The European Union’s landmark anti-deforestation law should require businesses to respect traditional communities’ rights over their territories or risk failing to deliver on its objectives, more than 191 Indigenous, environmental, and human rights organizations from 62 countries said today in an open letter to EU policymakers.
The threats facing Indigenous people opposing industrial operations on their lands — discrimination, harassment and assassination — all disproportionately affect women. And the coronavirus pandemic has done little to reduce the danger, say Indigenous and faith leaders.
Patches of forest cleared and tended by Indigenous communities but lost to time still show more food bounty for humans and animals than surrounding forests.
Under the umbrella of the Land Dialogues series, the last webinar of this year’s series “Navigating Loss and Damage : A Path to Justice for Indigenous Peoples” took place on December 5th, 2024. The webinar drew in a little over 250 participants. The series is organized by a consortium of organizations, including the Land Portal Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Tenure Facility and this particular webinar was
Los Diálogos sobre la Tierra fomentan una comunidad de confianza con los pueblos indígenas, las comunidades locales y los pueblos afrodescendientes mediante la producción de seminarios web que reúnen voces y perspectivas inusuales.
Les Dialogues sur le foncier nourrissent une communauté de confiance avec les Peuples autochtones, les communautés locales et les peuples afro-descendants en produisant des webinaires qui rassemblent des voix et des perspectives improbables.
O Fundo « Perdas e Danos » (criado na COP28) representa um passo crucial para mitigar os impactos das mudanças climáticas, especialmente para os povos indígenas e as comunidades locais. Este seminário web explorará a operacionalização do fundo e examinará suas implicações práticas e conceituais.
El Fondo « Pérdidas y Daños » (creado en la COP28) representa un paso crucial hacia la mitigación de los impactos del cambio climático, especialmente para los pueblos indígenas. Este seminario web explorará la operacionalización del fondo y examinará sus implicaciones prácticas y conceptuales.
Le Fonds « Pertes et Dommages » (créé lors de la COP28) représente un pas crucial vers l'atténuation des impacts du changement climatique, en particulier pour les peuples autochtones. Ce webinaire explorera l’opérationnalisation du fonds et en examinera les implications pratiques et conceptuelles.
Over the past two decades, policymakers have expressed considerable optimism about the capacity of international development to curb transnational migration, yet there is a dearth of research examining how and under what conditions development interventions impact migration decisions. Enlisting a case study approach in the Maya-K’iche’ community of Almolonga, this article examines divergent meanings and practices of “development” and its impact on the migratory aspirations and outcomes of Indigenous families in Guatemala.
Indigenous and tribal peoples control about one third of Latin America and the Caribbean’s forests. Supporting their efforts to control, sustainably manage, and benefit from these forests can greatly help to solve the problems of climate change, loss of biological and cultural diversity, rural vulnerability, and food insecurity.
This report highlights the importance and urgency for climate action initiatives of protecting the forests of the indigenous and tribal territories1 and the communities that look after them. Based on recent experience, it proposes a package of investments and policies for climate funders and government decision-makers to adopt, in coordination with the indigenous and tribal peoples.
People whose ancestors inhabited a place or a country when persons from another culture or ethnic background arrived on the scene and dominated them through conquest, settlement, or other means and who today live more in conformity with their own social, economic, and cultural customs and traditions than those of the country of which they now form a part. Source: Convention (No. 169) concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries, UNHCHR, 1991.
