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FPP's report of activities for its charitable arm, over the year 2005

FPP's report of activities over the year 2005

Letter by Forest Peoples Programme and the International Accountability Project to the IFC and the President of the World Bank Group, endorsed by 224 organisations10 December 2005

International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change Statement to the State Parties of the COP 11/MOP 1 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest. These peoples are the guardians of the forest and none are more interested than they in ensuring the conservation of the forests that have been their home, an integral part of their culture and the source of their livelihood.

Source: Reuters MAROWIJNE DISTRICT, Suriname - Surviving relatives of 39 Maroon people killed in Suriname's Moiwana village massacre have returned to their birthplace for the first time since the 1986 killings for a memorial service.

Letter to UK Secretary of State for International Development, from 9 UK NGOs, about the Department for International Development (DfID)'s response to the IFC's revised policy and performance standards on social and environmental sustainability21 December 2005

A shadow report was submitted to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child by FPP and UOBDU (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda) which outlined the deplorable situation of Batwa children in Uganda. As a result, the Committee expressed its concern at the situation of Batwa children, in particular with regard to their limited access to basic social services, including health care and education, and the violation of their rights to survival and development, to enjoy their own culture and to be protected from discrimination.

 Ver ausi Volume II: 2005-2006

 See also Volume II: 2005-2006, Volume III:2007-2008, Volume IV: 2009-2010 and Volume V: 2011-2012 in related reports.

Ver tambien Volumen II: 2005-2006, Volumen III: 2007-2008 y Volumen IV: 2009-2010

I.   BackgroundOn 29 November 1986, a unit of the National Army of Suriname surrounded the N’djuka maroon village of Moiwana and then proceeded to kill at least 39 members of the community. Many others were wounded and they, together with the other survivors, were forced to flee through the forest until they reached safety in French Guiana. For some this was a three to four day walk carrying wounded family members.

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The predator is out again  

The Bangladesh government is planning to settle many more thousands of plains people on the ancestral lands of indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts against the will of affected communities. This culturally and ecologically destructive proposal threatens to violate the fundamental rights of indigenous peoples and destroy valuable forest ecosystems, including the Kassalong forests.

Report on a survey of oil palm plantations and indigenous peoples in West Kalimantan

To request follow-up and urgent action concerning the situation of indigenous and tribal peoples in Suriname. See decision in Related Reports

This highly critical paper finds that despite the World Bank's increased rhetoric about indigenous peoples' participation in its programmes and a growing number of consultations about its policies, participation is still limited.