YARINACOCHA, Peru—On the 5th of December 2015 we, the Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali – FECONAU (Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali) representing 35…
YARINACOCHA, Peru—On the 5th of December 2015 we, the Federación de Comunidades Nativas del Ucayali – FECONAU (Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali) representing 35…
For most Peruvians it was a Sunday like any other; but in the Wampis community of Soledad, it was a historic day. On November 29,…
In Nicaragua, thousands of rural residents from across the country flocked to the capital Managua in October to protest the construction of a canal linking…
Armed with drones, GPS, cell phones and aps, Indigenous communities collecting information for claiming traditional lands, documenting crimes and complementing satellite and web-based data PARIS—As…
The Yanomami have been resisting the destruction of the Amazon for decades. © Fiona Watson/SurvivalThe COP 21 summit to be held in Paris from the…
Por Margarita Florez. Directora de Ambiente y Sociedad. Como se ve en Semana ¿Un nuevo instrumento de planificación ambiental, y territorial? – Sostenibilidad Semana El…
Who has legal ownership over the world’s forests? And how has that ownership changed over time? RRI’s new interactive Forest Tenure Tool lets you compare…
LONDON—Washington Bolivar, an indigenous activist in Peru has received another sinister death threat in the immediate wake of his efforts to challenge the destruction of…
Inicio: 03 de Noviembre Finaliza: 24 de Noviembre Dirigido a: líderes, miembros de organizaciones sociales, jóvenes, estudiantes, mujeres, miembros de comunidades étnicas Introducción La coyuntura actual…
As Paris climate change talks approach, new online platform promises opportunities to protect human rights and limit emissions from deforestation A broad partnership of indigenous coalitions…