27 July 2021
According to human rights activists, an alleged crackdown is happening against those who are vocal against Bahria Town Karachi and the forced acquisition of lands and evictions.
Last month, while Murad Gabol’s two children were sleeping, police raided his house. “We showed them the papers of our
26 July 2021
Indigenous peoples patrolling the Peruvian Amazon equipped with smartphones and satellite data were able to drastically reduce illegal deforestation, according to the results of an experiment published Monday.
The study, which appeared in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS
23 July 2021
A new report highlights systemic social and environmental problems that continue to plague the Indonesian palm oil industry and ripple far up the global palm oil supply chain.
The report looked at local and Indigenous communities living within and around 10 plantations and found that their human
19 July 2021
Pastoral communities in Northern Kenya are pleading with their County Governments to allocate resources for community land sensitization and acquisition of title deeds.
The community group ranches drawn from Isiolo, Marsabit, Samburu and Laikipia counties met in Laikipia North, in an event
15 July 2021
Brazil's indigenous peoples are bracing for a legal battle with far-right President Jair's Bolsonaro's government as it seeks to rush laws through parliament to carve away at their land.
Indigenous people, who represent some 0.5 percent of Brazil's population, hold about 13 percent of its land
15 July 2021
InfoAmazonia’s Amazônia Minada project has found an unusual rise in demand to mine for manganese last year in Brazil, one of the world’s top producers of the metal.
Previously, only 1% of mining bids on Indigenous lands were for manganese; in 2020, it was with 15% of all requests, second only
14 July 2021
Au total, 7 523 certificats fonciers ont été délivrés avant juin 2021 à des personnes détenant des droits coutumiers sur des terres dans le domaine rural en Côte d’Ivoire, a révélé, mardi 13 juillet 2021, à Yamoussoukro, l’Agence foncière rurale (AFOR), lors de l’atelier de formation des
11 July 2021
Depuis 2014, la société Grande Côte Opérations exploite des sables minéralisés dans le secteur de Diogo, essentiellement de l’ilménite et du zircon. L’État du Sénégal lui a accordé une concession pour 25 ans. Le ministre des Mines a souligné jeudi 8 juillet que les « retombées de l
8 July 2021
CARATA, Peru, July 5 (Reuters) - Maxima Ccalla, 60, an indigenous Quechua woman, has spent her life tilling the harsh soil in Peru's Andean highlands, resigned to a fate far removed from the vast riches buried deep beneath her feet in seams of copper, zinc and gold.
The Andean communities in Ccalla
8 July 2021
The construction of the exclusive suburb has sparked fierce resistance from local residents, who refuse to give up their land.
Main photo: The Fire Department of Bahria Town Karachi on the site after Bahria Town Karachi’s main gate was set on fire and shops were vandalized on June 6, 2021. Credit
7 July 2021
Photo: Indigenous people form a human chain in Tangail district, Bangladesh as they demand legal rights to their ancestral forest land. Credit: Rafiqul Islam/IPS
TANGAIL, Bangladesh, Jul 7 2021 (IPS) - When the Bangladesh Forest Department felled Basanti Rema’s banana orchard, Rema, a Garo
6 July 2021
Several families along river Nile in Jinja are on the brink of losing ownership of their land as preparations for redevelopment of the area take centerstage. The residents however claim the investor, Heritage Site Uganda, has no authority over their land. Buikwe Resident District Commissioner, Jane