International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have launched a new Good Practice Guide on Sustainable Forest Management: Biodiversity and Livelihoods. This booklet is part of a series of Good Practice Guides produced by the CBD. It provides a range of case studies and other materials to make [...]
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CBD/IUCN: Good Practice Guide on Forest Livelihoods
Posted in biodiversity, cbd, global, ngos, stewardship on 29 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UNEP: Bio-Cultural Community Protocols
Posted in biodiversity, global, recent research, stewardship, unep, vulnerability on 20 November 2009 | Leave a Comment »
BioCultural Community Protocols: A Community Approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
Kabir Bavikatte & Harry Jonas (Eds.), Natural Justice and UNEP, November 2009.
This book illustrates the application of bio-cultural community protocols to a range of environmental legal frameworks. Part I focuses on the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and access and [...]
Guest article: Nuku Alofa Declaration
Posted in guest article, pacific islands, stewardship, vulnerability on 16 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pacific Comments on REDD
Special guest article from Fiu Mata’ese Elisara/Executive Director of OLSSI, Samoa
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Introduction
Some 15 participants from Tonga, PNG, Solomon, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Cooks, Samoa, NZ and Australia attended a Pacific workshop on REDD held in Nukualofa USP Centre, Tonga, from 29 to 31 July 2009. Representing indigenous peoples, civil society, and governments, they also discussed [...]
Guest article: The Tuvalu Position on REDD
Posted in guest article, pacific islands, stewardship on 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Tuvalu Position on REDD deserves strong AOSIS, Pacific, and Indigenous Peoples’ support in the outcome of COP15 of the UNFCCC in Copenhagen
Special guest article from Fiu Mata’ese Elisara/Executive Director of OLSSI – Samoa
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The Different Proposals on REDD in the UNFCCC: REDD proposals will lead to forest protection only if the needs and rights of [...]
Guest Article: Rights and role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Brazilian Amazon Forest
Posted in biodiversity, guest article, latin america, stewardship on 7 September 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Leading to an equitable REDD mechanism: Recognizing the rights and role of indigenous peoples and local communities in the Brazilian Amazon Forest
Special guest article from Paula Moreira, Instituto de Pesquisa Amiental da Amazônia (IPAM). For further information, please contact Paula Moreira (paulamoreira[at]@ipam.org.br), Flávia Gabriela Oyo França (flaviagabriela[at]ipam.org.br) or Paulo Moutinho, (moutinho[at]ipam.org.br)
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The majority of indigenous peoples [...]
Research: CIFOR and innovative participatory research in Central America
Posted in assessment, cifor, global, latin america, north america, recent research, stewardship on 1 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
‘If You Saw It with My Eyes’: Collaborative Research and Assistance with Central American Forest Steward Communities Peter Leigh Taylor, Peter Cronkleton, Deborah Barry, Samantha Stone-Jovicich, Marianne Schmink – CIFOR, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, University of Florida, Gainsville, Florida, October 2008
Communities are making unprecedented gains worldwide in forest resource access and management rights. [...]
Research: Life as Commerce
Posted in biodiversity, carbon trading, funding, indicators, recent research, stewardship, vulnerability on 26 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Life as Commerce: the impact of market-based conservation on Indigenous Peoples, local communities and women
Global Forest Coalition, CENSAT Agua Viva, COECOCEIBA,
EQUATIONS, Alter Vida, the Timberwatch Coalition, October 2008.
“Life as Commerce” features case studies from India, Costa Rica, South Africa, Paraguay and Colombia about the impact of market-based conservation mechanisms like ecotourism, forest certification, biodiversity offsets [...]
News: Forest Peoples’ Rights Key To Reducing Emissions From Deforestation
Posted in biodiversity, carbon trading, funding, global, incentives, news items, stewardship on 20 October 2008 | Leave a Comment »
News: Forest Peoples’ Rights Key To Reducing Emissions From Deforestation
ScienceDaily | 20 October 2008
Unless based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and forest communities, efforts by rich countries to combat climate change by funding reductions in deforestation in developing countries will fail, and could even unleash a devastating wave of forest loss, cultural [...]
News: Indigenous People ask to be included in the REDD debate
Posted in carbon trading, news items, stewardship on 22 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Indigenous Groups Criticize Climate Talks
Worldwatch Institute | 22 September 2008
As international climate negotiations move closer to including forests in the successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol, indigenous and traditional peoples realize they have either a lot to gain or everything to lose. If industrialized countries are allowed to purchase the carbon rights of forests, groups [...]
