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Indigenous Dayaks in a remote Borneo village fight BHP coal mine
AUGUST 11, 2015 8:28PM
AUSTRALIAN mining giant BHP Billiton has hit a roadblock on its coal mine in Indonesian Borneo after finally starting operations.
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By: Jesse Staniforth
Date: August 4th 2016
Source: The Star
4 November 2015, 05:01 UTC
The Colombian government must prioritize the right of Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities to decide how their land is developed above companies’ desire to exploit those territories for profit, said Amnesty International in a new report today.
By Matthew Ponsford
Date: August 19th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The leader of Brazil's Munduruku indigenous people has appealed for international support to protect his people's ancestral forest land in the remote Amazon following the defeat of
By: Camilla Capasso
Date: January 28th 2016
Source: Latin Correspondent
Esperanza Salazar is a fighter. You can tell by the way she keeps her chin up when she explains why she had to leave Mexico and move to Canada, why she can’t return home.
By: Bryan Thomas
Date: 19 September 2016
Source: Diplomaticourier
An Emerging Philippine Case Study
Throughout human history, the contact between developed economies and indigenous people in undeveloped areas has created tension, and often tragedy. Today the challenge of creating a positive
By: Kapaeeng Foundation
Date: February 8th 2016
Source: Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
By: Sandra Cuffe
Date: February 17th 2016
Source: Mongabay
During the pope's recent five-day visit to Mexico, indigenous and community groups from throughout Latin America gathered to discuss land rights issues.
By: Kelli Barrett
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: Ecosystem Marketplace
By: Jeff Abbott
Date: March 4th 2016
Source: Upsidedownworld.org
Dynamic thematic portfolios combine detailed narratives with Linked Open Data to provide comprehensive global overview
GRONINGEN (11 November, 2016) — Forest tenure, gender and land rights, and indigenous and community land rights are all key thematic areas related to land governance. For this