Indigenous land rights key to curbing deforestation and restoring lands: Study
Indigenous territories with secure land rights not only reduce deforestation inside their lands in the Brazilian Amazon, but also lead to higher secondary forest growth on previously deforested areas, says a new study. This new report, published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of…
Mark Zdor: “I was threatened with arrest in RAIPON”
Interview with youth activist of the indigenous peoples of the North of Russia Mark Zdor. We met with Mark Zdor in Berlin, in the building of the Bundestag (German Parliament), where we took part in parliamentary hearings on the problems of the indigenous peoples…
Arctic Report 2022 : Focus on Russia and beyond
In 2022 , the Covid-19 pandemic narrative which dominated headlines throughout the last two years was overshadowed by the Russian government’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine (also known as “a special military operation” among Russian circles). The ongoing war has a knock-on effect beyond the…
Statement on Nornickel’s IRMA self-assessment
By a coalition of Indigenous Rights leaders and non-governmental organizations Self-assessment demonstrates that Nornickel does not comply with international social and environmental standards Russian mining company Norilsk Nickel (Nornickel) announced in March 2023 that the company had completed a self-assessment against the IRMA (Initiative…
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…
‘Green colonialism’: Indigenous world leaders warn over west’s climate strategy
UN summit in New York hears how resources needed for sustainable energy threaten Indigenous land and people World Indigenous leaders meeting this week at an annual UN summit have warned that the west’s climate strategy risks the exploitation of Indigenous territories, resources and people….
The Catastrophe Behind Jokowi’s Investment Invitation to European Companies
Indonesia’s Ambition to Become a Big Player of Electric Vehicles Profit for Industry Players, Profit for the People President Jokowi’s ambition to make Indonesia a big player in electric vehicles is a big threat to the safety of citizens and the environment in the…
Scramble for clean energy metals confronted by activist calls to respect Indigenous rights
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….
Salvadoran 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…
Nothing about us without us. An Open Letter from russia’s Indigenous and Decolonial Activists
Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukraine opened the eyes of many to the imperial nature of the russian state. The expansion of the empire and strengthening of the “russkiy mir” ideology are, without a doubt, the key reasons for the Kremlin-perpetrated bloodshed and genocide in…