RIGHTS AND RESOURCES INSTITUTE INC
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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO SUPPORT LOCAL COMMUNITIES' AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES' STRUGGLES AGAINST POVERTY AND MARGINALIZATION BY PROMOTING GREATER GLOBAL COMMITMENT AND ACTION TOWARDS POLICY, MARKET, AND LEGAL REFORMS THAT SECURE THEIR RIGHTS TO OWN, CONTROL AND BENEFIT FROM NATURAL RESOURCES, ESPECIALLY LAND AND FORESTS.

COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PROGRAMSOVERARCHING ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE COUNTRY AND REGIONAL PROGRAMS IN 2013 INCLUDED: A) INDONESIAN NGOS ENGAGED IN THE ROAD MAP WITH RRI ARE NOW PREPARING A STRATEGY TO IMPLEMENT THE 2013 SUPREME COURT DECISION AND CONTINUING TO ADVISE THE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION AND ADVOCATING FOR PASSAGE OF AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES RIGHTS BILL; B) LAO PDR FOREST AND LAND REFORMS ARE STALLED AS THE POLITBURO IS IN THE CONTROL OF THOSE ANTI-REFORM LEADERS WHOSE RESPONSE TO CIVIL SOCIETY AND DONOR ACTIVISM HAS BEEN REPRESSION OF CIVIL LIBERTIES AND PROTESTS; C) LAND POLICY IN LIBERIA WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND IS IN PROCESS OF SUBMISSION TO THE CONGRESS FOR LEGISLATION; D) CAMEROON COUNTRY COALITION SUBMITTED A STRONG SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE FOREST LAW REVISION, AND TO REDD ON GENDER AND RIGHTS, AND IS ENGAGED IN THE LAND REFORM DIALOGUE; E) AIDESEP WITH SUPPORT FROM FPP AND COLLABORATORS HAS SUCCESSFULLY RAISED THE ISSUE OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN VOLUNTARY ISOLATION (PIAV) AND PERU IS IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING TWO NEW RESERVES FOR IDENTIFIED PIAV; F) THE BASELINE STUDY IN THE DRC HAS ADVANCED AND IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETE IN 2014 WHILE ENGAGEMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT AROUND THE LAND REFORM HAS ADVANCED PARTICIPATION AND POSITIONED RRI TO ENGAGE FORMALLY IN DRC WITH A STRATEGY FOR 2014.

