13 February 2018
“We will fast for as long as we have to,” say protesting farmers who face displacement, even as the Kaleshwaram irrigation project has already received environmental clearance.
Ranga Reddy woke up at 5 am on December 1o, 2017, bathed in cold water and dressed in a white veshti and shirt. He had a
8 February 2018
The Peruvian government has a clear development agenda for its Amazon rainforest regions. Oil extraction is already happening on a large scale.
6 February 2018
In the fight for land and to protect the environment, communities around the world are struggling against governments, companies and criminal gangs
MUMBAI, Feb 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Last week's killing of Cambodian forest defenders, and the recent shooting of Indonesian farmers, show
6 February 2018
While property is often contested in Brazil, it is usually waged over remote jungles or distant mountains - vast swathes of land that can be mined or farmed for profit.
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
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
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.
5 December 2017
New group could help put pressure on Brazilian government to protect rights of Indigenous Peoples
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
30 November 2017
We all know the first and most basic lesson of economics: incentives matter. This is surely why, as a new investigation by The Guardian has revealed, fires in the favelas of Sao Paolo are happening where land values are greater.
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
27 November 2017
“Today we mourn the fallen, but they died in a dignified way on Mapuche territory, on their land,” a relative of the deceased Mapuche member said.
Following the murder of a 21-year Mapuche member by Argentine police, the Indigenous community has declared it will continue to fight for its land