Resources

Forest Peoples Programme announces five-year work programme with Arcadia

The  UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP26) in Glasgow last month came at a critical point in the fight against climate change and the ecological and humanitarian crisis facing humanity and the planet. Despite the pandemic, hundreds of Indigenous Peoples and Local Community leaders and activists made it to Glasgow.  

This high-level event, co-convened by Swedbio, the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB), the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Women 4 Biodiversity, the Geneva Environment Network (GEN), and Forest Peoples Programme, was held on the 8th Dec 2021.

The new deforestation regulation proposed by the European Commission is a significant positive step, but still has some major gaps, among the most important of which is its failure to guarantee respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and  forest communities 

The new deforestation regulation proposed by the European Commission is a significant positive step, but still has some major gaps, among the most important of which is its failure to guarantee respect for the rights of indigenous peoples and  forest communities 

El nuevo reglamento sobre deforestación propuesto por la Comisión Europea es un paso positivo significativo. Sin embargo, sigue presentando algunas lagunas importantes, entre las que se destaca el que no exista una garantía del respeto de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades de los bosques.

Over the weekend of 12th-14th November 2021, in Kahuzi-Biega National Park, at least two whole Batwa villages were burnt to the ground, a man was shot dead, two women were shot and injured and at least one woman who was pregnant is still unaccounted for and feared burnt alive in her house. Villagers fled into the forest to hide.

The Nɨpodɨmakɨ people of the Amazonian Middle Caquetá region of lowland Colombia have sent messages to national leaders and the world community urging genuine respect for Mother Earth.  

El pueblo Nɨpodɨmakɨ de la región amazónica del Caquetá Medio en las tierras bajas de Colombia ha enviado mensajes a los líderes nacionales y a la comunidad mundial instando a un respeto verdadero por la Madre Tierra. 

This Open Letter is urging consumer goods companies to fully disclose and explain its process of ongoing supply chain due diligence with regard to Energy & Palma, an Ecuadorian Palm Oil company.

Esta carta abierta insta a las empresas de bienes de consumo a revelar y explicar plenamente su proceso de diligencia debida en la cadena de suministro con respecto a Energy & Palma, una empresa ecuatoriana de aceite de palma.

International human rights law provides all victims of human rights violations with a right to a remedy. Without such recourse, justice is of little use. Read the report here

Le droit international relatif aux droits humains prévoit un droit à un recours pour toutes les victimes de violations des droits humains. Sans ce recours, la justice n’a que peu d’utilité.

El derecho internacional de los derechos humanos concede el derecho a un recurso efectivo a todas las víctimas de violaciones de los derechos humanos. Sin dicho recurso, la justicia no sirve de mucho.

Hukum hak asasi manusia internasional memberi semua korban pelanggaran hak asasi manusia hak untuk mendapatkan penyelesaian/pemulihan. Tanpa bantuan seperti itu, keadilan tidak akan banyak manfaatnya.

Today, we are meeting Chief Calvin Craigan of the Shishalh First Nation on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia. To get to him requires a trip up the coast from Vancouver.

Organizaciones indígenas se reúnen con congresistas y primera ministra demandando acciones de protección territorial y la continuación de un proyecto de titulación emblemático.

Organizaciones indígenas se reúnen con congresistas y primera ministra demandando acciones de protección territorial y la continuación de un proyecto de titulación emblemático.

The Kichwa indigenous community of Puerto Franco met with representatives of Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) to demand respect for their rights and more inclusive conservation with regards to indigenous peoples.

“Por nosotros es todo, nosotros hemos cuidado”: Comunidad Kichwa Puerto Franco se reúne con representantes del Parque Nacional Cordillera Azul exigiendo una conservación con pleno respeto de sus derechos.