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.
Two new independent reports, one from Greenpeace and another joint one from the Environmental Investigation Agency and Grassroots, raise important concerns about the urgent need for the RSPO to raise…
Human rights violations by one of the world’s biggest palm oil suppliers, Wilmar International, and its subsidiaries and suppliers in West Sumatra have been revealed in a new report, released today.
Comienza audiencia en Bogotá para decidir si el Estado colombiano está luchando contra la deforestación en la Amazonía En el año 2018, la Corte Suprema de Justicia declaró en virtud de la sentencia…
