The NGO Forest Working Group was an informal and inclusive network of NGOs which was established in 1995 as an informal network of 15 to 20 NGOs from all regions that participated in international forest policy meetings and organized joint advocacy campaigns on issues like Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous peoples

Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....

’ rights, the need for socially just forest policy and the need to address the underlying causes of forest loss. The network was succeeded by the Global Forest Coalition

Global Forest Coalition

The Global Forest Coalition is a coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations engaged in the global policy debate related to forests. The mission of the Global Forest Coalition is to advocate the rights of forest-dependent peoples as a basis for forest policy and addressing the direct...

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