Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) / Washington, D.C. – On the occasion of the First World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) urges…
These resolutions were drafted during a seminar organized by the UK-based NGO Forest Peoples Programme and involving community members from Nguti, Ebanga, Sikam, Babensi II, Fabe, Massaka Bima,…
BOGOTA, Sept 25 Thu Sep 25, 2014 (Reuters) - A Colombian legal tribunal has ordered 11 companies to halt gold-mining operations in a 50,000-hectare (124,000-acre) reserve in the northwest of…
PUSAKA and Koalisi Masyaralat Sipil Peduli Ruang Adat PapuaThis report documents the limitations and loopholes of Papua's existing Spatial Planning regulations, with recommendations to the Indonesian…
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP) position on the Safeguards Information System (SIS).The submission was made to the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) under the UN…
Wilmar's commitment to 'no deforestation' is questioned in new report on land clearing by oil palm concession PT Hendrison Inti Persada (HIP) in Sorong, West Papua.By FPP partner PUSAKA, with…
The global forest crisis is worsening and infringements of the rights of indigenous peoples and forest-dependent communities are rising, according to a detailed assessment of nine country cases.…
Statement by Coordinator of the Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon Basin – COICAThe Peruvian Amazon turns blood red before COP20: Without territories and rights there will be no climate solutions
Upper Amazon Conservancy / ProPurúsFour indigenous Ashéninka leaders were found dead in the Peruvian Amazon due to their efforts to obtain legal title to their native community of Alto Tamaya Saweto…
