At a ceremony in San Francisco this award was made to the leaders of the Saramaka Maroon community for their work on the 2007 Saramaka People v. Suriname case decided by the Inter-American Court of…
After nearly three-and-a-half decades of waiting for recognition of their land rights, on 19 March the Supreme Court of Brazil finally affirmed the constitutionality of the Raposa Serra do Sol lands,…
Actions pour les Droits, l’Environnement et la Vie (Action for Rights, the Environment and for Life) – ADEV, is a not-for-profit and non-governmental environmental and human rights organisation,…
The International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests is a worldwide network of organizations representing indigenous and tribal peoples living in tropical forest…
National Indigenous Women's Federation (NIWF) is a Kathmandu based umbrella organisation of Adivasi Janajati (Indigenous Nationalities) specifically women's organisations. The multiple roles that…
Sawit Watch was established in 1998, investigating the large Indonesian forest and land fires in 1997/1998. It has 143 individual members and works in 17 provinces.
The United Organisation for Batwa Development in Uganda (UOBDU) is a Batwa-directed, community-based organisation headquartered in Kisoro, Uganda formed in 2000. Its aim is to support Batwa in south…
Centre pour l'Environnement et le Développement (Centre for the Environment and for Development) - CED was formally established in 1995, in response to the forest management crisis experienced in…
Inter Mountain Peoples Education and Culture in Thailand Association or IMPECT is an indigenous non-governmental development organisation founded and staffed entirely by representatives of the…
The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB) was formed During the III Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP III) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in…
