Community forestry, understood as “the right for communities to manage the forest resources upon which they depend, with a view to improving their living conditions and recognised as such by the…
The Muinane people of the Colombian Amazon have published a book researched and written by their elders titled Fééne fíívo játyɨme iyáachimɨhai jíínɨje: Territorio primordial de vida de la…
El Pueblo Embera Chamí del Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta, una reserva indígena ubicada en las municipalidades de Riosucio y Supía en Colombia, conoce demasiado bien que a la hora de proteger su…
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…
