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'''Forest Peoples Programme''' (FPP) advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the peoples 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 best achieved on their lands.<ref name=Reuters>[http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/guyanas-wapichan-tribe-map-their-way-toward-a-greener-future/ Reuters AlertNet -]</ref>
'''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.<ref name=Reuters>{{cite web|url=http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/guyanas-wapichan-tribe-map-their-way-toward-a-greener-future/|title=Reuters AlertNet -|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306024212/http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/guyanas-wapichan-tribe-map-their-way-toward-a-greener-future|archivedate=2012-03-06}}</ref>


Forests cover 31% of total land area of the planet.<ref name="Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, FAO">[http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/fra2010/en/ Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, FAO]</ref> Of that, 12% are designated for the conservation of biological diversity and nearly all are inhabited.<ref name="Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, FAO"/> 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.<ref name="UNU Traditional Knowledge Bulletin">[http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/this-week-in-review-ffp-e-newsletter-highlights-indigenous-conservation-efforts/ UNU Traditional Knowledge Bulletin -]</ref> 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]].<ref name="ILC Land Portal">[http://landportal.info/feed-item/south-east-asian-human-rights-commissioners-and-indigenous-peoples-organisations-adopt-bal ILC Land Portal -]</ref> These encroachments often force forest peoples out of their forest homes.<ref name="Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples">[http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Conservation_and_Mobile_Indigenous_Peopl.html?id=8XO-tpu8ae0C/ Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples; Berghahn Books, Oxford]</ref> Many conservation schemes to establish wilderness reserves also deny forest peoples’ rights.<ref name="Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples"/><ref name="Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact">[http://ccmin.aippnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=845%3Akaren-people-forcibly-expelled-from-the-kaeng-krachan-national-park-in-thailand&catid=1%3Anews Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact -]</ref><ref name="Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation">[http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/PA/nature.html/ Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples, Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation; World Rainforest Movement]</ref>
Forests cover 31% of total land area of the planet.<ref name="Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, FAO">{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/fra2010/en/|title=Global Forest Resources Assessment|first=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United|last=Nations|website=www.fao.org|access-date=2012-08-01|archive-date=2019-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728090012/http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/fra2010/en/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Of that, 12% are designated for the conservation of biological diversity and nearly all are inhabited.<ref name="Global Forest Resources Assessment 2010, FAO"/> 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.<ref name="UNU Traditional Knowledge Bulletin">{{cite web|url=http://tkbulletin.wordpress.com/2012/02/29/this-week-in-review-ffp-e-newsletter-highlights-indigenous-conservation-efforts/|title=This week in review … FFP e-newsletter highlights indigenous conservation efforts|date=28 February 2012|publisher=}}</ref> Yet, forest policies commonly treat forests as empty lands controlled by the state and available for ‘development’ – [[colonization|colonisation]], [[logging]], [[plantation]]s, dams, mines, oil wells, gas pipelines and [[agribusiness]].<ref name="ILC Land Portal">{{cite web|url=http://landportal.info/feed-item/south-east-asian-human-rights-commissioners-and-indigenous-peoples-organisations-adopt-bal|title=ILC Land Portal -|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130218060507/http://landportal.info/feed-item/south-east-asian-human-rights-commissioners-and-indigenous-peoples-organisations-adopt-bal|archivedate=2013-02-18}}</ref> These encroachments often force forest peoples out of their forest homes.<ref name="Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XO-tpu8ae0C|title=Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples; Berghahn Books, Oxford|publisher=Berghahn Books|isbn=9781571818423 |last1=Chatty |first1=Dawn |last2=Colchester |first2=Marcus |year=2002 }}</ref> Many conservation schemes to establish wilderness reserves also deny forest peoples’ rights.<ref name="Conservation and Mobile Indigenous Peoples"/><ref name="Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact">{{cite web|url=http://ccmin.aippnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=845:karen-people-forcibly-expelled-from-the-kaeng-krachan-national-park-in-thailand&catid=1:news|title=Climate Change Monitoring and Information Network|last=CCMIN-AIPP|website=ccmin.aippnet.org|access-date=2017-10-16|archive-date=2017-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171017044518/http://ccmin.aippnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=845:karen-people-forcibly-expelled-from-the-kaeng-krachan-national-park-in-thailand&catid=1:news|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Salvaging Nature: Indigenous Peoples, Protected Areas and Biodiversity Conservation">{{cite web|url=http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/PA/nature.html/|title=WRM in English - World Rainforest Movement|website=www.wrm.org.uy|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730043448/http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/PA/nature.html|archivedate=2012-07-30}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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]].
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]].<ref name="Guyana: Fragile Frontier">[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guyana-Fragile-Frontier-Marcus-Colchester/dp/0853459711/ Guyana: Fragile Frontier; Monthly Review Press,U.S.]</ref> 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.
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]].<ref name="Guyana: Fragile Frontier">{{cite book|title=Guyana: Fragile Frontier|first=Marcus|last=Colchester|date=18 June 1997|publisher=Monthly Review Press,U.S.|id={{ASIN|0853459711|country=uk}} }}</ref> 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.

