…In 2005, R[ights and Resources Initiative] proposed a goal of doubling the area of forest land in developing countries that is legally owned by or designated for Indigenous Peoples and local communities by 2015…[I]mplementation has been slow with millions…still lacking legal rights to the vast majority of their customary lands, putting at risk their livelihoods and the sustainability of hundreds of millions of hectares of forest…Closing the Gap: Strategies and scale needed to secure rights and save forests shows that there were signs of progress as a core group of countries prepared to implement the recognition of community land rights at a national scale…In 2015 we also saw Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and their allies establish an unprecedented platform of initiatives and instruments for scaling up the recognition of rights and encouraging the private sector to mitigate investment risk…[Also refers to Asia Pulp & Paper.]