Rights and Resources Initiative
The Rights and Resources Initiative is a coalition of international, regional and community organizations engaged in conservation, research and development. Together, we work to encourage greater global action on forest policy and market reforms to increase household and community ownership, control and benefits from forests and trees. Learn more...
Forests cover close to 30 percent of the world's land area, and more than a billion people rely on forests for food, fuel and income. To date, dominant models of forest industry and conservation have often exacerbated poverty and social conflicts and precluded pro-poor economic growth. The lack of clear rights to own and use land and trade in forest products has driven millions of forest dwellers to poverty, and has encouraged widespread illegal logging and forest loss.