Marcus Colchester (Forest Peoples Programme), “Some Lessons from Engaged Anthropology and Human Rights Activism” (Yale Forest Forum)

The Yale Forest Forum is excited to announce their spring 2021 speaker series, which will focus on community-based forestry. This week’s speaker is Marcus Colchester, a Senior Policy Advisor at the Forest Peoples Programme. His work with the World Rainforest Movement concentrates on promoting indigenous networks and supporting indigenous control of forests at the same time that he presses for changes in development policy and projects that threaten these objectives.