Date: January 2nd 2017
Source: Food Tank
By: Sean Mowbray
Date: February 23rd 2016
Source: Mongabay
A ten-part video series, called Territories of Life, tells the stories of indigenous groups who have challenged development on their land. It covers a range of issues, from the tactics developers use to acquire land to case studies of
Date: June 2nd, 2016
Source: Survival International
Brazilian Indians are protesting against the country’s political elite’s threats to break up their lands and limit their rights.
As the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff moves forward, interim President Michel Temer and his newly
Date: 27 September 2016
Source: National Indigenous Time
There were continuing and relentless attempts to undermine native title in WA’s Kimberley region, a new Oxfam global report pushing for the land rights of Indigenous peoples across the world has found.
The Custodians of our Land, Defenders of
Date: March 10th 2016
Source: Dhaka Tribune
Speakers at a token hunger strike yesterday demanded a separate land commission for indigenous people living in plain lands.
The hunger strike was organised by Bangladesh Adivasi Forum, Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Citizens’ Committee and CHT Headman
By: Reuters
Date: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Aboriginal native title covers more than 2.4 mln square kms (926,000 square miles) of Australia, or 31 percent of the national landmass
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Communities that own the territory are more likely to conserve the forest than other land users
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Giving indigenous people land title deeds is one of the most cost-
By: Nita Bhalla
Date: March 18th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
NEW DELHI, March 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - For as long as she can remember, Panchi Sahariya and those in her tribal community in central India have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even arrested for living on
By: Shondiin Silversmith
Date: August 3rd 2016
Source: PRI.org
For the first time in history, Taiwan’s government has apologized to the indigenous people of the island for generations of abuse.
The country’s President Tsai Ing-wen gave an official apology this week outside her office building
By: Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres
Date: October 31st 2016
Source: Mongabay
Venezuela has invited foreign companies to play a leading role in developing the Orinoco Mining Arc, potentially opening 12 percent of the country to mining interests, and endangering forests, rivers, national parks and
A la fecha, el Perú cuenta con 7 Reservas Indígenas y Territoriales, ubicadas en las regiones de Madre de Dios, Cusco, Huánuco, Loreto y Ucayali.
By: Michelle Brown
Date: April 3rd 2016
Source: ABC News Australia
Judging by the number of claims that have been made, the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Rights Act is a victim of its own success.
In the past year the number of undetermined land claims has increased to over 29,000. It has been