Forest Peoples Programme

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Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

Founded| 1990, UK
Type| Charity, International non-governmental organisation
Focus| Self-determination
Indigenous peoples' rights
Tropical forests
Community-based forest management
Location|

* Moreton-in-Marsh, UK

Area served

| Global
Method| Advocacy, Research, Capacity Building, Training
Website| www.forestpeoples.org

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the people who know them best. FPP works with forest peoples in South America, Africa, and Asia, to help them secure their rights, build up their own organisations and negotiate with governments and companies as to how economic development and conservation are the best achieved on their lands.[1]

Forests cover 31% of total land area of the planet.[2] Of that, 12% are designated for the conservation of biological diversity and nearly all are inhabited.[2] Many of the peoples, who live in and have customary rights to their forests, have developed ways of life and traditional knowledge that are attuned to their forest environments.[3] Yet, forest policies commonly treat forests as empty lands controlled by the state and available for ‘development’ – colonisation, logging, plantations, dams, mines, oil wells, gas pipelines and agribusiness.[4] These encroachments often force forest peoples out of their forest homes.[5] Many conservation schemes to establish wilderness reserves also deny forest peoples’ rights.[5][6][7]

## History

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Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) was founded in 1990 in response to the forest crisis, specifically to support indigenous forest peoples’ struggles to defend their lands and livelihoods. It registered as a non-governmental human rights Dutch Stichting in 1997, and then later, in 2000, as a UK charity, No. 1082158 and a company limited by guarantee (England & Wales) Reg. No. 3868836, with a registered office in the UK.

FPP's focus, in the beginning, came from the expertise and relationships that the small founding team had with specific communities, primarily in the Guyanas and in South and South East Asia.[8] Forest Peoples Programme has grown into a respected and successful organisation that now operates right around the tropical forest belt where it serves to bridge the gap between policy makers and forest peoples. Through advocacy, practical projects and capacity building, FPP supports forest peoples to deal directly with the outside powers, regionally, nationally, and internationally that shape their lives and futures. Forest Peoples Programme has contributed to, and continues supporting, the growing indigenous peoples' movement whose voice is gaining influence and attention on the world-wide stage.

## Publications

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Forest Peoples Programme produces a wide range of publications, including reports, briefings, training manuals, papers, submissions to human rights bodies, statements, letters, urgent action requests, as well as news articles.

## See also

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* FERN
* World Rainforest Movement
* Indigenous rights
* UNFCCC
* Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

## References

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1. ^ "Reuters AlertNet -". Archived from the original on 2012-03-06.
2. ^ a b Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United. "Global Forest Resources Assessment". www.fao.org. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2012-08-01.
3. ^ "This week in review … FFP e-newsletter highlights indigenous conservation efforts". 28 February 2012.
4. ^ "ILC Land Portal -". Archived from the original on 2013-02-18.
5. ^ a b Chatty, Dawn; Colchester, Marcus (2002). Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples; Berghahn Books, Oxford. Berghahn Books. ISBN 9781571818423.
6. ^ CCMIN-AIPP. "Climate Change Monitoring and Information Network". ccmin.aippnet.org. Archived from the original on 2017-10-17. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
7. ^ "WRM in English - World Rainforest Movement". www.wrm.org.uy. Archived from the original on 2012-07-30.
8. ^ Colchester, Marcus (18 June 1997). Guyana: Fragile Frontier. Monthly Review Press,U.S. ASIN 0853459711.

## External links

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* Official website
* Forest Peoples Programme at UK Central Register of Charities

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international
bodies|

* UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
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Treaties and
Declarations of Rights|

* 1989: Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention (ILO C169)
* 1992: Convention on Biological Diversity
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* 2010: Nagoya Protocol on Fair Access and Benefit-Sharing
* 2018: UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants (UNDROP)
* 2023: High Seas Treaty (BBNJ Agreement)
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