14 March 2017
Thousands of Native Americans and allies took their fight against the Dakota Access pipeline to the White House last week. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Native nations hosted the Native Nations Rise march to highlight “the necessity to respect Indigenous Nations and their right to protect their
8 March 2017
Across the wide world, women are rising up to protect the Earth, one another, and the common good
6 March 2017
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: peoplesworld
The Wayúu indigenous people make up nearly half the population of La Guajira department in Colombia’s extreme northeast. They won’t be finding much peace from the agreement Colombia’s government and FARC insurgents signed in late 2016 to end their war.
6 March 2017
Date: 6 March 2017
Source: rioonwatch
6 March 2017
Date: 5 Match 2017
Source: Dhaka Tribune
The proposed law has been jointly prepared by Manusher Jonno Foundation, Indigenous People Development Services (IPDS), Brotee, Gram Bikash Kendro, and Jatiya Adibashi Parishad.
Indigenous leaders and NGOs have demanded that a draft law proposal
1 March 2017
By:Rina Chandran
Date: 28 February 2017
Source: Reuters
DHAMDITOLA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the pleasant climate of February, it is hard to imagine that day time temperatures in May in the arid Vidarbha region of India's Maharashtra state can climb to a sweltering 48 degrees
27 February 2017
By: TREVOR JANG
Date: 22 February 2017
Source:Discoursemedia.org
The Tsilhqot’in Nation is breaking new ground on Indigenous self-governance and land rights but claims a mining giant says those rights have gone too far.
Chief Russell Myers-Ross says his favourite memory of Teztan Biny, or
27 February 2017
Date: 27 February 2017
Source: The New Indian Express
Over 1,500 tribal farmers from neighbouring Palghar district, who had used RTI effectively to establish their forest rights about three years ago, resorted to a novel agitation called ‘Queue Satyagraha’ on Monday.
23 February 2017
Date: 23 February 2017
Source: The Irish Times
Honduras is the deadliest country on Earth to be a defender of environmental rights with conflict over mining, hydropower and agribusiness leading to the deaths of many people from indigenous groups and rural communities, the Global Witness charity
23 February 2017
Date: 23 February 2017
Source: UNPO
20 February 2017
For the people of Upper Svaneti, a remote sliver of land nestled high in the gorges of Georgia, the last words uttered by the dying are portents of the future.
And the future looks bleak.
Residents say the same ominous rattle has echoed over so many of its death beds this past year - "The Svans
15 February 2017
Deadline: 30th June 2017
Who can apply?
Given the extraordinary growth of the coalition in previous years, this opening will give priority to civil society and inter-governmental organisations:
With specific political and technical expertise to realise people centred land governance of