In Marrakesh, Amarakaeri People Say REDD+ And Rights Must Go Together
By: Kelli Barrett
Date: November 13th 2016
Source: Ecosystem Marketplace
There are 2, 749 content items of different types and languages related to indigenous peoples' land rights on the Land Portal.
U.N. Supports Indigenous Land Rights in Mexico’s Mining Plans
By: Wendy Anders
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: Costa Rica Star
Indigenous peoples have disadvantages vis-a-vis governments and companies in consultations on projects that affect their communities, reported TeleSur TV this week.
Indigenous People Fight for Place at World Climate Action Table
By: hg-CM-egb
Date: November 8th 2016
Source: TeleSUR English
A growing body of research shows that Indigenous people and guaranteed rights to their land are critical factors in keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.
Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands
By: Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres
Date: October 31st 2016
Source: Mongabay
- Venezuela has invited foreign companies to play a leading role in developing the Orinoco Mining Arc, potentially opening 12 percent of the country to mining interests, and endangering forests, rivers, national parks and indigenous lands in the remote southeastern part of the nation.
Guatemala’s indigenous people are at risk of losing their land
By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee
Date: October 10th 2016
Source: ThinkProgress
About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.
A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon
By: Mike Gaworecki
Date: October 11th 2016
Source: Mongabay.com
A new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) quantifies the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect the Amazon rainforest for the first time.
Indigenous land rights fundamental to climate safety – Lord Stern
Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist
Want to save the rainforest on the cheap? Give land to the indigenous, report says
By: Chris Arsenault
Date: October 6th 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Communities that own the territory are more likely to conserve the forest than other land users
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Giving indigenous people land title deeds is one of the most cost-effective ways to preserve South America's endangered rainforest, a research group said on Thursday.
Guatemala: "We will not buy what is ours"
By: Manuela Picq
Date: September 29th 2016
Source: Intercontinental Cry Magazine
Challenging Terra Nullius in the courts of Guatemala
Copones is a large Maya Q’eqchi’ territory in Guatemala, in the northern province of Quiché along the Mexican border with Chiapas. Q’eqchi’ communities have lived in Copones for millennia, caring for rivers and the land generation after generation. Their territory extends over 20,000 hectares of clean rivers and fertile land.