18 January 2018
Peru’s indigenous leaders have sent a letter to Pope Francis urging him to press for the clean-up of polluted rivers and recognition of ancestral land rights during his visit to the Amazon.
Three umbrella organisations representing the Amazon’s indigenous communities have asked the pontiff to
16 January 2018
UN indigenous rights chief urges Chile to stop using the country's anti-terrorism law to prosecute the Mapuche people
BOGOTA, Jan 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Latin America is trampling on indigenous rights and jailing ever more campaigners to stifle opposition to big business taking over
12 January 2018
Is the government of Papua New Guinea turning a blind eye while the country's forests are destroyed?
Environmental groups say Papua New Guinea's government is sitting back while the country's rainforests are being destroyed.
The Pacific nation has just overtaken Malaysia to become the world's
15 December 2017
The Mercosur trade bloc (Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay) and the European Union are expected to conclude trade negotiations and put finishing touches on a trade agreement by the end of this year.
That pact will include landmark indigenous human rights clauses meant to protect indigenous
13 December 2017
Indigenous peoples and other local communities play a vital role when it comes to mitigating the impact of climate change. But despite inhabiting 50 per cent of the world’s land, these communities legally own just 10 per cent of it. As a result, civil society groups are calling on governments
11 December 2017
Johannesburg – The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday that a black community holds a right to certain portions of the Salem Commonage in the Eastern Cape and was dispossessed of the land due to past racially discriminatory practices.
According to the judgment, penned by Justice Edwin Cameron and
11 December 2017
Forest foods are in high demand in haats or tribal community markets and nearby rural markets. Forest produce such as honey, amla and several fruits are in great demand in urban malls. Though this may appear as an opportunity for economic empowerment of the tribal communities, this may lead to
8 December 2017
The Mashco Piro, an isolated tribe in Peru's Amazon, are increasingly making contact with the outside world
DIAMANTE (Peru), Dec 6 - In Peru's remote southern Amazon, villagers rushed to the riverbank to witness a rare sighting - a group of Mashco Piro nomads standing on the other side,
5 December 2017
New group could help put pressure on Brazilian government to protect rights of Indigenous Peoples
As another protester dies in occupied indigenous lands, Argentina must stop trying to erase its past
5 December 2017
The conflict in Argentina between the indigenous Mapuche community and the national government has claimed another victim: Rafael Nahuel, an indigenous 22-year-old who was killed while resisting a raid by government forces on indigenous activists in the province of Río Negro.
30 November 2017
Members of the Brazilian indigenous Guaraní community took part in peaceful protests against privatisation of state parks. Their demonstrations were also calling attention to their dire living conditions. For instance, Guarani living in São Paulo are confined to two tiny villages the size of four
29 November 2017
BOGOTA, Nov 28 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indigenous groups in Paraguay, battling to protect their ancestral lands from expanding agriculture and cattle ranching, launched the first online map of their territory on Tuesday.
Paraguay’s beef and soy export industries are the main drivers of