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New report on the International Workshop on Indigenous Women’s Rights, Land and Resources.

As the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence come to a close today, FPP reflects on the actions needed now to concretely and effectively address the role and position of women fighting…

Interview with Milka Chepkorir: Sengwer women in Kenya and their struggle for land rights

Milka Chepkorir Kuto is a human rights activist and member of the Sengwer indigenous people, who live in the the Embobut and Kabolet Forest, Kenya. For the last three years, Milka has been focusing…

Interview with Arnobia Moreno on women and indigenous land rights in Colombia

Arnobia Moreno lives in the indigenous Resguardo Cañamomo Lomaprieta, one of the oldest colonial reserves in Colombia. Over the years she has played a key role in involving women in the protection…

Commitments made at COP13

The thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP13) is currently being held in Cancun, Mexico.Commitments have been made at COP13 to support…

Launching Local Biodiversity Outlooks at COP13

Peoples from around the world have gathered at the thirteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP13) to discuss the theme ‘Mainstreaming…

Presentaciones durante el Grupo de Trabajo con Costa Rica ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos sobre las Medidas Cautelares (MC 321-12)

Presentaciones del Pueblo Bribri del Territorio Indígena de Salitre, Pueblo Teribe del Territorio Indígena de Térraba, y sus asesores legales durante el Grupo de Trabajo con Costa Rica ante la…

Compañía del grupo Melka se retira de la RSPO, en tanto que la demanda de los shipibo revela apropiación de tierras y deforestación ilegal

Londres, 6 de noviembre de 2016: El 12 de octubre, días antes que el Panel de Denuncias de la RSPO (Mesa redonda sobre producción sostenible de aceite de palma, según sus siglas en inglés)…

Melka group company in Peru withdraws from RSPO as Shipibo complaint exposes land grabbing and illegal deforestation

London, 6th November 2016: On the 12th October, and just days before the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil’s (RSPO) complaints panel was supposed to issue a final judgment on the complaint filed…

Agreement reached on unified High Carbon Stocks method

Bangkok: Major palm oil producers and environmental NGOs announced today their agreement on a method to decide which forests must be conserved for companies to uphold their ‘no deforestation’…

New environmental and social standards at the World Bank and the AIIB

A recent Position paper by the German Institute for Human Rights argues that the newly developed standards of the multilateral Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and of the World Bank fall…