STRATEGIC ANALYSISIN 2013, THE NEW DIRECTIONS WERE INTEGRATED INTO ALL REGIONAL AND GLOBAL PROGRAMS. A) THE GENDER JUSTICE PROGRAM HAS IDENTIFIED A STRATEGIC NICHE, AND GROWN, CONSTITUTING ALMOST $500,000 IN PROGRAM ACTIVITIES IN 2013; A REFERENCE GROUP OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS WAS CONSTITUTED AND IS ALREADY PROVIDING GUIDANCE TO THE RRI PROGRAM, AND NEW RESEARCH ON WOMENS FOREST TENURE RIGHTS TO INFORM ON-GOING FOREST REFORMS WAS COMPLETED IN CAMEROON AND CHINA; B) RRI SCALED-UP ITS EFFORTS TO ENGAGE PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTORS, INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF INFLUENTIAL ANALYSIS ON TENURE AS A FINANCIAL RISK, HIRING NEW STAFF IN RRG, AND ESTABLISHING A PROMISING WORKING GROUP OF LEADERS FROM NGOS AND LEADING PRIVATE COMPANIES TO BETTER LEVERAGE PRIVATE SECTOR INTERESTS IN SECURING COMMUNITY LAND RIGHTS; C) SOME PROGRESS WAS MADE ON ENGAGING FLEGT AT THE COUNTRY LEVEL, BUT ADVANCING VPAS IN NEW COUNTRIES AND IMPLEMENTING AGREED REFORMS IN VPA COUNTRIES ARE STILL VERY SLOW PARTICULARLY IN AFRICA. RRI SUPPORTED FOREST TRENDS TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE OF FLEGT IN ADVANCING FOREST TENURE REFORMS AND RRI CONDUCTED WHAT WAS WIDELY ASSESSED AS A VERY USEFUL CONFERENCE IN LATIN AMERICA (LA) ON THE LESSONS LA COULD LEARN FROM AFRICA AND ASIA. RRI PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS ARE NOW DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THE REDD PROCESSES IN EVERY COUNTRY WHERE RRI IS ACTIVE. D) RRG COMPLETED NEW INVENTORIES OF AGRIBUSINESS, EXTRACTIVE AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANIES AND INVESTMENTS IN LIBERIA AND CAMEROON, AND IS WORKING ON REPORTS ON LAOS, MYANMAR, AND PERU. RRI AND AAS PREPARED A REPORT ON IIRSA AND EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES IN FOREST AREAS IN COLOMBIA, PERU, PANAMA AND GUATEMALA, AND DISCUSSED FINDINGS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN THE MARCH 2013 DIALOGUE IN COLOMBIA. RRI COLLABORATORS FINALIZED A DRAFT MAP OF THE MEGAPROJECTS IN THE COASTAL CHOC REGION (PANAMA, COLOMBIA, ECUADOR AND PERU), AND COMPLETED NEW ANALYSES OF STORA ENSO AND APP LAND ACQUISITIONS IN GUANGXI, CHINA. FINAL REPORTS FOR THE CHOCO, STORA ENSO AND APP WILL BE AVAILABLE IN EARLY 2014. E) RRI, WITH THE MUNDEN PROJECT, ALSO COMPLETED NEW RESEARCH QUANTIFYING THE FINANCIAL RISKS OF INSECURE TENURE, AND ON THE REASONS WHY TENURE RISK IS NOT PRESENTLY INSURABLE. THIS WAS LAUNCHED AT THE INTERLAKEN CONFERENCE AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL ATTENTION IN THE FINANCIAL PRESS. THE INSURABILITY PAPER WILL BE LAUNCHED IN EARLY 2014. MEETINGS WITH SELECTED INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS AND LEADING AGRIBUSINESS AND MINING COMPANIES DEMONSTRATED GREATER WILLINGNESS THAN EXPECTED TO ADOPT NEW SCREENS AND STANDARDS AGAINST THESE RISKS, AND WORK IS UNDERWAY WITH SEVERAL OF THEM TO ADVISE THEM; E) RRI HAS COMPLETED A 5 YEARLY UPDATING OF ITS TENURE DATA, COMPLETED THE ANALYSIS, AND WILL LAUNCH THE REPORT IN 2014.

STRATEGIC INITIATIVESA) THE INSTITUTIONAL DESIGN, APPRAISAL AND CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR THE TENURE FACILITY CONTINUED. FACILITY TECHNICAL AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE HELD, FACILITY PLANS WERE PRESENTED TO PARTNERS, DONORS AND OTHER CONSTITUENCIES FOR FEEDBACK, AND A DESIGN DOCUMENT WAS REVISED TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS AND INPUT. GIVEN RRG STAFF CONSTRAINTS, CONSULTATION AND APPRAISAL ARE NOT YET COMPLETED AND WILL BE FINALIZED IN 2014;B) RRI DID ACHIEVE AN IMPORTANT BREAKTHROUGH IN GAINING HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT, ACROSS A BROADER SET OF CRITICAL CONSTITUENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS IN THE INTERLAKEN CONFERENCE. THIS CONFERENCE WAS THE FIRST GLOBAL CONVENING ON COMMUNITY LAND RIGHTS AND WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, INCLUDING LAUNCHING A NEW GLOBAL TARGET, ESTABLISHING THE NEW ALLIANCE FOR COMMUNITY LAND RIGHTS, AND ESTABLISHING WORKING GROUPS OF LEADING ORGANIZATIONS ON THE KEY STRATEGIES TO SCALE UP GLOBAL EFFORT, INCLUDING MAPPING, LEGAL REFORMS, LEVERAGING THE PRIVATE SECTOR, CONSERVATION, AND ENGAGING INTERNATIONAL PROCESSES.

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