Indigenous peoples & World Bank projects: A community guide to the World Bank's Indigenous Peoples Policy (OP/BP 4.10) Clear, illustrated guide by FPP explaining key provisions of the World Bank's…
In response to an appeal by a global coalition of NGOs, IFC / World Bank President Robert Zoellick has agreed to suspend IFC funding of the oil palm sector pending the development of a revised…
Submission to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination concerning the exclusion of indigenous peoples from the process of drafting Nepal's new constitution. Submitted by ten…
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), one of the specialised agencies of the United Nations, has released its new policy on working with indigenous peoples. The policy respects…
At a ceremony in San Francisco this award was made to the leaders of the Saramaka Maroon community for their work on the 2007 Saramaka People v. Suriname case decided by the Inter-American Court of…
After nearly three-and-a-half decades of waiting for recognition of their land rights, on 19 March the Supreme Court of Brazil finally affirmed the constitutionality of the Raposa Serra do Sol lands,…
République démocratique du CongoInformations générales Actions pour les Droits, l’Environnement et la Vie, ADEV est une Association Sans But Lucratif et une ONG environnementale et de Droits humains…
International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests (Alliance internationale des peuples autochtones et tribaux des forêts tropicales) est un réseau mondial…
Sawit Watch fut fondé en 1998, suite aux enquêtes sur les grands feux de broussailles et de forêts en Indonésie en 1997/1998. L’organisation compte 143 membres et travaille dans 17 provinces.
ContexteEn 2000, les Batwa se sont organisés et ont formé leur propre organisation, l’Organisation unie pour le développement des Batwa en Ouganda (United Organisation for Batwa in Uganda – UOBDU).…
