South Rupununi District Council presents the Wapichan Environmental Monitoring Report, which details the work of their Monitoring Programme in relation to the mining at Marudi Mountain; and presents…
On November 7, two men were sentenced to 20-40 years in prison for the murder of Fernando Salazar Calvo, an indigenous leader from Caldas, Colombia. However, the actor who ordered the killing remains…
Más de 400 líderes comunitarios, mujeres, ancianos y familias de Montes de María se reunieron con el gobierno departamental y las autoridades estatales para denunciar la creciente inseguridad en su…
More than 400 community leaders, women, elders and families of Montes de Maria met the departmental government and state authorities to condemn the growing insecurity in their homeland, and to call…
Lawyers representing the community from the Peruvian human rights organisation, the Institute of Legal Defence (IDL), have highlighted 4 groundbreaking aspects of the decision which could lead to…
Comunidades en Bajo Huallaga, en la Amazonía peruana, han declarado una “emergencia ambiental y territorial” el 16 de septiembre de este año, con motivo de graves y reiterados impactos hacia sus…
Brazil 2018 - a glimmer of hope in difficult times In the past month, Brazil's first indigenous woman was voted to Congress while the nation’s newly elected President is expected to pursue…
Communities in the Bajo Huallaga area of the Peruvian Amazon declared an “environmental and territorial emergency” on 16 September this year following serious and ongoing impacts on their natural…
A member of one of Cameroon’s Baka Communities in the Ngoyla Mintom area, talks about being driven out of his ancestral forests, and the issues his people face on a daily basis through lack of land…
Entre el 25 y el 26 de septiembre de 2018, los pueblos indígenas, las comunidades afrodescendientes y los defensores de derechos humanos del Perú y Colombia se reunieron en un taller binacional en…
