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Southeast Asian Human Rights Institutions And Civil Society
Friday, 6 September 2013, 5:04 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Southeast Asian Human Rights Institutions And Civil Society Organisations Adopt Montien Resolution On Human Rights and Agribusiness In Southeast Asia More >>
Starvation and Poverty In Indonesia
Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 3:47 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Starvation and Poverty In Indonesia: Civil Society Organisations Appeal For Suspension of Mifee Project In Papua Pending Redress For Local Communities More >>
Starvation and Poverty In Indonesia
Monday, 2 September 2013, 2:28 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Starvation and Poverty In Indonesia: Civil Society Organisations Appeal For Suspension of MIFEE Project In Papua Pending Redress For Local Communities More >>
Peru’s Culture Ministry Blocks Expansion of Camisea Project
Friday, 2 August 2013, 3:15 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Peru’s Culture Ministry Blocks Expansion of Camisea Gas Project In the Amazon, Warning That Isolated Peoples Could Become Extinct More >>
Forest Peoples Programme Annual Report for 2012
Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 2:43 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Released today, the 2012 FPP Annual Report marks the final year in which Marcus Colchester has been directing the work of Forest Peoples Programme and sets the stage for Joji Cariño to take over as Director. More >>
Land reforms in Liberia must protect communities' rights
Tuesday, 26 March 2013, 11:19 am | Forest Peoples Programme
Instances of conflict between communities and large-scale agricultural concessions have recently brought the issues of land and human rights into focus in Liberia, and throughout Africa. Rural communities in Grand Cape Mount, north-western Liberia, ... More >>
Indigenous women from Asia and Pacific speak out on violence
Monday, 11 March 2013, 4:51 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
This week, indigenous women from throughout the Asia-Pacific region have gathered to raise their voices and present their concerns to the on-going session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York. More >>
FPP E-Newsletter December 2012
Tuesday, 11 December 2012, 3:44 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Puede leer nuestro boletín de noticias en español Baca Lembar Berita Elektronik kami dalam Bahasa Indonesia Lisez notre e-newsletter en français Click here to read the PDF version of this e-newsletter Dear Friends, The importance of ensuring respect ... More >>
New Oil Palm Land Grabs Exposed: Asian Companies in Africa
Tuesday, 6 November 2012, 12:36 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
New Oil Palm Land Grabs Exposed: Asian Palm Oil Companies Run Into Trouble In Africa Indonesia’s largest palm oil company, Sinar Mas, ran into trouble recently when communities in Liberia complained [1] about a 33,000 ha. operation being developed ... More >>
Whakatane Mechanism workshop invitation and draft Framework
Thursday, 23 August 2012, 11:44 am | Forest Peoples Programme
The Whakatane Mechanism, an IUCN “One Programme” initiative in which FPP is deeply involved, aims to ensure that conservation policy and practice respect the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities. The Mechanism includes undertaking a ... More >>
Indigenous Peoples Insist On Rights-Based Approaches
Friday, 22 June 2012, 3:48 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Haga clic aquí para leer la versión española de este comunicado de prensa More >>
Wapichan People In Guyana Showcase Community Proposal
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 2:18 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
Georgetown, 7 February : The indigenous Wapichan people of Guyana, South America, will make public today a locally-made digital map of their traditional territory alongside a ground-breaking community proposal to care for 1.4 million ha of pristine ... More >>
Agribusiness and Human Rights in Southeast Asia
Monday, 28 November 2011, 1:50 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
A landmark workshop, “Human Rights and Business: Plural Legal Approaches to Conflict Resolution, Institutional Strengthening and Legal Reform”, is taking place at the Santika Hotel, Kuta, Bali, from today until 1 December 2011, convened by the Indonesian ... More >>
Forest Peoples Programme E-Newsletter July 2011
Tuesday, 12 July 2011, 2:30 pm | Forest Peoples Programme
In 2009 a group of Batwa representatives from Uganda travelled to Ogiek communities in Kenya to learn about their situation and the different advocacy strategies they were using. One of these strategies was the use of Participatory 3-Dimensional Modelling ... More >>
World Bank’s forest climate fund slammed
Wednesday, 23 March 2011, 10:24 am | Forest Peoples Programme
A new report launched today at the 8th meeting of the World Bank’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) reveals that the Bank is not fulfilling its promises to protect the rights of forest peoples. Smoke and Mirrors: a critical assessment ... More >>
Sharing power – the end of ‘fortress’ conservation?
Tuesday, 11 January 2011, 10:25 am | Forest Peoples Programme
Will conservation organisations finally take practical action to implement agreed commitments that recognise the rights of indigenous peoples in protected areas? Over the last 10 years governments and conservation organisations have made significant ... More >>
Brazil: Indigenous Peoples Cases to be Heard
Thursday, 18 November 2010, 11:18 am | Forest Peoples Programme
After years of waiting, during which they suffered from violent attacks and the degradation of their ancestral lands, the Ingaricó, Macuxi, Patamona, Taurepang and Wapichana indigenous peoples of Raposa Serra do Sol received a favorable decision by the Inter-American ... More >>
