When: September 22-27, 2018 Where: Bandung, Indonesia. The theme – United for Land Rights, Peace & Justice – emphasizes the ‘ILC family’ nature of the event, to take full advantage of the potential of the growing network with an increasing emphasis on how to engage with governments in countries to promote people-centred land governance, It will focus on […]
Global Landscapes Forum: Commons Tenure for a Common Future
CAPRi joined CIFOR, International Land Coalition, Foundation for Ecological Security and Oxfam in hosting a discussion forum on “Commons Tenure for a Common Future” at the Global Landscapes Forum in Paris, December 5, 2015, on the sidelines of the UNFCCC COP21. Rights and tenure feature as one of the themes of the 2015 Forum. The role of […]
Workshop on Institutions for Ecosystem Services
October 27-29th, 2014 This research workshop focused on identifying the institutions that are necessary for recognizing, supporting, and scaling ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes and the interventions that can strengthen these institutions. Institutions encompass a variety of arrangements that influence smallholder decisions about the use of their land and resources. These include formal state institutions and […]
2012 International Research Workshop on Institutions for Inclusive Climate-Smart Agriculture
The CGIAR research programs on Collective Action and Property Rights (CAPRi) and Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) held a research workshop on the topic of “Institutions for Inclusive Climate Smart Agriculture” in Nairobi, Kenya, in September 2012.
International Workshop on Collective Action, Property Rights, and Conflict in Natural Resources Management
CAPRi hosted an international research workshop on Collective Action, Property Rights, and Confclict in Natural Resources Management from June 28th to July 1st, 2010, in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The workshop focused on the positive ways in which collective action to resolve problems of allocation and access to natural resources can help manage or prevent social […]
International Conference on Rights, Forests and Climate Change
October 15-17, 2008, Oslo, Norway CAPRi supported the Rainforest Foundation Norway (RFN) and the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) in organizing an international conference on Rights, Forests and Climate Change, which was held in Oslo, Norway from 15-17 October 2008. The objective of the conference was to identify and propose practical ways forward to recognize […]
Expert Consultation on Pro-poor and People Centered Climate Change
May 27, 2008, Washington, DC Workshop Summary (PDF 128K) Agenda and Participants List (PDF 120K) International Conference on Rights, Forests and Climate Change The effect of climate change on poor people is an area of serious concern for many organizations in the development and environment fields. But addressing this requires going beyond technical factors to […]
Training on Property Rights, Collective Action and Environmental Governance
Co-organized and hosted by the Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) April 16-20, 2007 in Bangalore, India The objective of this training workshop was to highlight collective action and property rights issues in environmental governance, in order to better understand the considerations for improved natural resource management (NRM) that sustain rural livelihoods. In the […]
Policy Conference on Collective Action and Property Rights for Poverty Reduction
February 26 - March 2, 2007 in Entebbe, Uganda The conference presented results of the three-year global research project supported by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ). It brought together six research teams and relevant policymakers from project countries (Cambodia, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Kenya, the Philippines, and Uganda) with the aim of […]
Africa-Wide Research Workshop on Bylaws
November 27-29, 2006, Nairobi, Kenya Co-sponsored with the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) The livelihoods of African rural populations are heavily dependent on natural resources whose state has been deteriorating over time. This deterioration has partly been attributed to rapid population growth, high rates of poverty, and inappropriate natural resource management (NRM) approaches of governments. The […]