The Rights and Resources Initiative

2025 marks Rights and Resources Initiative's 20th anniversary. This documentary, which features interviews with visionaries behind the organization and it's coalition, traces 20 years of global col...

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RRI hosted the first ever Global Youth Forum in Bali, Indonesia, bringing together Indigenous and local community youth to discuss their roles in advocating for tenure rights and combatting climate...

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COMING SOON: A documentary that traces the arc of a global coalition over 20 years –from humble beginnings and huge ambitions to catalyzing precedent-setting victories for some of the most vulnerab...

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Quer saber como líderes indígenas, afrodescendentes e comunidades tradicionais estão dialogando com seus governos para garantir metas concretas de demarcação e titulação de territórios nas NDCs? E ...

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Si te interesa escuchar como los líderes indígenas, afrodescendientes y comunidades locales están abordando con sus gobiernos la necesidad de incluir metas concretas de tenencia de la tierra; y con...

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Learn how Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities are addressing their governments on the need to include concrete land tenure goals. The webinar presents the results of a regional stu...

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One of RRI’s 2025 Collective Action Award winners, the Nashulai Maasai Conservancy, was founded in 2016 by Maasai landowners across eight villages. Nashulai is East Africa’s first Indigenous-run co...

One of RRI’s 2025 Collective Action Award winners is the Xukuru do Ororubá Indigenous People from the Jupago Kreka Collective. This Brazilian collective focuses its actions on regenerating its de...

One of RRI’s 2025 Collective Action Award winners, the Indigenous People of Jargaria, are leaders of Indonesia’s powerful #SaveAru movement. From the Aru Islands, their collective resistance has i...

📢 We’re excited to announce the first-ever Global Youth Forum (GYF) of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community youth, hosted by Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), Barisan Pemuda Adat N..

Planting and harvesting are more than traditions—they are living legacies for Colombian Afro-descendant People. But what happens when this flame begins to fade in the new generations? 💭 In Norther..

This short documentary takes us into the heart of the efforts of the CLARIFI initiative to promote conservation in Africa beyond traditional protected areas, by actively involving local communities...

The film explores how the CLARIFI initiative has managed to halt the prospecting activities of forestry, mining, and oil companies. The development of these activities within this territory acceler...

🌍✊ The Coalition for the Environmental Territorial Rights of Afro-descendant Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean is calling for the inclusion of "Afro-descendant Peoples" in the Convention o..

What can we do if carbon projects cause problems for our community? How do we file a formal complaint if our rights are violated? What steps can we take if our complaint isn't resolved? This video...

What risks do our communities face when engaging in carbon market projects? What steps can we take to reduce these risks? This video is part of the six-part series “Carbon Markets and Our Rights:...

What is the process by which carbon credits are certified? Who is involved in this process? What are environmental and social safeguards, and why do they matter? This video is part of the six-par...

In 2025, RRI marks 20 years of advancing the land, forest, and resource rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities, including women and youth. To commemorate this milestone, we’re...

In 2025, RRI marks 20 years of advancing the land, forest, and resource rights of Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local communities, including women and youth. To commemorate this milestone, we’re...

As our coalition proudly celebrates its 20th anniversary, RRI and its allies came together to honor two decades of unwavering commitment to advancing the land, forest, and resource rights of Indige...