In March 2010, Mexico presented its Readiness Plan Proposal (RPP) to the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) governance body—the Participants Committee—receiving a favorable response and triggering authorization of its Readiness Preparation Grant. The federal government did not sign its grant agreement in the intervening four years, variously explaining that the source of the delay …
On April 12, 2014, the World Bank held a session for civil society during Spring Meetings in Washington, DC entitled “Safeguards Review and Update: Setting Standards for Sustainable Development.” A full eighteen months after the World Bank initiated the review of its social and environmental safeguard policies, the review process is once again moving …
In late April 2014 BIC participated in the Regional Dialogue “Trends in Infrastructure Investments in the Region Climate Change and Governance” in Lima, Peru with more than 20 other Latin American organizations. The event was organized in two parts, one public and one internal workshop. The main objectives in the “regional dialogue” were: • Articulation …
The Bank Information Center (BIC), in collaboration with the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests (AMPB), held the Second International Workshop on Social and Environmental Safeguards on March 15th and 16th in San Jose, Costa Rica, with broad participation by Mesoamerican indigenous and community leaders. The event was the second workshop held by BIC in …
The Bank Information Center, in collaboration with the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests, will hold the “Second International Workshop on Social and Environmental Safeguards in Indigenous Territories and Forest Communities of Mesoamerica” in San Jose, Costa Rica on March 15th and 16th. The main objective of the workshop is to facilitate discussions of regional safeguards principles …
The Bank Information Center, in collaboration with the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests and the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE), recently published a case study on indigenous peoples’ participation in REDD+ preparation in Costa Rica. The study, “Facilitating Indigenous Involvement in REDD+: Early Engagement and Consultation in Costa Rica,” presents both original research …
The Mesoamerican Pre-Congress of Areas Protected by Indigenous Peoples, an initiative by the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests, will take place on March 17th and 18th in San Jose, Costa Rica. With the goal of assessing, valuing and projecting the contributions of indigenous peoples to conservation of protected areas in Mesoamerica, the Pre-Congress seeks …
Photo courtesy of CONOC In a press conference on February 3, 2014, Mexico’s Consejo Nacional de Organizaciones Campesinas (CONOC), a group representing rural farmer and peasant organizations, voiced concerns that forthcoming agricultural reform in Mexico will privatize the lands and territories held by indigenous and campesino communities, violating their rights in favor of the interests …
Photo by Frank Sullyvan Cardoza The World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) held the fourth in a series of five regional workshops on “Social Inclusion in the Preparation of National REDD+ Strategies” on January 20th – 24th in Antigua, Guatemala. The workshop was attended by government, indigenous, and civil society representatives engaged in REDD+ …
Violating rights and threatening lives: The Camisea gas project and indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation Groundbreaking research reveals severe impacts of the Camisea gas project on isolated indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon Forest Peoples Programme Oxford, UK, January 20, 2014 A Forest Peoples Programme report published today reveals the severe impacts of Peru’s biggest …