PRESS RELEASE: 16 May 2012

Report Calls for REDD+ to Invest in Forest Communities

Income generated from REDD+ should be given to forest communities to invest in their future, recommends a report released by The Forests Dialogue (TFD) today. Investing locally in this way should be part of understanding REDD+ as integral to broader development among forest-dependent communities.

Un informe publicado hoy por The Forests Dialogue (TFD) recomienda que los ingresos generados por REDD+ sean entregados a las comunidades de los bosques para invertir en su futuro. Invertir localmente de este modo debería ser parte de comprender a REDD+ como parte integral de un desarrollo más amplio entre las comunidades dependientes de los bosques.

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21-25 May 2012 Second Dialogue on FPIC – DRC Field Dialogue - Kinshasa, DRC

The Forests Dialogue (TFD)'s field dialogue on Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), which will take place in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 21-25, 2012. TFD's DRC FPIC Dialogue is co-organized by Forests Peoples Programme and sponsored by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

“Free, prior, and informed consent” (FPIC) refers to the right of indigenous peoples to give or withhold their free, prior, and informed consent to activities that will affect their rights to their lands, territories and other resources including their intellectual property and cultural heritage. While the right itself is clearly affirmed, the practicalities for non-State parties to adhere to it are less clear and are to be the focus of the proposed TFD Initiative. This Dialogue will complement the lessons learned from the FPIC Dialogue that took place in Indonesia in 2010.

16-19 April 2012 Ninth Dialogue on ILCF - Sweden Field Dialogue - Växjö, Sweden

TFD's field dialogue on Investing in Locally Controlled Forestry (ILCF)  will take place in Växjö, Sweden on April 16-19, 2012. TFD’s ILCF initiative is sponsored by the Growing Forest Partnerships(GFP) and Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency(SIDA) and hosted by the Swedish Forest Agency(SFA), with support from The Federation of Swedish Family Forest Owners, Södra, and Linnæus University.

 Since TFD’s dialogue in Kenya, stakeholders have developed a set of principles and guidelines for ILCF as well as an investment process model that demonstrates the steps necessary for successful investment in LCF. The Sweden field dialogue will learn from the experiences of small landowners in Sweden and uses lessons learnt to further refine the ILCF investment process model.