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Commonwealth NGOs
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 Forest People's Programme
HQ situated in U.K.
Website: www.forestpeoples.org
Type of NGO: NGO,
Interest in Forestry: central
Contact method: email : info@forestpeoples.org
Description:
Forest Peoples Programme supports forest peoples to secure and sustainably manage their forests, lands
and livelihoods. Our strategies to achieve this include:
* promoting the rights and interests of forest peoples at local, national and
international levels
* creating space for forest peoples to have an effective voice in decision-making
processes
* challenging top-down policies and projects that deprive local peoples of resources
* coordinating support among environmental organisations for forest peoples'
visions
* supporting community-led sustainable forest management
* publicising forest peoples' plight through research, analysis and documentation.
FPP has extensive and long-term field programmes in Venezuela, the three Guyanas (Guyana, Suriname and
French Guyana), Central Africa, and South and South-East Asia. See 'Publications and
Reports' for details. We carry out national and international advocacy focused on policy-making related
to forests and human rights, and work collaboratively with many NGOs and environmental and
human rights networks to help coordinate NGO positions on international forest policy and related intergovernmental
and private sector initiatives. Since 1992 we have acted as policy adviser to the
International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests - the only intercontinental
movement of indigenous peoples in the tropics. Originally set up in 1990 as a project of the
World Rainforest Movement (WRM), in 1997 FPP became an independent NGO, now registered as a charity
in England. FPP is distinctive among the NGOs active in these international fora in
adopting a rights-based approach to environment and development issues. We put forward clear, accurately
documented arguments based on on-the-ground research in collaboration with indigenous
peoples and other forest-dwelling communities, as well as on detailed desk-based analysis.
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