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5 September 2018
Por Andrew Anderson
Director Frontline Defenders
La organización Front Line Defenders ha documentado 821 casos de Defensores de Derechos Humanos (DDH) asesinados en los últimos cuatro años, desde que empezó a establecer un listado general a nivel mundial en cooperación con ONG nacionales e…
5 September 2018
Indígenas estão sendo assassinados em nome do “desenvolvimento”, alertou em julho a relatora especial das Nações Unidas sobre os direitos dos povos indígenas, Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. Atividades como o agronegócio e o extrativismo representam riscos não só às suas terras, mas também a sobrevivência…
4 September 2018
New maps show indigenous peoples are custodians of 40% of Earth’s protected and ecologically intact landscapes
The world’s remaining ‘wild places’ are often envisaged to be packed full of biodiversity, and bereft of one troublesome species: Homo sapiens. But a new global study shows that about 40…
28 August 2018
New UN report highlights drastic increase in violence and legal harassment driven by rapid expansion of development projects on indigenous lands
A significant pattern of abuse has emerged in a wide variety of countries, in which both physical violence and legal prosecution are used against…
27 August 2018
Un nuevo informe de la ONU destaca el drástico aumento de la violencia y del acoso legal impulsado por la rápida ampliación de los proyectos de desarrollo en tierras indígenas
GINEBRA (27 de agosto de 2018) — Según un nuevo informe que la Sra. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, Relatora Especial de las…
9 August 2018
Background
The Land Portal Foundation is a non-for-profit organization based in the Netherlands dedicated to supporting the efforts of the rural poor to gain equitable access to land by addressing the fragmentation of information resources on land. We believe access to information is crucial…
9 August 2018
There are more than 100 "uncontacted" tribes in Brazil's Amazon rainforest - the highest anywhere on the planet
RIO DE JANEIRO - Up to 2.5 billion people depend on indigenous and community lands, which make up more than half of all land globally, but they legally own just 10 percent.
The right…
7 August 2018
Over the past ten years, the number of violent conflicts around the world has increased significantly, having a negative impact on food production and availability.
Since 2000, almost half of all civil conflicts around the world have taken place in Africa, where land issues have played a…
6 August 2018
UNITED NATIONS, Aug 6 2018 (IPS) - Although indigenous peoples are being increasingly recognised by both rights activists and governmental organisations, they are still being neglected in legal documents and declarations. Indigenous peoples are only mentioned in two of the 17 United Nations’…
2 August 2018
Calling all land enthusiasts! In collaboration with our colleagues at GODAN Action, we are excited to announce a new call for applications for the Open Data Management Online Course. The content of the course has now expanded to include land, in addition to agriculture and nutrition! This edition…
31 July 2018
The ILC Secretariat is now accepting applications from member organisations to host interns for the ILC internship programme. The internship programme aims at giving the opportunity to Master’s students and young researchers from within the ILC network to be placed for an internship in another ILC…
24 July 2018
BOGOTA - Nearly four land and environmental activists were killed each week last year, murdered for opposing large-scale agriculture and mining projects in the deadliest year on record, a campaign group said on Tuesday.
In 22 countries surveyed by U.K.-based Global Witness, at least 207 activists…