A medida que llega el invierno a Kenia, y las temperaturas caen en picado en el altiplano donde viven las comunidades forestales tradicionales, los casos de COVID-19 se están disparando en todo el…
As winter arrives in Kenya, and temperatures plummet in the highlands where traditional forest peoples live, COVID-19 is surging across the country. But rather than being able to shelter safely in…
A constitutional writ of amparo has been filed to the Superior Court of Justice of Loreto to protect peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact. The writ was submitted in response to the…
14 Indonesian indigenous and human rights organisations, and Forest Peoples Programme, have submitted a report to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination requesting…
Ocho Sur, a company dedicated to the production of oil palm in the region of Ucayali, has been working during the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the local population to the disease. Indigenous and human…
Peruvian organisations held an online press conference this week to discuss issues affecting the Shipibo and other Amazonian peoples, including the impacts of COVID-19 and the activities of…
Sengwer call for end to human rights violations by Kenyan authorities following burning of 28 homes Kenyan authorities have burned down 28 homes belonging to the indigenous Sengwer community in the…
UN CERD warns that Cameroon’s Bagyeli communities face “imminent risk” of losing their lands to oil palm company In April 2019, Association Okani, an indigenous peoples’ organisation based in…
The HCSA recently finalised a set of 14 Social Requirements that must be followed when applying the High Carbon Stock Approach. An Implementation Guide for the Social Requirements has also been…
Press Release: Kenyan authorities burn down 28 homes belonging to indigenous Sengwer community in Embobut Forest Kenyan authorities have burned down 28 homes belonging to the indigenous Sengwer…
