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20 .04. 2023 | By Daiana Gonzalez, with inputs from Omaira Bolaños and Lorene Moran Valenzuela
Members of the new network agree to create more documentation on land rights and governance processes for Indigenous, Afro-descendant, and local community women; call for strengthening advocacy capacity.
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17 .03. 2021 | Pirawan Wongnithisathaporn & Thomas Worsdell
Thailand’s legal frameworks for biodiversity conservation and international climate commitments omit the important role that its Indigenous Peoples play as stewards of the environment.
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The Doi Tung Development Project, run by the Mae Fah Luang Foundation under Thai royal patronage, is held up by the United Nations as a model for ending narcotic drug cultivation and improving the lives of indigenous communities. Yet in other parts of the country, indigenous people continue to live in poverty and face challenges in accessing land, livelihoods and citizenship, according to tribal rights groups.
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A new community forest bill that aims to give Thai villagers more say in managing natural resources is too limited in its scope and risks further marginalising those living outside areas covered by the act, land campaigners said on Thursday.
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Indigenous and local communities own more than half the world’s land under customary rights. Yet they only have secure legal rights to 10 percent, according to Washington D.C.-based advocacy group Rights and Resources Initiative.
The rapid growth of protected areas from Peru to Indonesia has exacerbated their vulnerability: more than 250,000 people in 15 countries were evicted from such areas from 1990 to 2014, according to RRI.
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Bangkok, Thailand – From 8-10 July, community forest members, indigenous peoples and smallholders from Asia’s forests will gather in Bangkok for The pre-World Forestry Congress regional…
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(Bangkok, 12 February 2015) The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), together with its member the People’s Empowerment Foundation (PEF) from Thailand, has…
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Download the Press Release here. Download the Conference Statement here. A gathering of participants from seven countries in Southeast Asia debated paths to ensure that…
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As seen on Forest Peoples Program Tuesday 4 November 2014, Yangon, Myanmar – National Human Rights Commissions of ASEAN member countries, civil society organisations from…
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As seen on the Bangkok Post In an apparent move to prove that a military regime can do what civilian governments could not, the National…
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Agence France-Presse: Achats de terres et droits humains: concessions à hauts risques
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As seen on Business Ghana Southeast Asian Human Rights Institutions and civil society organisations adopt Montien Resolution on Human Rights and Agribusiness in Southeast Asia From…
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As seen on Forest Peoples Programme The 64 participants of this workshop drawn from South East Asian National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) from the Philippines, Indonesia,…
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Forest Peoples Programme latest report, Agribusiness Large-Scale Acquisitions and Human Rights in Southeast Asia, highlights the social, economic, and environmental effects of large-scale land acquisitions in Southeast…
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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…
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As seen on Al Jazeera OPINION The "land grabbing" in Africa and elsewhere often triggers conflict, an underreported financial risk. By Samuel Nguiffo Rather than…
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From Forest Peoples Programme Monday 25 March 2013 PRESS RELEASE: Land reforms in Liberia must learn from and protect communities' customary land and resource rights,…
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As seen on Phys.org A new study reveals that governments in Latin America have returned to natural resources extraction to fuel development—while paying scant attention…
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As seen on the Bangkok Post For the owners of luxury holiday resorts in national parks, 2012 has been a nightmare. But now they can…
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Bangkok, THAILAND, 14 September (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – An Australian-Filipino mining company during a September 2011 public consultation mobilized its “experts.” Their goal: to…
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As seen on Tebtebba Baguio City, Philippines, 25 August (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Indigenous woman leader Norairri Thoungmuengthong of the Karen community in Thailand…
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As seen on Khatmandu Post June 12, 2012 The age-old famous African saying, “when the branches of the trees in the forests are fighting, their…
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The newsletter can be downloaded from the FPP website by clicking here Dear Friends,Balancing human beings’ need for decent livelihoods against the imperative of securing…
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As the government of Thailand considers resurrecting a controversial land reform plan, the overarching issue of individual land rights is gaining greater attention. Writing for…
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