As seen on United Nations Human Rights GENEVA / NEW YORK (18 July 2014) – The new United Nations sustainable development goals must not be…
As seen on Corp Watch By Fatima Hansia A Papua New Guinea (PNG) court revoked two 99 year land titles awarded to Kuala Lumpur Kepong…
As seen on The Economist WHEN King George III proclaimed in 1763 that Canada’s indigenous peoples had rights to their ancestral lands, it bought peace…
As seen on Intercontinental Cry Magazine Vancouver, BC (June 26, 2014): The Tsilhqot’in Nation welcomes the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision overruling the BC Court…
As seen on LaInfo The Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Thursday ratified a constitutional reform that recognizes indigenous peoples and commits the state to…
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As seen on the Financial Times Sir, “Congo to world: pay us $1bn to save our rainforests . . . or else” (May 20) paints a stark picture. The…
As seen on Intégration Las d’attendre le changement promis par les organisations de la société civile, certains peuples autochtones doutent de plus en plus de leur volonté…
As seen on Portugal News Dados divulgados no relatório permitem concluir que 1,3 mil milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo dependem das florestas para…
Photo: Frontier Cambodia Forest via Creative Commons As seen on IIED Governments, donors and investors must bolster locally-controlled forest businesses if they wish to deliver…
As seen on the New Internationalist From 6 to 8 May, agribusiness corporations courted African governments at the Grow Africa Investment Forum in Abuja, Nigeria,…
As seen on UNOG Geneva, 8 May 2014 — The Human Rights Council today appointed 19 human rights experts to serve as United Nations Special Procedure mandate…
As seen on The East African: Arguably, there is no other continent on the planet that has more at stake in the discussions to determine…
Comme on le voit sur Radio Okapi La République démocratique du Congo (RDC) pourrait signer les premiers contrats de vente de crédit carbone en 2016, a…
As seen in the New York Times Re “Losing ground in the Amazon” (April 16): Your editorial draws welcome attention to the sudden jump in…
As seen on TerraNullius Alexandre Corriveau-Bourque is a Tenure Analyst with the Rights and Resources Initiative, and one of the lead researchers of “What Future for…
Open Working Group urged to consider land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities as indicators of global progress Washington, D.C. (17 April, 2014)—A new…
As seen on Plustv Belize Maya Communities Win Judgment in Court On Thursday morning in Belize City, the Maya of southern Toledo descended on the…
AMPB: Pueblos indígenas y comunidades rurales defendiendo derechos territoriales
On September 28, 2008, the people of the Republic of Ecuador passed a new Constitution, seen as a historic document which recognizes both indigenous peoples’ land rights and livelihoods and the rights of nature.