[N]ew research to be launched at this event reveals a global slowdown in the recognition of community rights in tropical forested countries in the last six years. Despite some high-profile enactments, less new legislation has been passed since 2008 than in the preceding six years. One possibility for more progress is the private sector, which had much more to say on land rights than ever before in 2013. Through its global reach and economic importance, an enlightened private sector can shift the balance decisively away from a corporate land rush and towards community and indigenous land rights.