==Vision==
Forests are owned and controlled by forest peoples in ways that ensure sustainable livelihoods, equity and well-being based on [[respect]] for their [[rights]], [[knowledge]], cultures and identities.

==Mission==
Forest Peoples Programme supports the [[rights]] of peoples who live in forests and depend on them for their livelihoods. FPP work to create political space for forest peoples to secure [[rights]], control their lands and decide their own futures.

==Goals==
• Get the [[rights]] and interests of forest peoples recognised in laws, policies and programmes<br>
• Support forest peoples to build their own capacities to claim and exercise their [[human rights]]<br>
• Counter top-down policies and projects that threaten the rights of forest peoples<br>
• Promote community-based sustainable forest management<br>
• Ensure equity, counter discrimination and promote gender justice<br>
• Inform NGO actions on forests in line with forest peoples’ visions<br>
• Link up indigenous and forest peoples’ movements at the regional and international levels

==Principles==
FPP aims to create a political space for forest peoples to secure their rights, control their lands and decide their own futures. Below are the cross-cutting core concepts that guide the approach and work of FPP.

'''Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)'''
‘[[Free prior and informed consent]]’ (FPIC), is the principle that a [[community]] has the right to give or withhold its [[consent]] to proposed projects that may affect the lands they customarily own, occupy or otherwise use.
Oxfam: Guide to Free Prior and Informed Consent
<ref name="Oxfam: Guide to Free Prior and Informed Consent">[http://www.culturalsurvival.org/news/none/oxfam-guide-free-prior-and-informed-consent/ Oxfam: Guide to Free Prior and Informed Consent]</ref><ref name="The Forests Dialogue">[http://environment.yale.edu/tfd/dialogues/free-prior-and-informed-consent/ The Forests Dialogue -]</ref> FPIC, for years advanced by FPP, is now a key principle in international law and jurisprudence related to indigenous peoples.

'''Self-determination'''
FPP works to realise forest peoples’ right to [[self-determination]], a fundamental right of all peoples that underpins the work of the [[United Nations]]. That this right also applies to peoples within nation states is made explicitly clear in the United Nations [[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]] (UNDRIP) in Articles 3 and 4.

==Work Themes==
Forest Peoples Programme organises its work into three sub-programmes on: Legal and Human Rights, Environmental Governance, and Responsible Finance; and into three cross-cutting themes on: Climate and Forests, Communications, and Administration.


==Publications==
==Publications==
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 [http://www.forestpeoples.org/news news articles] and the [http://www.forestpeoples.org/enewsletters FPP E-Newsletter].
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.

To see all of Forest Peoples Programme's publications click [http://www.forestpeoples.org/publications here].

==Funding==
To see a list of Forest Peoples Programme's donors see FPP's annual reports [http://www.forestpeoples.org/tags/annual-reports here].


==See also==
==See also==
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*[[UNFCCC]]
*[[UNFCCC]]
*[[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]]
*[[Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples]]

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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.forestpeoples.org/ Official website]
*[http://www.forestpeoples.org/ Official website]
*[https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3970451 Forest Peoples Programme] at UK [[Charity Commission for England and Wales|Central Register of Charities]]

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Latest revision as of 02:21, 26 August 2024

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)
Founded1990, UK
TypeCharity, International non-governmental organisation
FocusSelf-determination
Indigenous peoples' rights
Tropical forests
Community-based forest management
Location
Area served
Global
MethodAdvocacy, Research, Capacity Building, Training
Websitewww.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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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.
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