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Some Indigenous groups wary of REDD+ following Paris Climate Agreement

Mitch Paquette 12 Feb 2016

Lack of land rights for local communities could scare away investment

Morgan Erickson-Davis 3 Feb 2016

Jokowi asked to push indigenous rights through reluctant parliament

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 29 Jan 2016

Land rights and access to credit in Sulawesi community brings prosperity to land

Wahyu Chandra 9 Nov 2015

A Borneo village maps its land to protect against encroachers

Christopel Paino 3 Nov 2015

An indigenous declaration in Kalimantan looks to make history

Sapariah Saturi 22 Oct 2015

The village where a curse protects the forest

Indra Nugraha 15 Oct 2015

Cambodian communities follow different routes to justice over Socfin rubber project

Greg Norman 13 Oct 2015

Failure to engage local communities is costing investors big money, according to a new analysis

Mike Gaworecki 9 Oct 2015

After years of struggle and bloodshed, Peruvian community wins back its land

Apoorva Joshi 9 Oct 2015

A Dayak village campaigns for rights to its forests

Aseanty Pahlevi 8 Oct 2015

‘Catastrophic failure’: World’s indigenous communities lack rights to 75% of their land

Morgan Erickson-Davis 2 Oct 2015

As haze chokes Sumatra, farmers ask Jokowi for greater land rights

Sapariah Saturi, Taufik Wijaya 28 Sep 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

Indigenous Indonesians file land claim against IndoMet coal project

Mongabay.com 24 Jun 2015

Coordinated protests hit Socfin plantations in four countries

Greg Norman 5 Jun 2015

Director-generals inaugurated as merger of Indonesian Environment, Forestry Ministries continues

Sapariah Saturi 2 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

Killings of environmental activists jumped by 20 percent last year

Jeremy Hance 20 Apr 2015

Farmers fall short in legal challenge to Java cement plant

Tommy Apriando 20 Apr 2015

Reservations about Indonesian ‘land reform’ as details unclear

Sapariah Saturi 2 Apr 2015

Riau misses deadline on ‘village forest’ project as zoning deadlock continues

Made Ali 19 Mar 2015

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

John Cannon 12 Mar 2015

Indigenous communities in Paraguay threatened by deforestation despite having land rights

Ariel Mark 17 Feb 2015

Deforestation puts cultural survival of forest-dependent peoples at risk

Mongabay.com 10 Dec 2014

Developing land without approval of local people ‘a human rights issue of grave concern,’ says new report

Dr Liz Kimbrough 20 Nov 2014

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