Rights not “fortress conservation” key to save planet, says UN expert
16 Jul 2018 - 10:59The report effectively consists of an open letter by the Rapporteur, a brief by her and two former RRI employees, and five case-studies on India, Indonesia, Panama, Peru and..
The Wampis Nation - the first indigenous autonomous government in Peru
26 Jun 2018 - 08:12While the Peruvian government still is reluctant to recognize the Wampis Nation formally, the people have strengthened their rights to the territory by speaking with...
When economic development destroys indigenous peoples' livelihood
9 Jun 2018 - 01:20Around 10 million people in Nepal are officially considered indigenous and they currently experience an increasing and aggressive pressure to take their land
Half a million of indigenous peoples' livelihoods threatened in Tanzania
24 Mayo 2018 - 16:10While Tanzania’s indigenous peoples face all these threats, the Maasai peoples are especially experiencing that their land is confiscated in the name of conservation
The Indigenous World 2018
25 Abr 2018 - 01:26The increasing cases of forced evictions, land grabbing, criminalisation, killings, harassment and militarization on indigenous land compiled are showed in the book
10 achievements worth celebrating in The Indigenous World
24 Abr 2018 - 00:10Indigenous peoples, in partnership with civil society and other human rights defenders, have strengthened their resilience on all fronts, increased their capacity to...
Five alarming land grabbing cases
23 Abr 2018 - 10:40In many countries forced evictions and land grabbing in the name of conservation, development and investments continues its encroachment with impunity
‘Our territory is our life’: one struggle against mining in Ecuador
18 Abr 2018 - 19:34These newest concessions bordering Sinangoe have appeared despite recent pledges by Ecuador’s president Lenín Moreno that no new mining concessions would be awarded
Indigenous peoples are recognised by the world's biggest climate fund
25 Mar 2018 - 16:09With the adoption of the policy, a number of principles regarding indigenous peoples’ rights have been approved. These include their rights to free, prior and informed consent
Update: Indigenous leaders are threatened by Duterte in the Philippines
21 Mar 2018 - 06:26President Duterte’s administration has recently made international headlines through its war on drugs, where brutal methods have led to thousands of death
Philippines: Distressing terrorist accusations against UN expert on indigenous peoples' rights and indigenous leaders
12 Mar 2018 - 04:31The publication of this list is the most recent move by the government in a long conflict between defenders of indigenous peoples’ rights and the Duterte administration
Indigenous peoples welcome adoption of Green Climate Fund’s Indigenous Peoples Policy
28 Feb 2018 - 07:31The policy recognizes indigenous peoples’ rights to land, territories and natural resources, their crucial and active contribution to climate change mitigation and adaptation
New highways in remote Amazon risk ‘ethnocide’, say Peruvians
24 Dic 2017 - 12:43In December the Culture Minister sent a report to Galarreta calling the proposed law “not viable” and emphasising the potential impacts on the indigenous peoples in “isolation
Amazon tribe saves plant lore with ‘healing forests’ and encyclopedia
28 Nov 2017 - 06:57Each tree or plant was transplanted from elsewhere in the forest: some as seeds, seedlings, some cuttings, some saplings, and others as epiphytes grafted onto standing trees.
África: Tanzania government stops violations of the Maasais in Loliondo
23 Nov 2017 - 02:46Now, the government in Tanzania is taking important steps to solve the conflict in Loliondo by addressing the situation and the violations that have been committed
Alemania: The Paris Agreement does not recognize indigenous rights
17 Nov 2017 - 20:20On the final day of the UNFCCC COP23, the Indigenous Environmental Network and its allies face a long road to have Indigenous Rights upheld in Climate Accord.
JPMorgan and BlackRock Invest in Amazon Destruction
13 Nov 2017 - 09:46The threat to climate stability and indigenous rights posed by oil extraction in the Amazon directly translates to serious legal, reputational, political, and financial risks
Peru’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review
7 Nov 2017 - 19:53Peru is one of the 14 States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during its upcoming session taking place from 6 to 17 November.