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, Minority Rights Group International and Rainforest Foundation have released a joint statement in the run-up to… Continue reading COP15: NGOs warn plan to protect 30% of earth by 2030 will ‘devastate Indigenous lives”
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Is 30 percent land converted to protected areas the biggest land grab in history?
Three hundred million people stand to lose their land and livelihood, most of them tribal and indigenous peoples, according to Survival International World leaders and global conservation organizations are expected to discuss a proposal under the Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework to convert 30% of the planet into a protected zone at President Biden’s Leaders’… Continue reading Is 30 percent land converted to protected areas the biggest land grab in history?
WWF commissioned report acknowledges human rights abuses in WWF projects
WWF published ‘Embedding Human Rights into Nature Conservation: from Intent to Action’, a report from an Independent Panel it commissioned last year to review WWF’s role in relation to reported human rights abuses by some government rangers in the most complex and remote areas where it works. The Panel, chaired by former UN High Commissioner… Continue reading WWF commissioned report acknowledges human rights abuses in WWF projects
Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir
India’s central government identified 15,000 acres in Kashmir – mostly next to rivers, streams and wetlands – for investors from outside the region Following New Delhi’s decision to scrap the semi-autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019 and its subsequent conversion into a union territory, the J&K administration has stepped up efforts to create… Continue reading Indian government looks to acquire land in Kashmir
Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting
Olosho, produced by the Masai community is a powerful video highlighting the land-rights struggle against global companies and the Tanzanian government The film was created by six members of the Maasai community, from Loliondo, Tanzania who have been battling over twenty years to protect their pastoral land from global land poachers. The community’s land – sandwiched between the famous and biodiversity… Continue reading Masai land under threat from luxury wildlife hunting
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