The Embera Chamí indigenous people of the Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta, in Colombia, know all too well that when it comes to protecting their territory and upholding their rights, they need to move…
In 2011, the CEO of The Global Environment Facility (GEF) committed to developing a policy on indigenous peoples as a framework for engagement between the GEF and indigenous peoples.After work done…
Bogotá, Colombia – 25 de abril 2017: Autoridades tradicionales y líderes elegidos de los pueblos Uitoto, Muinane, Andoque y Nonuya del Medio Rio Caquetá de la región amazónica colombiana,…
The traditional authorities and elected leaders of the Middle Caquetá, in the Colombian Amazon, travelled to Bogota to demand safeguarding of their rights, and to share concerns regarding forest,…
“We must restore the forests and protect the water basins so that the spirit of the water is back with us. Only in this way will the songs of the birds and the sound of the wind through the branches…
On the 4th of April 2017 the European Parliament adopted a report by GUE/NGL MEP Kateřina Konečná calling on the Commission to move decisively towards the responsible cultivation of palm oil and to…
Shortly after a visit from an EU delegation last week, Kenya Forest Service (KFS) guards based at Tangul, Kipsitono and Maron KFS camps carried out intensive evictions according to Sengwer witnesses,…
