Work underway in Suriname to restore ecosystems after closure of mining site on indigenous land
International experts have visited Suriname as part of a mission to restore ecosystems around a now closed bauxite mining site on indigenous territory.
Supporting forest peoples' rights
Forest Peoples Programme supports the rights of peoples who live in forests and depend on them for their livelihoods. We work to create political space for forest peoples to secure their rights, control their lands and decide their own futures.
The threat of criminalisation
2017 saw the highest-ever number of murders of human rights defenders. Following the death of Berta Caceres in March 2016,[1] there has been heightened awareness of the plight of human rights defenders.
Latest publications
Featured
The struggle of the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya against the expansion of oil palm
In the territory of the Shipibo people of the Peruvian Amazon, the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya are facing the devastation of their ancestral forests and rivers.
Illegal and forceful evictions of the Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral lands in the Cherangany Hills, Kenya
Kenya Forest Service guards (KFS) have been continuing to harass and evict Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral lands at Embobut. Meanwhile the Sengwer return when evicted, and continue to live there, now in makeshift homes.
Palm oil & RSPO
The rapid growth in palm oil production to feed global demands for edible oils and biofuels is causing serious social and environmental problems yet plantations are set to double their extent in the next 20 years.
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Greater recognition of indigenous peoples’ rights is critical in climate policies and actions in the post 2020 climate regime.