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No! In Their Own Words: What indigenous people against the River Club development have to say
26 June 2022
The controversial River Club site in Cape Town, where giant international retailer Amazon plans to build a South African headquarters, has been embroiled in a protracted legal battle – with rival indigenous groups campaigning for and against the development. Here are the voices of indigenous…

Deaths of Phillips and Pereira shine light on a region of the Amazon beset by violence
16 June 2022
Brazilian police reported on June 15 that they had found the bodies believed to be those of Brazilian Indigenous defender Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips deep in the western Amazon. The bodies were found not far from where the pair disappeared on June 5, in the Vale do Javari…

Tanzania: UN experts warn of escalating violence amidst plans to forcibly evict Maasai from ancestral lands
16 June 2022
UN human rights experts* have expressed grave concerns about continuous encroachment on traditional Maasai lands and housing, accompanied by a lack of transparency in, and consultation with the Maasai Indigenous Peoples, during decision making and planning. This trend most recently culminated in…
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Ngorongoro Evictions a Bad Idea: People and Nature Can Coexist
11 June 2022
Lucas Yamat and Pablo Manzano The future of Ngorongoro has been the subject of hot debate among various stakeholders following a proposal by the government of Tanzania to relocate pastoralists from the district in order to conserve this important World Heritage site. The proposal is based on claims…

Post COP26 Reflections: A Focus on Opportunities for Customary Land Rights
19 May 2022
May 19th 2022 at 9:00AM-10:30AM EST (15:00 PM– 16:30 PM CEST) 2021 was a year of big promises concerning tenure rights. At COP26, an unprecedented 1.7 billion dollar pledge was made in support of ancestral community land rights, aiming to place IPLCs rights central to global policy-making and…