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New Report: “Selling off our forests is a business for the Peruvian government”
New report finds that the Peruvian government is failing to address the real causes of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon while undermining indigenous peoples’ efforts to protect their forests.
FAO sets wheels in motion to help launch 2015 world forum on access to land
Source: FAO
14/11/2014 - 2nd meeting of the organizing committee on access to land calls for civil society organizations and governmental institutions to mobilize and launch global debate on land tenure and investment agreements
New Resource: Infographic on Women & Land Management Developed by WOCAN & RECOFTC
WOCAN in collaboration with RECOFTC- The Center for People and Forests has developed an infographic to highlight the discussions and recommendations of the Regional Dialogue on Women’s Inclusion in Landscape Management, held on 7-9 October 2014 in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
CBA9: 9th conference on community-based adaptation to climate change
The 9th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA9) will take place in Nairobi, Kenya from 24-30 April, 2015, hosted by the Government of Kenya.
TIME FOR A RETHINK OF FOREST MANAGEMENT IN THE CONGO BASIN
27 November 2014
Source: Rainforest Foundation UK
Much of the commercial forest sector remains chaotic and badly governed. There is little evidence that ‘trickle-down’ wealth distribution from either logging or strict conservation has ever materialised, a view that is supported by recent independent evaluations of some of the main international backers of these sectors[1].
Lima, Climate Change Conference
The 20th session of the Conference of the Parties and the 10th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol will be held from 1 to 12 December. COP 20/CMP 10 will be hosted by the Government of Peru, in Lima, Peru.
For more information visit LIMA COP20 Website
Call for membership applications
Deadline:01.23.2015
Source: ILC
Every two years, ILC launches an open call inviting interested organisations to apply for membership through a formal application. The applications received during the current period will be voted upon by ILC members at the next Assembly of Members in Senegal in 2015.