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Kenyan widows branded witches and ousted from land
By: Katy Migiro
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Millions of widows across Africa are left destitute after being evicted from their homes and are too poor or uneducated to seek legal redress, campaigners say.
French parliament scraps planned extra tax on palm oil
By: Sybille de La Hamaide
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
France's National Assembly on Wednesday scrapped plans for an additional tax on palm oil, which had raised an outcry in major producing countries, after the government said it would propose a new tax scheme for vegetable oils used in food.
Proposed Amazon dam would fuel land speculation, deforestation, study says
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: 28 June 2016
Source: Thmoson Reuters Foundation
Construction permits for the Tabajos dam are currently suspended due to concerns over indigenous land rights
Can Tea Help Save the Amazon?
By: Brittany Patterson
Date: 21 June 2016
Source: Scientific American
An effort in Ecuador might point the way to a more sustainable future for the rainforest and people
In the lush green rainforest of the Ecuadorean Amazon, members of the Kichwa indigenous group gather well before dawn to drink guayusa tea.
Four murders and a bloody battle for land rights in Thailand
By: Alisa Tang
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Since 2010, four people have been killed in a community locked in a battle for the right to use government land
(Updates date of officials' visit in graf 33 and upcoming court verdict in graf 34, year of coup in graf 31.)
Malaysian land rights activist Bill Kayong murdered in broad daylight
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: 24 June 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
Bill Kayong, a dedicated indigenous and land rights activist in Malaysia’s Sarawak state, was killed in a drive-by shooting while waiting at a traffic light in broad daylight on Wednesday.
No todo lo que brilla es oro: Las comunidades indígenas en Perú protestan contra la minería
Fecha: 14 Junio 2016
Fuente: DW
En las alturas de los Andes peruanos, se lleva a cabo una batalla entre las empresas de minería extranjeras que extraen oro y las comunidades indígenas que quieren proteger su agua limpia y su forma de vida.