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Article from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation on the Norwegian government’s investments in palm oil company Wilmar International and human rights abuses in Indonesian oil palm plantations

Click here to read the full article from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Norwegian only), which features an interview with FPP's Sophie Chao.

'Cycle of violence' and 'silent genocide' accompany denial of indigenous territorial rights in Venezuela

The recent assassination of a Yukpa leader demanding recognition of his people's rights to their lands in the Sierra de Perijá in western Venezuela has been denounced by the Yukpa and by concerned…

Wapichan people in Guyana make community based agreements for protecting ancestral forests

After years of painstaking work and multiple community consultations, the indigenous Wapichan people of southern Guyana have set out agreements and proposals for caring for their territory in a…

Indigenous organisations of the Loreto region in Peru advise their communities not to sign any REDD agreement while no legal and policy framework for REDD exists that protects their rights. April 2012

Indigenous organisations warn that this could otherwise result in the loss of control over their forests. To prevent REDD deals that take advantage of communities they urge the Ministry of…

New video produced by IMPECT: Natural Resource Management

Thailand has a population of more than 2 million indigenous people. It is estimated that 1.2 million live in the highlands in the north of the country. During the last four decades, most of these…

New IMPECT video: Natural Resource Management in Northern Thailand

New IMPECT video: Natural Resource Management in Northern Thailand

Thailand has a population of more than 2 million indigenous people. It is…

Document de reflexion elaboré par la Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF) sur le FEM contenant des recommandations détaillées sur les éléments essentiels pour une politique du FEM sur les peuples autochtones fondée sur les droits qui soit efficace.

Elaboré par le Groupe de travail des peuples autochtones sur la Politique du Fonds pour l'environnement mondial relative aux peuples autochtones (IPTF) Le groupe de travail est composé des personnes…