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Rights & Resources Initiative (Rights and Resources Initiative)

Key message: A partnership to improve efficiency and raise the level of global effort to pro-poor forestry outcomes

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

Achieving more together

Helvetas and Intercooperation entered a strategic partnership in 2008. Within the next 12 months, they will become one organisation under the name of HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation.