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Indonesia: Government REDD+ agency says collective land rights are key to curbing climate change

In an article published in the Jakarta Post, senior officials of the Indonesian REDD+ Agency (the government body charged with reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) argue that…

La venta de nuestros bosques es un negocio para el gobierno peruano

Un nuevo informe revela que el Gobierno del Perú revela que el gobierno peruano no hace caso a las verdaderas causas de la deforestación en la Amazonía,  al tiempo que socava los esfuerzos de…

Les Communautés et ONGs du bassin du Congo se mobilisent en réponse a la menace croissante du palmier a huile dans la région

Un atelier regional à l’attention des Organisations de la Société Civile, des communautés locales et des groupes des peuples autochtones dans le Bassin du Congo pour aborder les défis émergeants de…

Congo Basin communities and NGOs mobilise in response to growing palm oil threat in the region

Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), local communities, and Indigenous people groups in the Congo Basin have convened to address the emerging challenges of palm oil development in the region. Hosted…

US Congress raises heat on World Bank over China fears

The US Congress is putting new pressure on the World Bank to preserve its social and environmental rules for projects in developing countries amid fears that the emergence of rivals  backed by…

Lessons Learned from the Conflict, Negotiations and Agreement between Senyerang Village and PT Wira Karya Sakti

Communities seeking redress for their lands, grabbed for pulpwood plantations in Sumatra, are let down by resolution process, reveals new report.

Tanzania Indigenous Peoples Civil Societies voice serious concerns over proposed World Bank Environmental and Social Framework

Tanzania indigenous organisations have written to the World Bank to express their concern at the overall weakening of the policy requirements for indigenous peoples in the draft of the proposed World…

Situación de Salitre no es aislada, 71% de los territorios indígenas son ocupados ilegalmente, por lo menos en un 40%

crhoy.comLos problemas entre indígenas del territorio de Salitre y finqueros, que aseguran haber comprado tierras en la zona, no son un hecho aislado en el país. Sólo dos territorios indígenas…

UN Special Rapporteurs criticise new ESF framework

A letter from the UN Special Rapporteurs to the World Bank critiquing the new proposed environmental and social safeguard framework.Read the letter here