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A report last year by Minority Rights Group documented atrocities committed against the Batwa by the park’s rangers, including the burning alive of children, gang-rape, torture and murder. In a landmark decision, the French government has scrapped its plan to fund the controversial Kahuzi-Biega Na

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 02/12/2023

Brazil’s government launches major operation to evict miners from indigenous land

Authorities in Brazil have launched a major operation to remove thousands of illegal goldminers from the Yanomami territory in the north of the country. Agents from the Environmental Protection Agency IBAMA and Indigenous Affairs Department FUNAI are involved, alongside

Biodiversity , Business , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Labour , Resources , Sustainable Development / 12/14/2022

Leather suppliers to BMW, Jaguar and others linked to illegal deforestation

BMW and Jaguar Land Rover’s leather suppliers are linked to illegal deforestation in the territory of one of the world’s most threatened uncontacted tribes, according to an official complaint launched by Survival International. Two Italian companies, Pasubio and Gruppo Mastrotto, source leath

Biodiversity , Climate , Environment , Forests , Human Rights , Resources , Sustainable Development / 12/06/2022

COP15: NGOs warn plan to protect 30% of earth by 2030 will ‘devastate Indigenous lives”

The organizations call for any conservation targets included as part of a new Global Biodiversity Framework to “give priority to the recognition and protection of collective and customary land tenure systems of Indigenous Peoples Leading NGOs including Survival International, Amnesty International

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Forests , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Labour , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Water / 09/29/2022

A deadly decade for land and environmental activists – with a killing every two days

The report highlights that the control and use of land and territory is a central issue in countries where defenders are threatened. Since 2012, Global Witness has been gathering data on the killings of land and environmental defenders. In that time, a grim picture has come into focus – with evide

Biodiversity , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 07/29/2022

Kenya’s Ogiek community promote a new vision for conservation in Africa

Zubaida Mabuno Ismail In western Kenya, the Ogiek battle for land rights and a chance to demonstrate their role in biodiversity protection. At an ongoing IUCN meet, they have a chance to do so before a global audience The home of the Ogiek, a traditional forest-dwelling people, in western Kenya is c

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Energy , Environment , Food , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Soil , Sustainable Development , Water / 06/26/2022

How the Brazilian elections could determine the future of the Amazon

Lázaro Thor Borges Seeking re-election, Jair Bolsonaro’s government has championed the easing of environmental policy in Brazil, while opponents push for a sustainable turnaround Billboards scattered along the sides of highways that cut through the largest soybean farms in Brazil carried a clear

Aid , Biodiversity , Corruption , Data & Reports , Environment , Forests , Gender , Governance , Human Rights , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development / 04/07/2022

Eviction, torture, rape, murder reported from world famous gorilla national park in DRC

Thousands of Batwa were evicted when the park was expanded in 1975. Since then they’ve mostly lived outside it, in conditions of absolute poverty, but some have tried to return to their lands inside the park. A national park famed for its gorilla-spotting treks has been the scene of appalling atro

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Environment , Forests , Governance , Human Rights , Sustainable Development / 03/15/2022

UK governments new Environment Law puts into doubt their commitments made at COP 26

UK new Environment Act could fail to tackle much of the country’s deforestation footprint abroad, despite the UK government’s claims of a ‘world-leading’ law and their role in securing the Glasgow Declaration on Forests to halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030. The Department For

Biodiversity , Business , Climate , Corruption , Data & Reports , Economy , Environment , Food , Forests , Health , Human Rights , Labour , Refugees , Resources , Sustainable Development , Waste , Water / 03/01/2022

Mining companies seek to expand into Brazil’s indigenous territories

Lívia Machado Costa New report shows that companies from Brazil and abroad are sieging sites of interest, even where mineral extraction is prohibited he search for new mining areas is expanding into Brazil’s indigenous territories, amid rising mineral revenues and exports, as well as in

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