Karen representatives today vowed to appeal against the recent Thai court verdict that ruled the authorities did not break the law in burning their properties to forcefully evict them from Kaeng…
Best practices around indigenous peoples and the establishment, expansion, governance and management of protected areas was the focus of a discussion at the International Union for Conservation of…
Steps will be made to grow the Whakatane Mechanism into a device that can help redress power imbalances against indigenous peoples, and become a conflict resolution tool that can be available to all…
The intricacies of rights-based work within World Heritage Conservation will be explored at the IUCN’s World Conservation Congress this week.A joint workshop, by the University of Lucerne in…
Outlooks on Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ contributions to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020. A complement to the fourth edition of the…
Progress has been made on the issue of recognising the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities where protected areas have been created on their lands.
The value of an innovative mechanism designed to resolve conflicts where indigenous peoples and local communities live in formally-listed protected areas will be explored in a workshop at the…
La organización peruana de pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía, AIDESEP, ha utilizado de manera exitosa el Mecanismo Independiente de Consulta e Investigación (MICI) del Banco Interamericano de…
Peruvian Amazon indigenous peoples’ organisation AIDESEP has successfully used the IDB Complaint Mechanism (ICIM) coupled with sustained dialogue with senior IDB officials to secure major reforms to…
After being evicted from their homes by 50 police and Kenya Forest Service (KFS) rangers last June, more than 200 families from the indigenous Ogiek minority are now living in temporary shelters or…
