Participants in a workshop held on 30 June 2010 in Yaounde have called for concrete measures to recognise the rights of forest peoples in all REDD policies and actions. They have challenged the…
Issued by Malaysian BarCall to the Malaysian Government to implement its commitment to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 2007 in the face of continued abuse of indigenous peoples…
BBC World News reports that an oil palm plantation now owned by the Malaysian IOI Group has taken over Kayan people's lands without their consent. According to the BBC reports, the Kayan have been…
It has been reported that a bloody clash occurred between Riau Police Mobile Brigade and hundreds of palm oil plantation smallholders and members of KUD Prima Sehati cooperative on 8 June, 2010.
A shadow report was submitted to the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child by FPP and UOBDU (United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda) which outlined the deplorable situation of Batwa…
In collaboration with the United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) and the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA), FPP submitted a supplementary report to the…
This report is part of a series of country-specific reports produced by the African Commission's Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities. The African Commission on Human and Peoples'…
This report reviews the activities and main findings generated during a participative consultation by the Forest Peoples Project (FPP) with members of Bagyeli 'Pygmy' communities in south-west…
