“Conservation must be led by Indigenous Peoples, because we know better.” Nairobi: A unique gathering of Indigenous people impacted by conservation has demanded that “our ancestral lands, including ...

We, the Indigenous Peoples of the world, are the guardians who have an embedded customary relationship with our lands, waters and territories. Our ecosystems do not belong to us, we belong to them. We ...

A Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) offers a flexible way for philanthropists to direct their giving towards the causes they care most ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on India to “suspend the implementation of the projects on the Great Nicobar and Andaman Islands until a full and independent ...

In The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011), Steven Pinker promotes a fictitious, colonialist image of a backward “Brutal Savage,” which pushes the debate on tribal peoples’ rights back over a century ...

Dozens of police officers in India have arrested the prominent Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley, and two other men. Two others surrendered to the court after police came looking for them.

Conservation must recognise Indigenous peoples as senior partners in the fight to protect their own land, not as ‘squatters’ and ‘poachers’ to be evicted and criminalised The model of conservation ...

Maasai people have protested in one of Tanzania’s most important tourism destinations over their eviction in the name of conservation. The protests on World Heritage Day aim to highlight UNESCO’s ...

Two presidential commissions have recommended the mass eviction of Maasai people from some of East Africa’s most iconic conservation areas and tourist destinations. The commissions were established by ...

Peru’s leading Indigenous organizations have called on the US and European governments to stop financial support to the country’s forestry industry, following an unprecedented legislative assault on ...

Calls are growing for the Indian government to scrap its controversial Great Nicobar project after it suffered a series of setbacks in recent weeks. They include: • The Tribal Affairs Ministry has ...