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Brazilian Supreme Court ruling protects Quilombola land rights for now
- Brazil’s Supreme Court has soundly rejected a lawsuit filed in 2003 by a right wing political party that would have drastically limit the ability of quilombolas (former slave communities) to legitimize claims to their traditional lands.
- There are 2,962 quilombolas in Brazil today, but just 219 have land titles, while 1,673 are pursuing the process of acquiring legal title. Titled quilombola territories include 767,596 hectares (1.9 million acres); these settlements have a good record of protecting their forests.
No Better Time for Indonesia's Indigenous Communities to Reclaim Land Rights
For more than a half-century, Indonesia's government-backed economic development has been based on exploiting and exporting the vast natural resource wealth in its waters and forests— often to the detriment of indigenous people who historically occupied these areas. This exploitation has also gone against the customary laws of those indigenous people.
How Peru excludes indigenous voices in its quest to develop the Amazon
The Peruvian government has a clear development agenda for its Amazon rainforest regions. Oil extraction is already happening on a large scale.
UN human rights chief laments PNG land grab problem
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has noted persistent problems with land grabs in Papua New Guinea.
Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein visited Port Moresby last week and met with PNG's prime minister Peter O'Neill and civil society figures.
Mr Zeid found that corruption remains rife in PNG, affecting the right to land of its citizens. His spokesperson, Ravina Shamdasani, conveyed this concern in an interview with UN Radio.
Sesan villagers seek land titles
Families forced to relocate due to the construction of the Lower Sesan II Dam are asking Stung Treng provincial authorities to register their new village as indigenous collective lands.
The 67 families from Sre Ko commune received authorisation to set up the new village on their community forest and ancestral lands after their old homes were flooded in October when a gate to the controversial hydropower dam was closed.
They are now seeking indigenous collective land status to protect themselves from being displaced by future development.
Twenty-five young Colombians are suing the government over climate change
Deforestation in Colombia has increased 44% since 2015, despite the government's Paris commitment to reach net zero by 2020
Twenty-five Colombian youths – one as young as seven – are suing the government for failing to protect the environment and prevent deforestation in the Amazon.
The lawsuit is the first of its kind in Latin America, and demands the Colombian government protect young people’s rights to a healthy environment, life, food and water.
Worldwide Land Degradation and Restoration Assessment Report: A Primer
- World's fist comprehensive evidence-based assessment report on land degradation will be launched in March 2018
- Best-available evidence for decision makers to make informed decisions to halt & reverse land degradation
- Prepared by more than 100 leading international experts from 45 countries over 3 years
- Draws on more than 3,000 scientific papers, Government reports, indigenous and local knowledge & other sources
- Improved by over 7,300 comments from more than 200 external reviewers, including Governments
- Examines implications of land d
Land fight simmers over Brasilia's Shrine of Shamans
Cambodia killings show rising risk to Southeast Asian land defenders
In the fight for land and to protect the environment, communities around the world are struggling against governments, companies and criminal gangs
MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last week's killing of Cambodian forest defenders, and the recent shooting of Indonesian farmers, show the increasing involvement of state forces in quelling dissent against agribusiness, campaigners said.
Invocan a movilizarse en defensa de la Amazonía ante Ley 30723
AIDESEP invocó a diversos sectores a pronunciarse tras promulgación de normativa que promueve carreteras en Ucayali sin tener en cuenta impactos en pueblos no contactados.
Servindi, 23 de enero, 2018.- Pese al contundente mensaje reivindicativo que el papa Francisco dejó acerca de la Amazonía y los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, no había transcurrido ni un día del retiro del líder católico para que los políticos que celebrabron su mensaje de inmediato hicieran lo contrario.