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Carbon Markets: An Introductory Series of Animations for Indigenous Peoples and Forest Peoples
20 September 2024
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Women’s Ties to Lands: Charting a Course for Gendered Community Use-and-Occupancy Mapping
16 October 2024
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Community Voices
Women-led community assemblies explore how to overcome the legacy of colonial conservation in Africa
“As women we realised that we are the custodians of the land.” - Rachael Malka Mpeletian, Yaaku Community Member
Get a glimpse of the first of a series of women-led community-to-community assemblies in East Africa, hosted by the Ogiek people of Mount Elgon in Kenya, where communities discussed how to put an end to indigenous land appropriation.

Indigenous leaders sharing views from the ground on commodity certification, human rights and deforestation
Hear from Norman Jiwan, a Dayak indigenous leader from Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia as he shares different experiences with palm oil certification – positive and negative – and gives suggestions on how it could be improved for the benefit of indigenous peoples on the ground.
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Mujeres guardias indígenas: “Solo con nosotras tomando decisiones habrá paz para nuestras familias”
16 April 2025
Culture and KnowledgeConservation and human rightsPartner Led ActionsCommunity GovernanceCulture and KnowledgeLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesGender JusticeSelf-determinationSpanish

La lucha kichwa por una conservación y un mercado de carbono que respeten a los pueblos indígenas se hizo presente en el IX Foro regional de empresas y derechos humanos en Brasil
16 April 2025
Community GovernanceLands, Territories and ResourcesCarbon and Biodiversity MarketsRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determinationSpanish

Caso Puerto Franco: Sala Mixta de Juanjuí vuelve a reprogramar audiencia clave para definir situación de comunidad kichwa frente al despojo de su territorio
09 April 2025
Access to JusticeLaw and Policy ReformCommunity GovernanceLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICHuman Rights DefendersRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSpanish

Pasar Karbon: Pendahuluan Masyarakat Adat
03 April 2025
Culture and KnowledgeGlobal FinanceClimate and forest policy and financeCommunity GovernanceCulture and KnowledgeLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICHuman Rights DefendersClimate ChangeCarbon and Biodiversity MarketsRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determinationFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)Indonesian

Marchés du Carbone: Introduction à L'intention Peuples Autochtones
02 April 2025
Culture and KnowledgeConservation and human rightsGlobal FinanceClimate and forest policy and financeCommunity GovernanceCulture and KnowledgeLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICHuman Rights DefendersClimate ChangeCarbon and Biodiversity MarketsRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determinationFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)French

Les droits à la terre et aux ressources des peuples autochtones en République démocratique du Congo : Rapport de synthèse et de recommandations
01 April 2025
Access to JusticeLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICTimber, Pulp and PaperMinerals and EnergyRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesFrench

COP16.2 finalises outstanding decisions on biodiversity monitoring and financing
24 March 2025
Conservation and human rightsClimate and forest policy and financeLands, Territories and ResourcesBiodiversityRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determinationFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)English

Statement from IDL : New APCI Law in Peru is unconstitutional and only aims to silence civil society
13 March 2025
Legal EmpowermentAccess to JusticeLaw and Policy ReformCulture and KnowledgeLands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determination and FPICHuman Rights DefendersRights to Lands, Territories and ResourcesSelf-determinationFree, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)