Solheim: indigenous people’s rights in Norwegian forest aid

Opinion November 24, 2008

At a recent conference on forest climate aid, organised by the Norwegian Rainforest Foundation and Rights and Resources International, experts worried that huge aid funding could undermine the rights of already marginalised forest-dependent peoples, and contribute to a global forest land grab.

Erik Solheim is Norway's Environment and Development Minister.

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Solheim: indigenous people’s rights in Norwegian forest aid

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