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Press Release: New Study Reports Rise in Community Land Rights in Tropical Forests; Yet Most Laws in Asia, Africa Remain either Meaningless or Unenforced

Citing Global Land-Grab, Lack of Action by Authorities in Vulnerable Nations, Authors Warn of Risk to Positive 20-Year Global Trend—Even in Latin America

- Rights and Resources Initiative

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Abstract

New research released today by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) shows that hundreds of millions of forest peoples in tropical nations have, in the last 20 years, quietly gained unprecedented legal rights to the land and resources owned under customary law.

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Press Release: Direitos comunitários em florestas tropicais aumentam, mas a maioria das leis na Ásia e África é desrespeitada ou não tem fiscalização
Autores alertam que grilagem de terras e falta de ação das autoridades nos países mais vulneráveis ameaçam direitos, inclusive na América Latina
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Release Date:	May 2012
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