FPP comments to the Green Climate Fund's draft Indigenous Peoples Policy Forest Peoples Programme has compiled and submitted detailed comments on the draft Indigenous Peoples Policy being developed…
AIDESEP insists that Peruvian government meet its commitments to recognise indigenous peoples’ land rights including legal reform and land titling of over 1,300 communities In a statement published…
The Kichwa people of the San Martin region have traditionally occupied the upland forests which since 2005 were classified as the Regional Protected Area - Cerro Escalera by the regional government…
A Life for Land Rights: Meet Faustino Rotavista, a lifelong indigenous campaigner in Colombia It’s Wednesday morning at La Mandragora, a small finca (ranch), with colourful walls in the indigenous…
On the 7th August 2017 the Peruvian Vice Ministry of Culture issued a welcome clarification in response to a request from the Federation of native communities of Ucayali (FECONAU)
The Civil Society Working Group on Land Rights Reforms (the Working Group), in collaboration with the National Civil Society Council of Liberia (NCSCL), has been actively advocating land reform in…
Wampis people successfully evict illegal gold miners from their territory and call on Peruvian government to enforce laws to protect activists On the 13 July 2017, about a hundred representatives of…
Wampis call on Peruvian government to control illegal gold mining on river Santiago and give them one month to bring miners to justice Villa Gonzalo: Wampis leaders issued a statement summarising…
AIDESEP petition UN to address mercury contamination amongst Nahua people in Peru and potential association with Camisea gas project On the 21 June, AIDESEP, Peru’s national indigenous organisation,…
UNESCO World Heritage Committee refers the Kaeng Krachan site for further work Meeting in Paris in October, the World Heritage Committee has decided to refer the nomination of the Kaeng Krachan…
