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STATEMENT BY THE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY OF SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA Gathered in Yarinacocha, at 16:00 hours, members of the Indigenous community Santa Clara de Uchunya, with the presence of representatives of the Federation of Native Communities of Ucayali (FECONAU), the Regional Or

PRONUNCIAMIENTO DE LA COMUNIDAD NATIVA SANTA CLARA DE UCHUNYA Reunidos en Yarinacocha, siendo las 16:00 horas, los miembros de la C

The Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) begins on 7 December in Montreal.

Negotiations between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU are set to finalise the EU regulation on deforestation-free products and agree on a compromise for a final text to be adopted. Today, only France continues to impede progress by blocking any attempt in the EU negotiations to keep the inclusion of the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.

Last week, Politico reported that Sweden, among some other EU countries, is pushing back on incorporating stronger human rights due diligence requirements in the EU’s proposed deforestation regulation, which is in the last stages of trilogue negotiations.

La semana pasada, Politico publicó que Suecia, entre algunos otros países de la UE, se opone a la incorporación de requisitos más estrictos de diligencia debida en materia de derechos humanos en la propuesta de reglamento de la UE sobre deforestación, que se encuentra en las últimas fases de las negociaciones tripartitas.

The 27th annual UN climate summit (COP27), held in Egypt, drew to a close on the 20th November. FPP assisted eight indigenous peoples’ representatives to participate in this year’s climate conference.

The 27th annual UN climate summit (COP27), held in Egypt, drew to a close on the 20th November. FPP assisted eight indigenous peoples’ representatives to participate in this year’s climate conference.

On Thursday 10 November, several prominent Indigenous organisations representing the Kichwa people of the San Martin region in Peru, along with Forest Peoples Programme, held a webinar to launch a new report which explores how two State protected areas threaten the continuity of the Kichwa people’s territorial occupation and traditional forms of control and usufruct in that region.

El jueves 10 de noviembre, organizaciones indígenas que representan al pueblo kichwa de la región de San Martín en Perú, junto con el Forest Peoples Programme, celebraron un seminario web para lanzar un nuevo informe que explora cómo dos áreas protegidas por el Estado amenazan la continuidad de la ocupación territorial del pueblo kichwa y las formas tradicionales de control y usufructo en esa región.

A new report published today shows how the creation and implementation of two State protected areas in Peru threaten the continuity of the Kic

Un nuevo informe publicado hoy muestra cómo la creación y implementación de dos áreas protegidas por el Estado en Perú amenazan la continuidad de la ocupac

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This week more than fifty Indigenous and human rights organisations and dozens of individuals from across Peru and internationally issued a statement condemning attempts by the Peruvian National Police and the Ocho Sur palm oil group to criminalise human rights defender Linda Vigo for her work to defend Indigenous peoples’ rights in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon.

At a recent event of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Global Deforestation, Shipibo leader Apu Miguel Guimaraes shared the experience of ongoing human rights violations suffered by the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, including the dispossession of their land and consequent conflicts.

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

Between 24 and 25 October 2022, members of the Shipibo-Konibo Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya met in Yarinacocha to reflect on their efforts past and present to defend their ancestral territory against agribusiness-led land trafficking and deforestation and oil palm expansion in the Ucayali region of the Peruvian Amazon. They issued the following agreement and made additional statements during a press conference with regional media.

Entre el 24 y el 25 de octubre de 2022, miembros de la comunidad indígena Shipibo-Konibo de Santa Clara de Uchunya se reunieron en Yarinacocha. En la reunión se reflexionó sobre sus esfuerzos pasados y presentes para defender su territorio ancestral contra el tráfico de tierras, la deforestación y la expansión de la palma aceitera impulsados por la agroindustria en la región de Ucayali de la Amazonía peruana. Se emitió el siguiente acuerdo e hicieron declaraciones adicionales durante una conferencia de prensa con los medios de comunicación regionales.

The UNFCCC Climate Conference (COP27) begins on November 6 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. COP27 comes at a critical point in the fight against climate change, and many Indigenous Peoples and Local Community representatives will be attending.