In Uganda, many Batwa are homeless and isolated from their forests. For the women of the community, the situation is particularly challenging; rather than being able to gather foods from the forest,…
Community lands in community hands: The potential of new mapping tools On 4 October 2019, 23 community leaders from Colombia and Peru arrived in the village of Soledad on the foothills of the…
Today, on International Human Rights Defenders Day, we remember the stories which inspired the Zero Tolerance Initiative which aims to tackle the killings and violence linked to global supply chains.
Enough! Pledging zero tolerance to attacks against environmental and human rights defenders A silent war is being waged against the indigenous people and local communities who are defending their…
Many indigenous peoples and local communities now find themselves in areas classed as State Forests or concessions for plantations, and are thereby deprived of secure rights. The result is land…
Representatives from indigenous, Afro-descendent and peasant communities from 16 countries issued an urgent call for action: the Geneva Declaration. This calls for an end to the violence, killing and…
FPP, with SwedBio, is co-hosting an event titled 'Human rights for thriving indigenous peoples, local communities and healthy ecosystems in the post-2020 global biodiversity agenda'. This will…
“We trust that the Constitutional Court will resolve this case in our favour” say leaders of the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya On the 25 September 2019, two leaders of the Shipibo-Konibo…
À l’intérieur et autour des aires protégées du Cameroun Au cours des dernières années, l’État camerounais a négocié des accords d’accès et d’utilisation, communément appelés « Memoranda of…
Delegates at the conference released the Bata’an Statement, committing them to continued collaboration on tackling business-related human rights abuses in the region.
