Golden Agri-Resources, which owns Indonesia’s largest palm oil conglomerate operating under the brand name Sinar Mas, is still in violation of RSPO standards, according to Forest Peoples Programme.
Golden Veroleum and Golden Agri-Resource’s palm oil operations in Liberia are compounding poverty and food insecurity by taking land without community consent and making hollow promises of…
Bagaimana kertas pulp menjadi rantai penyebab konflik? Sekelompok pria di Indonesia ditangkap dan dipukuli karena menuntut hak untuk memanen pohon kemenyan yang menjadi sumber pendapatan mereka…
'From our Ancestors' is a very powerful and moving story about the Pandumaan and Sipituhuta community in North Sumatra, Indonesia. They are fighting to stop the growth of pulp plantations owned by PT…
A delegation of indigenous representatives presented a petition to the Venezuela Government’s Ministry of Public Affairs to denounce the continuing of abuse of their rights by the armed forces who…
En el Putumayo habitan doce (12) pueblos indígenas, éstos pueblos en los últimos años a través de constantes manifestaciones han alzado su voz para decir ¡no a la minería y a los megaproyectos en los…
March 2015Twelve indigenous peoples inhabit the Putumayo region in Colombia. In the last few years, they have tried to be heard through constant demonstrations to say ‘no’ to mining and megaprojects…
Government of Finland fails to ratify the ILO 169 – Saami organisations called to urgent meeting on Monday.Despite eight years of negotiations between the Saami Parliament and the Government of…
LONDON, 12 March 2015: In February 2015, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights met in Banjul, The Gambia, for its 17th Extra-Ordinary Session, to deal with critical matters pending…
Palm oil conglomerate criticised for multiple violation of RSPO’s requirements that lands only be acquired from indigenous peoples and local communities with their free, prior and informed consent.
