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India
Urgent action letter calling on Government of India to respect
the rights of the Dongria Kondh people, Orissa
August 2010
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Urgent
action
Unprovoked shooting, atrocities and arson by police against
indigenous people, farmers and fisher folk in Jagatsinghpur
District, Orissa
FPP letter to the Indian authorities requesting their urgent
intervention to resolve the conflict.
May 2010 |
pdf
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North
Bengal
Harassment and persecution of adivasis and forest dwellers in
North Bengal
FPP letter to Chief Minister of West Bengal seeking release
of two residents of the Chilpata forest region who were imprisoned
without just cause, and requesting that the authorities implement
the Forest Rights Act (2006) and respect the rights of adivasis
and forest dwellers.
April 2010 |
pdf
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Press
release
NFFPFW condemns murder of a Rava Youth in Buxa Tiger Reserve,
West Bengal
National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers (NFFPFW)
report the killing of a youth by forest personnel, and protest
the failure to bring such atrocities to justice.
November 2009 |
pdf
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Manipur,
North East India
Call for authorities to revoke preventive detention of human
rights defender in Manipur
Public statement by Amnesty International
October 2009 |
pdf
(0.1Mb) |
North
East India
Communication adopted by CERD under the early warning and urgent
action procedures with respect to the situation of indigenous
peoples in North East India
(See July
NGO submission to CERD, below)
Letter to Ambassador of Nepal from CERD
September 2009
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pdf
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Urgent
communication concerning the unlawful and arbitrary detention
of indigenous 11-year old girl in India
submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
its causes and consequences, and the Special Rapporteur on the
situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous
peoples
by Women Action for Development, Manipur, India, and the Forest
Peoples Programme
August 2009
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pdf
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Request
to CERD for consideration under the urgent action and early
warning procedure in connection with grave and persistent violations
of indigenous peoples' rights in North East India
Submission by by the United NGOs Mission Manipur (a network
of 235 indigenous peoples' organisations from North East India)
and Forest Peoples Programme
July 2009 |
pdf
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Urgent
request on the human rights situation of indigenous women and
girls in
North East India
submitted to the Special Rapporteur on violence against women,
its causes and consequences
by United NGOs Mission Manipur, Women Action for Development
(Manipur) and Forest Peoples Programme
March 2009
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pdf
(0.2Mb) |
Follow-up
submission to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial
Discrimination (CERD) concerning the situation of indigenous
peoples in North East India that request urgent action measures
Submission by the United NGOs Mission Manipur and FPP
February 2009 |
pdf
(0.2Mb) |
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World
Bank-funded energy project in India fails to meet agreed social
standards
Press release
Recent report into IFC-funded Lanco Power Station project in
Chhattisgarh, India, shows serious negative consequences for
local communities
22 December 2008 |
html |
Appeal
for solidarity to:
Denounce the false implementation of the Forest Rights Act in
North Bengal
Protest against the attack on NFFPFW and NESPON members
Appeal by NESPON/National Forum of Forest Peoples and Forest
Workers (NFFPFW)
November 2008
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html |
Urgent
Communication to the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in
persons, especially in women and children, and the Special Rapporteur
on the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms of
indigenous peoples
Submitted by Women Action for Development (Manipur, India) and
the Forest Peoples Programme
October 2008
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pdf
(0.1Mb) |
Grave lack of due diligence by the International Finance Corporation
(IFC) in cement factory project in North East India
Letter by Forest Peoples Programme and the Bank Information
Center (BIC) to the IFC
October 2008 |
pdf
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Sustainable development or business
as usual?
