Letters from Peter Kitelo, Kenya Forest Indigenous Peoples Network, to President Kim of the World Bank on behalf of the requesters, the Sengwer indigenous people.
Thousands of homes belonging to hunter-gatherer Sengwer people living in the Embobut forest in the Cherangani hills were burned down earlier this year by Kenya forest service guards who had been…
Ecuador has apologized to an indigenous community for authorizing oil drilling on ancestral land without their permission. The apology to the Sarayaku community came two years after the…
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) / Washington, D.C. – On the occasion of the First World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urges…
These resolutions were drafted during a seminar organized by the UK-based NGO Forest Peoples Programme and involving community members from Nguti, Ebanga, Sikam, Babensi II, Fabe, Massaka Bima,…
BOGOTA, Sept 25 Thu Sep 25, 2014 (Reuters) - A Colombian legal tribunal has ordered 11 companies to halt gold-mining operations in a 50,000-hectare (124,000-acre) reserve in the northwest of…
PUSAKA and Koalisi Masyaralat Sipil Peduli Ruang Adat PapuaThis report documents the limitations and loopholes of Papua's existing Spatial Planning regulations, with recommendations to the Indonesian…
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) position on the Safeguards Information System (SIS).The submission was made to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) under the UN…
Wilmar's commitment to 'no deforestation' is questioned in new report on land clearing by oil palm concession PT Hendrison Inti Persada (HIP) in Sorong, West Papua.By FPP partner PUSAKA, with…
