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FPP's report of activities over the year 2007

FPP's report of activities for its charitable arm, over the year 2007

Manila. We are appalled to see the "2007 Global Accountability Report" issued by One World Trust, a UK-based organization that glowingly rates the institutional accountability and transparency of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The Report found the Bank to be 100 percent trasparent as well as 81 percent accountable.  The NGO Forum on ADB vehemently disagrees with these findings!  See full Press Statement here.

Submitted by FECONACO and the Grupo de Trabajo Racimos de Ungurahui  Executive Summary

The US$77.3m Sundarbans Biodiversity Conservation Project was suspended three years early because of its failure to conserve biological diversity and reduce poverty in the Sundarbans. This report provides an analysis of the project's design flaws and consequent disintegration, and identifies means of making good the damage done.HARD COPY ONLY - AVAILABLE FROM THE FPP OFFICE: info@forestpeoples.org47 pages   Unnayan Onneshan, Nijera kori, FPP

Statement by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz drawing attention to the need for full and effective consultation with indigenous peoples prior to the development of new initiatives and programmes impacting on them.

The Achuar indigenous people of the Río Corrientes are suffering severe health problems due to State-authorised oil exploration on their land.Only available in SpanishFECONACO and the Grupo de Trabajo Racimos de Ungurahui

habitando el área del río Corrientes de Perú quienes están sufriendo de graves problemas documentados de salud debido a la explotación de hidrocarburos en sus tierras autorizadas recientemente por el EstadoSolicitud original en Español (Resumen Ejecutivo solamente en inglés - véase más arriba)FECONACO y el Grupo de Trabajo Racimos de Ungurahui

Drawing on interviews with indigenous leaders regarding the imposition of State protected area policies on indigenous communities, this report presents a series of principles and preconditions for the right to FPIC.

Sirviéndose de entrevistas con líderes indígenas acerca de la imposición de áreas protegidas del Estado en sus terriotrios, el estudio presenta una serie de principios y pre-condiciones a favor del derecho al consentimiento libre, previo e informado.

Article covering the history of negotiations within the United Nations Forum on Forests and the Convention on Biological Diversity, considering the avenues available for indigenous peoples to most effectively defend their rights to lands and resources within the conservation and forestry debates.Published in "Biodiversity", the quarterly journal of TC-Biodiversity

Statement delivered to World Bank and 32 governments expressing serious concerns over the Bank's proposals to establish a global forest carbon fund.

The lack of protections and provisions for securing the rights of indigenous peoples

Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in the Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname

Independent record of consultations on the ADB's draft safeguard policy. Indigenous peoples’ representatives call for compliance with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and protection of the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent

On November 19, 2007, the Indigenous Council of Roraima (CIR), the Rainforest Foundation-US, the Forest Peoples Programme, and the Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program of the University of Arizona provided information to the United Nations Human Rights Council about Brazil's violation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Raposa Serra do Sol.