By: Sandra Cuffe
Date: April 4th 2016
Source: Mongabay
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz visited Brazil in March.
Source: South China Morning Post
Author: Raissa Robles
Activists claim current laws governing mining and the rights of indigenous people contain gaping loopholes that firms exploit.
When 18-year-old Michelle Campos last saw her father, Dionel, they had little time to chat. He was busy with an
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: September 28th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
BRASILIA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When George Porto joined Brazil's environment agency 13 years ago, the country didn't have access to satellite data on illegal logging -- let alone heat maps tracking
By: Patrick Barkham
Date: 5 January 2017
Source: The Guardian
In unprecedented move, OECD will look into allegations that world’s largest conservation organisation facilitated abuse of Baka people of Cameroon
By: Fionuala Cregan
Date: January 20th 2016
Source: IC Magazine
NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS CHALLENGES OF DEFENDING INDIGENOUS LAND RIGHTS IN THE PARAGUAYAN CHACO
"We don't care if our struggle involves going to prison or even dying. Our struggle is about justice because the land is ours and our children'
By: José Aylwin
Date: February 28th 2016
Source: IC Magazine / Intercontinentalcry.org
By: Bernama
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Borneo Post Online
PUTRAJAYA: A working committee has been set up to ensure the 50 recommendations by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) after an inquiry process into the land rights of indigenous peoples of Malaysia are carried out within the
By: Shadrack Kavilu
Date: July 31st 2016
Source: Reuters
KITENGELA, Kenya, July 31(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's just before sunset, the time of day when Maasai herdsman Josphat Ole Tonkei would have been counting his herd of cows after hours in the grazing fields, a few years ago.
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
Human Rights Situation of the Indigenous Peoples in Cambodia
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Date: February 1st 2016
Source: The Hans India
Karimnagar: The Tribal people of Telangana agency areas are facing legal problems and police harassment for cultivating the forest lands as they are still not given rights over the lands that rightfully belong to them.
By: Pambana Bassett
Date: March 5th 2016
Source: Amandela
The concerns about the massive land grab of Belize, whether it be up to the Sibun River, or the entire 8,867 square miles of land in addition to sea territory, are serious. The oligarchy of Guatemala has made a habit of usurping land from