This publication “Rights and Resources 2011–2012” has been published by 2012 Rights and Resources Initiative Reproduction permitted with attribution and prepared by Fred Pearce and staff of the Rights and Resources. RRI is coordinated by the Rights and Resources Group, a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C.
The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) is a strategic coalition comprises international, regional, and community organizations engaged in development, research and conservation to advance forest tenure, policy and market reforms globally.
The main aim of the Rights and Resources Initiative is to support local communities’ and Indigenous Peoples’ struggles against poverty and marginalization by promoting greater global commitment and action towards policy, market and legal reforms that secure their rights to own, control, and benefit from natural resources, especially land and forests.
This publication covers information including:
TABLE OF CONTENT
AT A GLANCE: RIGHTS AND RESOURCES 2011-2012 1
PART ONE:
TURNING POINT 5
PEOPLE’S RESOURCES AT THE CENTER OF THE EMERGING WORLD ORDER 5
FOREST TENURE AND THE IMPLEMENTATION GAP: LAWS ON THE BOOKS BUT NOT ON THE GROUND 7
PART TWO:
THE YEAR IN FOCUS 11
REDD WOBBLES, TENURE GAINS TRACTION 11
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS BOOM, AND SO DOES CONFLICT 16
LAND-GRABBING GETS GRUBBIER 18
SEVEN BILLION AND COUNTING: CONSUMPTION TRUMPS POPULATION AS THE KEY THREAT 21
OUTRAGE AND OCCUPY: FED UP WITH INEQUALITY 23
PART THREE:
QUESTIONS FOR 2012 27
WILL 2012 SEE THE END OF EFFECTIVE GLOBAL ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE? 27
WILL REDD BE REFORMED OR OVERTAKEN? 27
WHERE WILL INDONESIA’S TENURE REFORM ROAD TAKE THEM? 28
WILL RIO GET REAL? 28
WILL RESPECT FOR LOCAL RIGHTS BE THE HALLMARK OF 2012? 28
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