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Rights & Resources Initiative (Rights and Resources Initiative)
Description
The IC participation in the Rights and Resources Intiative (RRI) should accelerate the establishment of more just and equitable forest tenure and related policies in priority developing countries. Progress on this goal will advance human and civil rights, contribute to reducing poverty and civil conflict in forest areas, increase the contribution of industry and makets to social and economic development, and strengthen conditions for mitigating and adapting to climate change.
International partner: CIFOR, IUCN, ICRAF, RECOFTC, ACICAFOC, FPCD, Forest Trends, RRG
Fact sheet
Type: Long-term mandate
Start: 2007
End: 2012
Status: Current
Region: International / Global
Working domain: Natural Resource Management
Key topic: Forest policy, legislation and sector governance | Economic valuation of forests and forest service functions | Poverty targeting
Funding source: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Staff
Project responsible: Jürgen Blaser
Responsible at Head Office: Jürgen Blaser
Advisors, programme officers: Carmenza Robledo
Associated staff: | Claudia Greco
Contact
Address:
Intercooperation
Maulbeerstrasse 10
B.O. Box 6724
CH-3001 Bern, Switzerland
Phone: ++41 31 385 10 10 Fax: ++41 31 385 10 09
E-Mail: foren@intercooperation.ch
Website: www.intercooperation.ch
Resp. for this entry: cgreco
