Survival International During a rally of defiance” India’s Dongria Kondh have vowed to defend their Niyamgiri Hills against an open pit mine by British mining…
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As seen on Reuters The rights and access of indigenous peoples and communities to forest resources are under increasing threat from large land acquisitions and other…
As seen on REDD-Monitor Interview with Marcus Colchester” Senior Policy Advisor” Forest Peoples Programme” focussing on his work on Asia Pulp and Paper. The interview was…
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Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal Eight National Executive Committee Meeting May 16th and 17th” Silgadi Doti The Doti Declaration Paper The Eighth National Executive…
As seen on AMAN Jakarta” 27 May 2013 Indonesia's Constitutional Court on the judicial review of Law No.41 of 1999 on Forestry has decided that Customary…
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As seen on Monabay In a landmark ruling” Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land” potentially giving…
Photo: David Gilbert/RAN As seen on the Women News Network (WNN) Jakarta” INDONESIA” SOUTHEAST ASIA: Indonesia’s indigenous people have just succeeded in getting larger power and…
As seen on the Centre for Science and Environment India needs better green energy norms to offset these impacts Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) conference…
Photo: EPA Photo/Bagus Indahono As seen on the Jakarta Globe In a landmark decision for indigenous rights” the Constitutional Court decided on Thursday to make null…
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As seen on Bangkok Post Vietnamese rubber firms bankrolled by an arm of the World Bank and Germany's Deutsche Bank are driving a land-grabbing crisis in…
Land grabbing by two large Vietnamese firms has driven communities in Laos and Cambodia off their land and forced people to work on…
As seen on the FERN Website Every six months” FERN produces an update looking at the present situation with regards the EU's Forest Law Enforcement”…
CED: Lettre ouverte au Président de la République au sujet de la nomination de représentants des peuples autochtones au Sénat
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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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Canoe trip highlights campaign to raise awareness of treaty responsibilities” indigenous rights” and environmental concerns.