As seen on Reuters CREDIT: Mayangna community LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Leaders of Nicaragua's indigenous Mayangna community are battling an invasion of land…
Armstrong Wiggins” the Director of the Indian Law Resource Center in Washington”DC has written a letter to the U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry” on…
Les Echos: Cameroun: “corruption” lors de l’acquisition de terres pour un projet américain (rapport)
Les Echos: Cameroun: “corruption” lors de l'acquisition de terres pour un projet américain (rapport)
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JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has said it aims to approve within a month a plan that would free up vast swathes of protected virgin…
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Read more INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ EXPERIENCES WITH SAFEGUARDS: The experience of Asian indigenous peoples with the finance lending policies of international financial institutions: A select overview Projects…
As posted on AllAfrica.com on 28 April 2013. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's intervention in a long-running” controversial land saga in oil-palm rich Sinoe County has paved…
As seen on AllAfrica By Monde Kingsley Nfor” 25 April 2013 Yaoundé — Bordered by a rubber plantation in the west” a forestry plantation in…
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Canoe trip highlights campaign to raise awareness of treaty responsibilities” indigenous rights” and environmental concerns.
As seen on African Arguments. The Endoris” a minority community of about 60″ 000 people lives a precarious life in the North Rift Valley Kenya….
United Press Internationa: Colombia expuesta a sanciones por no cumplir normas ambientales
As seen on Amnesty International The Dongria Kondh community has been fighting for the survival of their way of life for a decade Today’s ruling…
Terusan village in West-Kalimantan (Indonesia) on the island of Borneo is completely surrounded by oil palm. The villagers grow rice and rubber on their ancestral…
Elespectador.com: Colombia está expuesta a una sanción internacional
As seen on The Guardian In a hard-hitting speech” Ireland’s president calls for international framework to regulate land acquisitions in developing countries Mark…
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As seen on AlertNet By Barbara Fraser Source: CIFOR (Center for International Forestry Research) Brazil nut harvesters in Puerto Maldonado” Peru. Photo courtesy of CIFOR/Gabriela…
Skoll World Forum debate: “How do we feed the world and still address the drivers of deforestation?”
As seen on redd-monitor By Chris Lang This week the 10th Skoll World Forum takes place at the Saïd Business School in Oxford. One of…