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Natural Justice: Lawyers for Communities and the Environment is a non-profit organization, registered in South Africa since 2007.
Our vision is the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity through the self-determination of Indigenous peoples and local communities.
Our mission is to facilitate the full and effective participation of Indigenous peoples and local communities in the development and implementation of laws and policies that relate to the conservation and customary uses of biodiversity and the protection of associated cultural heritage.
Natural Justice work at the local, national, regional, and international levels with a wide range of partners. We strive to ensure that community rights and responsibilities are represented and respected at the broader scales and that gains made in international fora are fully upheld at lower levels.
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The following activities in support of the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights will be carried out: i) A forum and training with National Human Rights Commission across South East Asia on human rights violations related to Indigenous and community land rights and the agri-business sector the need to recognise indigenous customary rights to land, remedy land loss, and prevent future loss of land. ii) support to an Indigenous Land Rights movement in Colombia including advocacyso that its land title is finally granted by the Supreme Court of Colombia and reforestation initiatives on the land to buffer water zones and ensure sustainable development , iii) Support for the formation of the an inter-ethnic a national-level representational group of made up of members from around 50 communities in Cameroon who are defending their community land rights against mining, oil palm, timber andrubber industries.