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Lessons from Herakles: sorting out a road map for palm oil in Africa

John Cannon 7 Apr 2016

Indigenous Brazilians under threat from killings and resource projects: UN Rapporteur

Sandra Cuffe 4 Apr 2016

Released: 1,000-page encyclopedia on land conflicts affecting indigenous tribes

Mongabay.com 17 Mar 2016

Video series aims to help indigenous groups defend against land grabbing

Sean Mowbray 23 Feb 2016

Survival International files formal complaint against WWF for allegedly violating human rights of Baka ‘Pygmies’

Shreya Dasgupta 22 Feb 2016

India has most cases of social and environmental conflict, according to environmental justice atlas

Shreya Dasgupta 2 Feb 2016

Jokowi asked to push indigenous rights through reluctant parliament

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 29 Jan 2016

Colombia’s palm oil boom marred by bloody past and violent present

Greg Norman 5 Jan 2016
Young orangutan orphaned by the palm oil industry when its mother was killed in a plantation in Central Kalimantan. This orangutan was one of the lucky ones -- it ended up in a rehabilitation center rather than dying of starvation or being sold into the pet trade.

Greenwashing? RSPO audits rife with ‘mistakes and fraud,’ report finds

Jonathan Vit 16 Nov 2015

A Borneo village maps its land to protect against encroachers

Christopel Paino 3 Nov 2015

PepsiCo’s palm oil pledge should not exempt Indofood, NGOs say

Mongabay.com 27 Oct 2015

Broken Promises: Communities on Philippine island take on palm oil companies

Rod Harbinson 23 Oct 2015

An indigenous declaration in Kalimantan looks to make history

Sapariah Saturi 22 Oct 2015

Cambodian communities follow different routes to justice over Socfin rubber project

Greg Norman 13 Oct 2015

Could canned fish soup stop government-community conflict in Sumatra?

Taufik Wijaya 9 Oct 2015
In the last 25 years, that land has been continuously trespassed by illegal loggers – a threat not only to the forest itself, but to the Indians, victims of life threats, attempts and murders. Tired of waiting for the Brazilian government to take action even after several reports, the Ka’apor people developed an independent project to monitor and cast out trespassers from their land. After a request for help, Greenpeace joined the Ka’apor to boost that surveillance plan with the aid of technology, like trackers and trap cams, which could be installed by the Ka’apor themselves. Fronteira da Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, com o avanço do desmatamento em áreas vizinhas, no estado do Maranhão. Distribuída em cerca de 530 mil hectares, a Terra Indígena Alto Turiaçu, do povo Ka’apor, representa uma das últimas extensões de floresta amazônica no Maranhão. Nos últimos 25 anos, esse território tem sido continuamente invadido por madeireiros ilegais, que representam não apenas uma ameaça à floresta, mas também aos índios, vítimas frequentes de ameaças, assassinatos e atentados contra as suas lideranças. Cansados de esperar por uma atitude das autoridades brasileiras depois de inúmeras denúncias, os Ka’apor desenvolveram um projeto independente de monitoramento para expulsar os invasores de suas terras. Atendendo a um pedido de ajuda desse povo o Greenpeace auxiliou o povo Ka’apor a agregar a esse sistema de autovigilância o uso de tecnologias, como rastreadores e trap cams, que poderiam ser implementadas pelos próprios indígenas e fornecer evidências mais contundentes e pressionar ainda mais o governo brasileiro. Agosto de 2015.

Indigenous group, Greenpeace partner to track illegal logging in the Amazon

Caleb O'Brien 26 Sep 2015

From conflict to partnership, a Kalimantan community and logging company manage the forest together

Indra Nugraha 15 Sep 2015

Promised task force on indigenous rights in Indonesia hits snag

Cory Rogers 15 Aug 2015

Nine months in, how has Jokowi fared on the environment?

Mongabay.com 23 Jul 2015

‘Criminalization’ of local people in Indonesian province rife amid oil palm, coal booms

Yustinus S. Hardjanto 1 Jul 2015

NGOs, activists fret new role for Indonesia’s spy agency

Cory Rogers 29 Jun 2015

‘Trying to follow the money’: Opacity rules in Southeast Asia’s land rush, finds study

15 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

Ghosts of problems past and present loom over Nigerian palm oil plans

Greg Norman 28 May 2015

Land redistribution in Zimbabwe threatens wildlife and human populations

Brittany Stewart 29 Apr 2015

Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant

Tommy Apriando 20 Apr 2015

Criticism of GAR and Wilmar African oil palm projects highlight global ‘no-deforestation’ challenges

Greg Norman 16 Apr 2015

Reservations about Indonesian ‘land reform’ as details unclear

Sapariah Saturi 2 Apr 2015

Turning point for Peru’s forests? Norway and Germany put muscle and money behind ambitious agreement

Jeremy Hance 24 Sep 2014

‘The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood’: authorities pull bodies from river that may have belonged to slain leaders

Jeremy Hance 17 Sep 2014

Indonesia to verify ownership of 66M ha of disputed forest land

Loren Bell 4 Sep 2014

Nearly a thousand environmental activists murdered since 2002

Jeremy Hance 15 Apr 2014

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