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Concerns about the revision of the World Bank Policy on Indigenous Peoples - Briefing paper

This briefing aims to:Outline the safeguard provisions of the World Bank's existing Indigenous Peoples Policy (OD4.20)Provide a background to the World Bank's revision of its Indigenous Peoples…

Serious setbacks in IFC’s handling of complaints about its support for Wilmar CAO admission of validity of NGO complaint regarding Wilmar ignored by IFC

UpdateFPP and 18 other NGOs, including local organisations in Indonesia, have been involved in a long-running process to get redress for the IFC’s persistent violations of its social and…

Indigenous peoples' organisations in Peru raise further serious concerns over proposed new forest law (documents only available in Spanish), February 2011

Indigenous peoples' organisations in Peru raise further serious concerns over proposed new forest law (documents only available in Spanish), February 2011

REDD and Rights In Cameroon: A review of the treatment of Indigenous Peoples and local communities in policies and projects

In this report, it is argued that national REDD readiness planning activities in Cameroon, including activities involving the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), lack…

Macquarie Securities asked to account for involvement with Samling Global Ltd

FPP letter to the Macquarie Group seeking an end to financial services for Samling Global Ltd in order to curtail the Samling group's human rights violations and irresponsible and destructive logging…

Gender and land rights in Asia - Workshop Report, November 20-21, 2010

Gender and land rights in Asia - Workshop Report, November 20-21, 2010

HSBC's commitment to its Forest Policy and 'due diligence' challenged

(Most recent correspondence listed first)     1. 12 October 2007 - FPP letter to HSBC in light of HSBC's failure to respond to earlier requests.2.  31 May 2007 - FPP and FERN…

Indigenous peoples and United Nations human rights bodies Volume IV 2009-2010 - A compilation of UN treaty body jurisprudence and the recommendations of the Human Rights Council

This document contains Volume IV of the series of compilations of United Nations human rights bodies’ jurisprudence pertaining to indigenous peoples and covers the years 2009 and 2010. It includes…

Ghosts on our own land: Oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

'It's as if we are ghosts on our own land. We have been so pierced through by the spines on the oil palm that we are almost dead, left haunting what was once our own land. We don't usually say this,…

Urgent request submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples regarding the situation of customary land owners in Papua New Guinea

Urgent request submitted to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples regarding the situation of customary land owners in Papua New Guinea