PRESS RELEASE: Report Shows Widespread Human Rights violations in Wilmar’s Palm oil operations in West Sumatra
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Bangkok, 4 November 2019.
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UN urges Ucayali government to shelve plans which would expose indigenous territory in Peruvian Amazon to further land grabs
The UN has requested that the Regional Government of Ucayali cancel its plans to remove protections for a 3.5 million hectare area of Amazon rainforest. This would facilitate the invasion of indigenous Shipibo lands in Peru, and expose at least 100,000 hectares to immediate threat from settlers and agribusiness operations.
BREAKING: Entrance to the Kenyan High Commission in London blocked by indigenous activists and Extinction Rebellion Scotland to highlight the plight of the Sengwer Indigenous People of Kenya.
The Sengwer Indigenous People have suffered severe human rights violations at the hands of the Kenyan Government.
Cameroon's Baka people and the art of listening for honey bees
As a small child, Daniel Dindo learned how to travel deep into the rainforest of Cameroon and climb trees to collect honey without harming the bees or damaging their hive. Now, the land where he continues to practice this traditional harvest has been declared a protected area, and Daniel wonders what this will mean for the future of his village and his indigenous Baka culture.
Shipibo community in the Peruvian Amazon call on UN to safeguard their forests from government sanctioned landgrab
Indigenous and human rights organisations in the Peruvian Amazon have filed a formal petition to the UN to appeal for urgent action to prevent the land grab and destruction of their lands. The action comes in response to the decision by the Regional Government of Ucayali to remove protections for 3.5 million hectares of Amazon rainforest and allow for the invasion of indigenous lands.
From Colombia to Kenya, 25 cases of threats and attacks against human rights defenders reveal how development financiers can fuel abuses or help fight them
FPP welcomes the release of a major international report 'Uncalculated Risks' and the findings of investigations into 25 development projects that have posed real and direct harms on indigenous peoples and other affected communities.
MEDIA RELEASE: “Islands of nature in a sea of decline – indigenous and local knowledge, action and contributions key to saving the world’s nature”
Monday 6 May 2019, Paris, France
Press Release: Unsustainable Sime Darby, Buyers and Financiers Must Stop Their Business Relations
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December 27, 2018
MEDIA ADVISORY - Indigenous Delegation to the EU: Breakfast Media Briefing
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Press: Shipibo Konibo community in Peruvian amazon condemns RSPO complaint mechanism
On the eve of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) annual meeting the Shipibo Konibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya and its representative organisation FECONAU has condemned the failure of the organisation’s complaints mechanism to secure justice for their community.
PRESS RELEASE: Call for Action - Indonesian Government must address violation of community's rights
The Indonesian government must address the human rights violations in Long Isun, Indonesia – a global gathering has declared. Delegates from Africa, Asia and Latin America heard first-hand testimonies of the growing harm facing forest communities around the world. From Indonesia, many cases demonstrated that Government plans and policies favoured the interests of large companies to the detriment of unprotected communities. They have called on the Government to protect the rights of the communities.
PRESS: Wilmar has violated the rights of the Kapa indigenous community of West Sumatra, concludes RSPO
The Complaints Panel of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) has just found in favour of a complaint against the oil palm giant, Wilmar International, finding that it has indeed unlawfully taken over the lands of the Kapa community without their consent.
Press: Indigenous land rights defenders intimidated after protesting sale of Maasai land for tourism
Intimidation of land rights defenders in Tanzania must stop, says international human rights organisation Forest Peoples Programme.
Indigenous leaders in the Amazon face death threats as community files lawsuit against Peruvian government for violation of their land rights
Leaders of the Shipibo indigenous village of Santa Clara de Uchunya, accompanied by their representative organisation FECONAU, filed a constitutional law suit challenging Peru’s regional government authorities for failing to secure legal protection of their traditional lands and enabling its acquisition and clearance by an international agribusiness company.
AIDESEP insists that IDB land titling programme which threatens to undermine indigenous land rights must be suspended while formal complaint is ongoing
Lima, 17th May. AIDESEP, Peru’s national indigenous Amazonian peoples’ organisation, has written a letter to the Inter-American Development Bank’s (IDB) executive directors urging them to suspend the PTRT3 project, an $80 million land titling programme, while a formal complaint about the project is ongoing.
Press Release: Amerindian Peoples Association calls for Government of Guyana to secure full extent of traditional lands
GEORGETOWN, May 13, 2016: The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) held its 9th General Assembly on 10-12 May 2016 in the village of Pakuri, Region 4. The main issues discussed during the assembly included land rights, climate change, and the various social and environmental issues affecting indigenous communities throughout the country. The assembly also highlighted the proactive measures communities are engaged in to build a stronger, greener, and more just Guyana.
Secure territorial rights of indigenous peoples and traditional knowledge must be central to post-conflict initiatives to save the Colombian Amazon and achieve sustainable development
Bogotá, April 25: A new report “Deforestation and indigenous peoples rights in the Colombian Amazon” co-published by social justice and environmental NGO DEDISE and Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) underlines the critical role of secure land and territorial rights and traditional knowledge in sustaining one of the most culturally and biologically diverse forests on the planet.
Livelihoods and forests at increased risk if land rights are ignored, says new report
Indigenous Peoples and local communities protect half the world's land, but formally own just 10 percent, according to a report released today by a global alliance of NGOs.
London, March 2nd 2016: The Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights, backed by more than 300 organizations all over the world, launches today with the publication of a new report.