indigenous peoples

‘El Cono’ in the Sierra del Divisor National Park in the Peruvian Amazon. Photograph: Thomas Muller

Indigenous federation sues Peru over new national park

6 Feb 2017 - 09:10

Even more alarming is how the park has been divided into different zones by the Management Plan approved in November 2016. Instead of being a “strictly protected zone”...

H. Okri, chief of the Kasepuhan Cisitu indigenous community in Banten province on the island of Java. The neighboring Kasepuhan Karang community was one of those to secure recognition of its customary forest last week. Photo by Marit Hverven/Norad/Flickr

Jokowi grants first-ever indigenous land rights to 9 communities

11 Ene 2017 - 00:18

The archipelago nation's constitution recognizes its indigenous peoples, but the government has ignored their rights for most of the country's 71-year existence

James Chuquival, from the San Jose de Saramuro indigenous community, with other protestors along the River Maranon in northern Peru. Photograph: Ann Wang

Amazonía

Peru’s new president summoned to Amazon by indigenous protestors

28 Sep 2016 - 19:17

Problems caused by operations in this region tend to only make Peruvian or international media when there is some kind of “spill” - oil painting black the forest, fish, fauna.

Bolivia

Communication before Columbus. Contributions to indigenous communication

10 Sep 2016 - 02:28

In this occasion we gladly share a contribution to the III Continental Summit of Indigenous Communication of Abya Yala, Cochabamba, Bolivia, from November 14th to 18th, 2016.