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This side event, to be held at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) 22nd session in New York, discusses how to ensure the full and equitable particip

Launched in the second half of 2022, Transformative Pathways is a joint initiative led by indigenous organisations in five countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and supported by a network

La Comisión Europea debe reconocer que la deforestación no es sólo una cuestión medioambiental sino también de derechos humanos, especialmente para los pueblos indígenas.  

In the lead-up to historic agreements on climate and nature being made in Glasgow at COP26, more than 180 civil society and indigenous organisations, and academics, from more than 50 countries, have signed an open letter that that calls on world leaders to put human rights at the centre of climate and environmental policy.

When Thailand’s nationwide lockdown was imposed on 26 March 2020, the highland communities were less anxious than those in urban areas. The Inter-Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association, an indigenous organisation based in Chiang Mai province, shares how the abundance of food in these communities made them self-sufficient, and even with a surplus for sharing. 

Cuando se impuso la cuarentena nacional en Tailandia, las comunidades de las tierras altas estaban menos ansiosas que las de las zonas urbanas. La Asociación de Educación y Cultura de los Pueblos de las Montañas de Tailandia compartió cómo la abundancia de alimentos en estas comunidades las hacía autosuficientes, e incluso tenían un excedente para compartir. 

• In March last year, indigenous leader Sergio Rojas was killed at his home after being shot 15 times. This brutal attack drew international attention and condemnation.

• En marzo del año pasado, el líder indígena Sergio Rojas, fue asesinado en su hogar tras recibir el impacto de 15 balas.  El ataque brutal captó la atención internacional.

Every community around the world is feeling the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, and the associated lockdown, in different ways, and forest peoples continue to be among the most vulnerable populations.

Todas las comunidades del mundo están sintiendo los impactos ocasionados por la pandemia del coronavirus, y la cuarentena asociada, de maneras diferentes. Los pueblos de los bosques siguen siendo parte de las poblaciones más vulnerables.

In this interactive online discussion, we will explore the importance of including human rights-based approaches in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework and discuss ways to realise this.

En este debate interactivo en línea, exploraremos la importancia de incluir los enfoques basados en los derechos humanos en el Marco Mundial para la Diversidad Biológica posterior a 2020 y examinaremos las formas de lograrlo.

Representatives from indigenous, Afro-descendent and peasant communities from 16 countries issued an urgent call for action: the Geneva Declaration. This calls for an end to the violence, killing and deliberate criminalisation of people defending their rights, lands and their communities.

FPP, with SwedBio, is co-hosting an event titled 'Human rights for thriving indigenous peoples, local communities and healthy ecosystems in the post-2020 global biodiversity agenda'. This will discuss how a human rights and ecosystem-based approach can best be included in the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework

From 6-9 June 2019, a regional workshop in Community Based Monitoring and Information System (CBMIS) was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand. It was organised with the Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) and Forest Peoples Programme.

FPP and signatory organisations from around the world have sent an Open Letter to WWF International, calling for thorough, fair and transparent investigations into serious allegations of abuses in WWF projects in Cameroon, Nepal, India and elsewhere.

FPP endorses and supports a joint AIPP-IWGIA letter calling for the Indian Central Government to immediately reverse the order of February 13th 2019.

Delegates at the 8th Southeast Asian regional conference on Human Rights and Business in Chiang Khong, Thailand have released the Mekong Statement, committing to strengthening collaboration on confronting human rights abuses related to business activities in the region.

A statement made to the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) on behalf of a group of organisations working on a collaborative initiative - the Indigenous Navigator.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UNCERD) has again reminded the Royal Thai Government of its human rights obligations towards the Karen people in Kaeng Krachan National Park, and more widely to support and promote the retention and celebration of Karen culture as per the Royal Thai Government resolu