Peru: Deforestation in Times of Climate Change, English edition
20 Feb 2020 - 09:54The book comprises a total of 14 articles addressing the issue of deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon and its impacts, not only on the Amazonian environment and wildlife.
Joaquin Phoenix Makes Film with Extinction Rebellion and Amazon Watch
10 Feb 2020 - 00:07Phoenix was recently arrested at a protest organized by the actress Jane Fonda in Washington, DC, where he spoke about the link between climate change and animal agriculture.
Impact of renewable energy projects on Indigenous communities in Kenya
5 Feb 2020 - 00:46The two renewable energy projects examined in this report have employed questionable practices in their respect for the territorial rights of Indigenous residents.
Climate Knowledge from the Ancestors
4 Feb 2020 - 08:17Local traditional knowledge is a key resource of this approach, allowing communities to adapt climate change mitigation to a very small scale, based on their local needs.
Indigenous people reject carbon markets without rights and safeguards
8 Dic 2019 - 17:31The Global Caucus of Indigenous Peoples demands United Nations Climate Summit to include the respect for human rights and the rights of indigenous peoples mention in the Article 6.
IFAD’s Climate Action Report 2019
6 Dic 2019 - 04:17These witness statements show that climate change challenges can be successfully overcome and that the ongoing effort to overcome these challenges is paying off.
Under threat for resisting an illegal mine in India
21 Nov 2019 - 08:43From 2-9th December Land Rights Now will mobilize globally to call for an end to the criminalisation and to stand with land rights defenders everywhere.
Indigenous peoples are still struggling with getting their rights recognized in Kenya
5 Nov 2019 - 09:27The Endorois people who hold a 2010 decision by the African Commission are yet to fully realize their rights at the Lake Bogoria ecosystem
Dialogue meeting on extractive industries in Kenya
16 Oct 2019 - 20:45Recommendations from the National Dialogue on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and Extractive Industries held in Nairobi Kenya, October 2019
Siberian fires having catastrophic effects on indigenous peoples and livelihoods
15 Oct 2019 - 07:33A government order in 2014 mandated that only fires approaching populated areas or potentially endangering industrial interests would be extinguished.
Women and youth lead change in Lima's highlands and high rainforest
28 Sep 2019 - 08:12“The many challenges we face here, mainly due to lack of water, made people to migrate to Lima, but this is starting to change,” says Mayor Miguel Castro.
Indigenous peoples commit to climate action at UNSG Climate Action Summit
25 Sep 2019 - 08:21The proposed actions reflect the reciprocal relationship we have with our lands, territories, and resources and our responsibility to protect them for generations to come.
Raising the voices and needs of indigenous women in Africa and Asia
18 Sep 2019 - 08:06This exclusion translates into a continued spiralling reality that women’s concerns and women’s critical input are lacking and marginalised in policy making and community gov.
The faces of the fires
7 Sep 2019 - 01:10The municipality of Roboré and the Monte Verde Indigenous Territory, located in Chiquitanía, are the most affected by the fires that hit Bolivia in recent weeks
Making local crops work for nutrition-sensitive agricultura
3 Sep 2019 - 01:32Approximately 70 per cent of the world’s remaining biodiversity is estimated to be in the territories of indigenous communities.
Indigenous peoples’ rights key in stemming Amazon fires
1 Sep 2019 - 19:14Indigenous peoples across the globe have been proven to be the world’s most effective guardians of our forests, managing roughly 40 per cent of the Earth’s protected land
Greenland cannot be bought as it is not for sale
27 Ago 2019 - 10:09Denmark does not “own” Greenland. Greenland is part of a State, which includes three nations; Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
WCS: Scientific report reveals serious weaknesses of the Waterway EIS
24 Ago 2019 - 13:02The Environmental Impact Study of the Amazon Waterway project has serious weaknesses because of incomplete and inaccurate information on the conditions of the physical, biological and social environment.