a workshop in Poldokhtar, Luristan…
Download the summary report here Introduction The Udege, one of the 48 indigenous peoples in Russia, inhabit the Ussuri taiga in the SikhoteAlin mountain range. This area contains the highest…
Download the summary report here Introduction The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative assessment in Paraguay is based on discussion and debate with three rural communities facing various challenges. They are the…
Download the summary report here INTRODUCTION The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) in Uganda began in 2014. It is ongoing and is being implemented by the National Association of Professional…
