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For further information, contact: 

Preeti Singh:

            +44 7501 326 569        (mobile 9-14 July) or

psingh@burnesscommunications.com

Amarantha Pike: 

            + 44 1608 652893        or
amarantha@forestpeoples.org  

Press - Online Press Room

From a "Clash of the Commons" to a New Global Agenda for Forests, Peoples and Climate Change
14 July 2008 - 6:00 PM
Great Committee Room, Palace of Westminster 

ALL MATERIALS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 00:01 Hours London/GMT on MONDAY 14 JULY 2008.

Media Advisory: Studies to be released July 14 project new threats to forests | PDF

Area Map | PDF

Venue Map | PDF

 

Press Release: New studies predict record land grab in poor, forested countries, as demand soars for new sources of food, energy and wood fibre | PDF

 

Full Report #1: From Exclusion to Ownership? Challenges and opportunities in advancing forest tenure reform | PDF

Executive Summary | PDF

Fact Sheet | PDF

Full Report #2: Seeing People Through The Trees: Scaling up efforts to advance rights and address poverty, conflict and climate change | PDF

Executive Summary | PDF

Fact Sheet | PDF

 

Background Information

Background on Rights and Resources Initiative and Forest Peoples Programme & Speaker Bios | PDF

Speeches

Speech by Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for International Development | PDF forthcoming

Speech by Andy White of the Rights and Resources Initiative, a global NGO based in Washington DC | PDF forthcoming

Speech by Marcus Colchester of the Forest Peoples' Programme, based in the UK | PDF forthcoming

Speech by Joji Cariño, Tebtebba - the Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education, with headquarters in the Philippines | PDF forthcoming

Speech by Kyeretwie Opoku with Civic Response, a civil society NGO based in Accra | PDF forthcoming

Photos

Photos relevant to this story are available - contact Preeti Singh (information at right).