As seen in The New York Times. By JIM YARDLEY, JULY 7, 2015 Pope Francis, center, arrived Tuesday to celebrate Mass at Bicentenario Park in Quito, Ecuador. Credit…
José de Echave, from Lima-based NGO CooperAccion, talks about the proposed Tia Maria copper mine. By David Hill As seen in The Guardian US company…
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: 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…
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…
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 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…
Tebtebba and CHIRAPAQ: Indigenous Peoples demand participation in national forest monitoring systems
Press release from Tebtebba and CHIRAPAQ Indigenous Peoples point out that the inhabitants of the forest are better qualified than anyone else to understand what…
As seen on Down to Earth. Globally, forest governance is undergoing reforms to benefit from community forestry MEXICO AND India are worlds apart, both in…
As seen on Mother Nature Network. Chuck Leavell, co-founder of MNN and keyboard player with the Rolling Stones, took a break from his music to…
As seen on Inter Press Service LIMA, Dec 6 2014 (IPS) – The clamor of indigenous peoples for recognition of their ancestral lands resounded among…
Download the Joint Opinion Brief about the World Bank’s safeguards process here. In October 2012, the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) and the Ateneo School of…
As seen on Redd Monitor Julia Roberts, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Edward Norton, Penélope Cruz, Robert Redford, Ian Somerhalder. These are the big names that…
As seen on Thomson Reuters Foundation In 1864, one hundred and fifty years ago, idyllic Yosemite Valley in California was set aside by the US as…