Our priorities
Our priorities include several strategic topics: Udege people and the Bikin river, Indigenous peoples in the Arctic, Indigenous Peoples and Environment, Indigenous solidarity, Human rights advocacy, Financial sustainability of indigenous communities Udege people and the Bikin river Udege language revitalization Preservation of Udege culture…
Our programs
In cooperation with its partners, the Batani foundation develops today several strategic programs that help indigenous peoples of the Russian Federation to promote their human rights agenda, spread information about violations of their rights on lands, resources, and self-determination, and exchange experience with other…
Projects we support
Indigenous Russia information agency This is an independent media outlet of indigenous peoples of the Russian North, Siberia and the Far East. Batani foundation supports this project by providing funds and technical advice. Indigenous Tube channel This is a Russian YouTube channel that organizes…
Indigenous Peoples from 34 nations call for total ban on deep sea mining
Indigenous activists have made clear that they don’t give their consent to deep sea mining. In a petition presented today to the International Seabed Authority (ISA), over 1,000 signatories from 34 countries and 56 Indigenous groups called for a total ban on this destructive…
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NEW YORK — When Francisco Calí Tzay, the United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples, spoke at the 22nd United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII, he listed clean energy projects as some of the most concerning threats to their rights….
Learn MoreSalvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes
Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining Five prominent environmental defenders who played a crucial role in securing a historic mining ban in El Salvador have been detained accused of civil war era…
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