5 May 2021
The Catholic Professionals Society PNG in association with the Individual & Community Rights Advocacy Forum support the opposition to the proposed sand mining in Madang and PNG.
This was highlighted in a press conference that was held in Port Moresby today.
A statement from the press conference
23 April 2021
On social media, global indigenous leadership addresses South African magnate Elon Musk, who has launched a global award for carbon sequestration projects. Up-to-date technological solution is the same it has always been: ancestral wisdom
22 April 2021
MESSAGE FROM AN INDIGENOUS LEADER AT THE BIDEN CLIMATE SUMMIT
19 April 2021
The Congo Basin’s forests and peatlands are a major component of Earth’s life-support systems, and it is a key supplier of vital minerals needed to build a low carbon economy. The case for the people of the Congo to benefit from not exploiting these resources is irrefutable.
Few people, if asked to
17 April 2021
Systematic effort to change Tamil areas’ demographics, alleges Batticaloa MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam.
Over the last few months, farmers of Mavadi Odai in Sri Lanka’s eastern Batticaloa district frequently spotted something crop up on their land overnight — a border stone they had not planted.
15 April 2021
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a ban on issuing licenses for new mining operations in the Philippines, marking an about-face from a previous anti-mining stance that saw him ban open-pit mining in 2017 and close or suspend 26 mining operations for environmental violations.
The government says
25 March 2021
Improving tenure of forests by Indigenous and Tribal Peoples can lower deforestation rates and biodiversity loss, avoiding C02 emissions, but more investment is urgently needed to address rising threats.
25 March 2021, Santiago Chile - Deforestation rates in Latin America and the Caribbean are
16 March 2021
Indonesia’s annual fire season has started again, with hotspots detected in 10 provinces.
Some of the fires have been detected in protected areas with large swaths of peatland.
The government says it’s preparing to carry out cloud seeding to induce rainfall in affected areas.
However,
20 February 2021
Main photo: A herder collects snow to be melted down into drinking water.
The dzud is a peculiar weather phenomenon unique to Mongolia in which every few years a summer drought combines with a harsh winter. Nomadic herders can only despair as piles of dead, frozen sheep and goats stack up across
5 February 2021
Good land administration helps to secure property tenures. It also protects the land rights of people (including individuals, communities, and the state) through good governance principles and practices. Therefore, probing land administration practices—whether in developed or developing countries—
28 January 2021
Members of the Bougainville Physical Planning (BPP) Board, under the Department for Lands, Physical Planning, Environment and Conservation, were sworn in on Wednesday, January 27th.
The Board consists of nine new members who pledged their oath and are currently undergoing an induction workshop
28 January 2021
Main Photo: Environmental officials inspect Prey Lang wildlife sanctuary in Sandan district, Kampong Thom province on 2020. Environment Ministry
The government has repealed all previously issued letters certifying sales, purchases, transfers, occupation or ownership of any land within the Prey