A critical evaluation of the IFC-funded Lanco Amarkantak Thermal
Power Station Project
in Chhattisgarh (India)
Liam Taylor and Devjit Nandi
September 2008
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pdf
(0.7Mb) |
Urgent
communication concerning gross and persistent violations of
the rights of indigenous peoples in North East India
submitted to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation
of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples
and the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and
protection of human rights while countering terrorism
Submission by United NGOs Mission - Manipur (a network of 103
indigenous peoples' organisations) and the Forest Peoples Programme
September 2008 |
pdf
(0.3Mb) |
Letter
sent by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
in response to the follow-up report submitted in June 2008 (below)
August 2008 |
pdf
(0.1Mb) |
Follow-up
report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
regarding grave and persistent violations of indigenous peoples'
rights in North East India
Submitted to the 73rd Session of the Committee on the Elimination
of Racial Discrimination,
taking place 28 July - 15 August 2008
June 2008 (Also
see
original submission to CERD, below,
CERD's Concluding
Observations of March 2007, and Follow-up
report, January 2008) |
pdf
(0.4Mb) |
North
Bengal
Shocking report of Forest Department brutality against Rava
forest community
Report by National Forum of Forest People and Forest Workers
(NFFPFW)
February 2008 |
html |
Traditional land of the Niyamgiri and Dongria Kondh Adivasis
threatend by proposed bauxite mining concession by Sterlite-Vedanta
FPP letter of protest to the Supreme Court of India
January 2008 |
html
pdf
(0.1Mb) |
The
struggle for forests continues: Enforcement of Forest Rights
Act
Press Release by National Forum of Forest People and Forest
Workers (NFFPFW) on notification by government of Forest Rights
Act (FRA)
January 2008 |
html |
Follow-up
report to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD)
on the situation in North East India, requesting that CERD consider
the situation under its early warning and urgent action procedure
10 January 2008 (Also
see
original submission to CERD, below,
CERD's Concluding
Observations of March 2007, and further
Follow-up report, June 2008)
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Thousands
protest, demanding halt to evictions and amendments to Forest
Rights Act, Scheduling of Adivasi Areas
Press release by Campaign for Survival and Dignity
11 May 2007 |
html |
Hindi
version
Indigenous Peoples & World Bank Projects
A Community Guide to the World Bank's Indigenous Peoples Policy
(OP/BP 4.10)
Clear, illustrated guide by FPP explaining key provisions of
the World Bank's safeguard policy on Indigenous Peoples. Drawn
from FPP's own reading of the policy's mandatory requirements,
the guide aims to inform affected peoples, their representative
organisations and supporters about the policy. It explains how
to improve, monitor, question or challenge Bank projects if
affected communities consider the Bank is not following its
own rules and has not respected the communities' rights.
May 2007 |
pdf
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Protest
at the use of violence against tribal communities in Madhya
Pradesh to settle land ownership disputes
FPP open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
April 2007
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pdf
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Concluding
observations adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of
Racial Discrimination (CERD)
in response to report submitted in October 2006 highlighting
racial discrimination against indigenous people in North East
India
March 2007 (See
original report to CERD below, follow-up
report, January 2008
and additional Follow-up
report, June 2008)
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pdf
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Save
our sacred forests!
Indigenous movement in Jharkhand challenges plans for industrial
development that threaten Adivasi forests, farmlands and way
of life
Mines and steel plants to deplace thousands and deforest extensive
legally protected areas
Tom Griffiths
February 2007 |
pdf
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A
desk-based review of the treatment of indigenous peoples' and
social issues
in large and medium-sized GEF biodiversity projects (2005-2006)
FPP analysis of 23 GEF projects into its treatment of indigenous
peoples' rights and social issues in the design of its large
conservation projects - in Bangladesh, Cameroon, Democratic
Republic of Congo, Guyana, India, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname
and Venezuela
Compiled by Liam Taylor and Tom Griffiths
February 2007
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pdf
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Going
from Bad to Worse:
World Bank forestry project in Andhra Pradesh fails Adivasi
communities
Tom Griffiths
December 2006 |
html
- text only
pdf
(0.2Mb) |
Report
submitted to Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
(CERD) by FPP and indigenous peoples' organizations from North
East India
Report highlights racial discrimination against indigenous peoples
in the region and requests that CERD take a decision under its
Early Warning and Urgent Action procedure
October 2006 (Also
see CERD's
Concluding Observations of March 2007,
Follow-up
report, January 2008 and additional Follow-up
report, June 2008)
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html |
Community
leaders to take charge of forest governance
Resolution by 2nd Annual Conference of the National Forum of
Forest People and Forest Workers (NFFPFW), Ranchi
November 2006 |
html |
Conference
demands that Indian government passes Forest Bill
Overview of 2nd Annual Conference of the National Forum of Forest
People and Forest Workers (NFFPFW), Ranchi
November 2006 |
html |
United
Naga Council says firm "No" to Tipaimukh Mega Dam
project
October 2006 |
html |
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Indigenous
peoples: their forests, struggles and rights
WRM
December 2005 |
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Pueblos
Indígenas: sus bosques, sus luchas, sus derechos
WRM
Diciembre de 2005 |
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Les
