Thanks to advocacy work by RRI Collaborator the Federation of Peasant Women of Cundinamarca (FEDEMUCC), the Colombian government has agreed to establish a comprehensive public…
As seen in Global Issues By Kwame Buist (amsterdam) Tuesday, June 02, 2015 Inter Press Service AMSTERDAM, Jun 02 (IPS) – Indigenous people who would…
As seen on The Huffington Post The Tolo River People of Colombia were in a bind: dependent on nearby cattle ranches to make…
As seen on: Grassroots International The Caribbean Court of Justice, Belize’s highest appellant court, ruled that the Maya Indigenous People of southern Belize have rights…
As seen on The Guardian Twenty years ago, Lima’s 2,000 Shipibo-Konibo people lived, as they had done for generations, in the verdant forest along the broad Ucayali…
Como se ve en HOY el 22 de abril de 2015 La Red de Entidades Privadas al Servicio de los Pueblos Indígenas de Paraguay (Redespi) criticó hoy…
As seen in Upside Down World on April 26, 2015 Over 400 families formed a peaceful encampment outside the National Palace in downtown Guatemala City…
14th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues – 27 April 2015, New York I am grateful for the opportunity to address the…
Como se ve en: Coordinación y convergencia Nacional Maya En conferencia de prensa las Autoridades Mayas del pueblo Ixil de las Comunidades de Cotzal, Chajul…
As seen on Deutsche Welle Climate change, deforestation and land grabbing don’t only threaten Nepal’s rich biodiversity, but the economic wellbeing of millions of its citizens….
As seen on the Huffington Post In the heart of the Peruvian Amazon, indigenous people are harvesting sacha inchi — as they have been for 3,000 years….
On March 16, 7 indigenous organizations representing 52 Amazonian communities met in Lima to finalize the implementation plan for Prior Consultation in the regulation processes…
Indonesian peatland communities call for recognition of their rights and traditional knowledge in managing peatlands “We, the representatives of peatland communities in Indonesia are making…
As seen on Mongabay The rights of local and indigenous peoples aren’t being adequately protected in the drive for economic development, according to a report…
As seen on Al Jazeera By Saif Khalid It took eight days of walking for 80-year-old Dhanmatya Mumat to reach New Delhi. Like thousands of other…
Download a PDF of this statement here. Washington, DC (March 4, 2015) — The Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) Coalition joins local and international NGOs…
As seen on Forest Peoples Programme 27 February, 2015 Dear Colloquium Organizers, The Government of Kenya and the World Bank have invited us and other…
As seen on South China Morning Post China will spend about 26 billion yuan (HK$33 billion) to help identify and register the contractual rights over the…
As seen on New Scientist Global intervention in tropical forests to combat climate change could sideline their most effective guardians SATELLITE images of the Amazon…
As seen on RTCC By Ed King A planned new global climate change deal must recognise land and resource rights in order to protect vulnerable forest…
As seen on ClimateWire Elizabeth Harball | Wednesday, February 4, 2015 Forest carbon trading efforts will prove unsuccessful until nations grant indigenous peoples and local…
As seen on Mongabay Countries poised to receive World Bank funds for achieving reductions in deforestation have insufficient safeguards for ensuring that local communities don’t…
As seen on the Times of India NEW DELHI: At the time when government is looking at various options to change green laws to make…
As seen on SciDev.net Women hold up half the sky, so goes the Chinese saying. Yet in the developing countries of Asia, they do not get…