Forest Peoples Programme's April E-Newsletter reviews experiences of communities and civil society with safeguard policies of various international financial institutions. The E-Newsletter contains articles on indigenous peoples’ experiences with safeguards in Asia, Peru and Central Africa, emphasising the importance of robust safeguard frameworks to ensure that development finance does no harm to people and the environment. It also features articles on safeguard issues at the UN-REDD Programme and other international institutions in forest and climate financing schemes.