9 February 2018
On February 14th we will examine the most effective strategies to combat women’s diminishing land rights within communities.
Individual titling is the most commonly accepted strategy for protecting women’s land rights, but it it is not without its problems. It can lead to increased domestic
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.
8 February 2018
For more than a half-century, Indonesia's government-backed economic development has been based on exploiting and exporting the vast natural resource wealth in its waters and forests— often to the detriment of indigenous people who historically occupied these areas. This exploitation has also gone
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.
6 February 2018
Deforestation in Colombia has increased 44% since 2015, despite the government's Paris commitment to reach net zero by 2020
Twenty-five Colombian youths – one as young as seven – are suing the government for failing to protect the environment and prevent deforestation in the Amazon.
The lawsuit is
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
Families forced to relocate due to the construction of the Lower Sesan II Dam are asking Stung Treng provincial authorities to register their new village as indigenous collective lands.
The 67 families from Sre Ko commune received authorisation to set up the new village on their community forest
31 January 2018
Latin America - Firewood for fuel, fruits to feed their families, palm fiber for baskets, medicinal plants to heal their children — women in forest-dwelling communities in Latin America use a wide array of products from their farmland and forests in their daily tasks.
But when it comes to tenure
27 January 2018
As the tiny island destroyed by a hurricane tries to rebuild, the PM of neighboring Antigua aims to revoke centuries-old rights
Nearly four months after Hurricane Irma devastated the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda, residents fear the central government on neighbouring Antigua is poised to revoke
25 January 2018
CANBERRA — Each year the LUI Che Woo Prize, established by the second richest man in Hong Kong, awards $20 million Hong Kong dollars ($7.7 million) in funding to individuals and organizations making a difference in the world in three categories: Sustainability, welfare betterment, and positive
25 January 2018
About 2.5 billion people around the globe, including 370 million indigenous people, depend on land and natural resources that are held, used, and managed collectively.
This means that one third of the world’s population is vulnerable to dispossession by more powerful actors. As stated by the “Land
19 January 2018
After lengthy treks through the muddy Amazon, indigenous men, women and children will greet Pope Francis Friday in a visit to the world's largest rainforest that indigenous leaders hope will mark a turning point for the increasingly threatened ecosystem.
After lengthy treks through the muddy Amazon