The Palangka Raya Declaration on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples
The Forest Peoples Programme and Indonesian partner organisations co-hosted an international workshop on deforestation and forest peoples’ rights that resulted in the Palangka Raya Declaration on Deforestation and the Rights of Forest Peoples.
The week-long event and Declaration represent important steps in indigenous and forest peoples’ assertion of their rights and their central place in global, national and local efforts to tackle the continuing crisis of deforestation.
Projects, lands, communities and human rights in Africa 