Latin America

This report examines how forestry projects under the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) initiative affect pre-existing structures of power, economy, fairness, safety and wellbeing in Brazil, Indonesia and Uganda, and how they may exacerbate pre-existing conflicts over land and resources. The report also looks at how REDD+ funds could provide the opportunity to diversify livelihoods, encourage sustainable development and enhance the adaptive capacity of local populations in the face of a changing climate.

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Here our Climate Change and Conflict Adviser Janani Vivekananda shares her thoughts on a recent trip to Rio, Brazil.

Hot on the heels of the Olympic flag, I found myself making the journey from London to Rio for a conference last week.

The purpose of this document is to give guidance to those interested in initiating or supporting a national‐level process to implement the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights. The Fund for Peace (FfP) and International Alert (IA) have joined in this effort as two of the participant NGOs in the international‐level dialogue of the VPs, with funding from the Government of Norway and support from the Government of the Republic of Colombia, two of the governments formally involved in the process.

Guidance note

With funding from the European Union, International Alert has been coordinating since 2010 the Red Andina project in Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. With the support of three local partners in each of the countries, the project is aimed at strengthening the capacities of civil society organisations to better understand and address conflict issues resulting from the presence of large companies, national and multinational, from the extractive and agribusiness sectors.