Peuples Indigčnes : leurs forêts, leurs luttes et leurs
droits
WRM
Décembre 2005 |
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Women,
Forests and Plantations
The Gender Dimension
Edited by Hersilia Fonseca, WRM
August 2005 |
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Jharkhand
- Forest Department brutally represses forest dwellers
Alert issued by Jharkhand Save the Forest Movement
August 2005 |
html |
Andhra
Pradesh Community Forest Management Project –
A preliminary independent evaluation of a World Bank forestry
project
FPP and Samata
May 2005 |
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Indigenous
and tribal communities, biodiversity conservation
and the Global Environment Facility in India -
Independent NGO report on the GEF-assisted India Ecodevelopment
Project (1996-2004)
May 2005 |
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Broken
promises
How World Bank Group policies fail to protect forests and forest
peoples' rights
Joint NGO publication
April 2005 |
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The
Clean Development Mechanism: Issues for Adivasi Peoples in India
FPP ananlysis of the impact of the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development
Mechanism
on Adivasi peoples in Madya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
April 2005 |
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The
Great Tsunami: a natural disaster with lessons about nature
FPP analysis and call for support
February 05
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Protest
at violence against Adivasi protesters
Letter from Forest Peoples Programme to the Governor of Orissa,
India
December 2004 |
html |
Peoples'
Declaration - in defence of the rights of forest dwellers, Delhi
8 December 2004 |
html |
People’s
Declaration – on Development, Displacement and Rehabilitation,
Delhi
1 December 2004
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html |
3rd
International Women and Mining Conference
held in Visakhapatnam, India1-9 October, 2004
Link to declaration, statements and papers presented at the
conference |
html |
Village
Forest Protection Committees in Madhya Pradesh:
an update and critical evaluation
October 2004 |
html |
World
Bank plans for forestry project in Jharkhand State continue
to cause controversy
October 2004 |
html |
Recent
Information on World Bank Plans in Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand,
Chhattisgarh
Forest alert
September 2004 |
html |
Protest
to Barclays Bank against their involvement in the Omkareshwar
Dam Project, Madhya Pradesh
100 organizations from 30 countries signed on to this letter
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September 2004 |
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In Search of Middle Ground:
Indigenous Peoples, Collective Representation and the Right
to Free, Prior and Informed Consent
Examines how the legal and policy frameworks of four countries
(India, Indonesia, Venezuela and Guyana) deal with indigenous
peoples and the extent to which they offer scope for the exercise
of the right to free, prior and informed consent
Marcus Colchester and Fergus MacKay
August 2004
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Forjando
un Espacio de Negociación
Pueblos indígenas, representación colectiva y el derecho al
consentimiento libre, previo e informado
Esta ponencia ilustra los problemas comunes que los pueblos
indígenas enfrentan y las diversas soluciones que han desarrollado
para responder a estos retos, basándose en unas investigaciones
participativas llevadas a cabo en colaboración con organizaciones
indígenas en Guyana, India, Venezuela e Indonesia.
Marcus Colchester y Fergus MacKay
Traducción al español: febrero de 2006 |
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Outcomes
related to forests at the World Social Forum, Mumbai, India,
January 2004
Link to WRM website: The Mumbai Forest Initiative
January 2004
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Khunti
Declaration
3rd Annual Convention of the Jharkhand Jangal Bachao Andolan
November 2003 |
html |
Carbon
sinks and trade, dams, rivers linking and extractive industries:
Declaration from workshop held in Guwahati:
New Terms & Mechanisms for further Expropriation & Livelihoods
Threats to Peoples in India’s North Eastern Region
16-18 November 2003
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html |
The
South Indian Adivasi Experience in the Nagar Hole National Park
and the Mughanga Wild Life Sanctuary
Speech at the Vth World Parks Congress, Durban
September 2003 |
html |
The
case of East Parej Coal Mines Open Cast Project in Jharkland,
India
A case study for the Extractive Industries Review
Prepared for the International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples,
the Extractive Industries and the World Bank
April 2003
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El
caso de las Minas de Carbón Mineral del Proyecto de Mina
a Cielo Abierto East Parej en Jharkland, India
Abril de 2003
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Indigenous forest communities suffering
widespread and brutal forced evictions from their traditional
lands, Assam State, India
December 2002
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Mangroves:
local livelihoods versus corporate profits
WRM
2002 |
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Manglares:
sustento local versus ganancia empresarial
WRM
2002 |
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Mangroves
: subsistance locale vs profits des enterprises
WRM
2002 |
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The
Adivasis and the World Bank-aided Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project
–
A case study of indigenous experience
Report for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests and the
World Bank
May 2000
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Nagarahole:
Adivasi Peoples’ Rights and Ecodevelopment –
A case study for the Workshop on Indigenous Peoples, Forests
and the World Bank -
May 2000
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Indigenous
peoples and protected areas in South and Southeast Asia:
From principles to practice
Edited by Marcus Colchester and Christian Erni
Twelve case studies by indigenous communities affected by protected
areas, as presented at the FPP/IWGIA conference of December
1998, held in Sabah, Malaysia
1999 |
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