Lands, Resources, and Environments

Read more about Cultural Survival Condemns the Assassination of Guatemalan Human Rights Defender

Cultural Survival condemns the assassination of Guatemalan human rights defender Jeremy Abraham Barrios Lima on 12 November, 2016.

Read more about The International Indigenous Peoples` Forum on Climate Change Condemns the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline

The International Indigenous Peoples` Forum on Climate Change Condemns the Construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Read more about Human Rights Observer Report on Mission to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation

This report was submitted by Roberto Borrero representing the International Indian Treaty Council, non-Governmental Organization in General Consultative Status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, traveling as a Human Rights Observer and in support of Grand Chief Edward John, UN Expert Member, Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, about their mission to Standing Rock Sioux Reservation and the Oceti Sakowin (“Seven Council Fires”) Camp on October 29 – 31, 2016.

Read more about UN Expert Releases Report on Conditions Surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline

In response to an October 28, 2016 letter of invitation to me as an Expert Member of the UNPFII from Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Chairman, David Archambault, Chief Edward John, Expert Member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, traveled from my community to North Dakota to see, firsthand, the conditions that he, his peoples and those from other communities have been facing in relation to the clearing of the right of way and subsequent construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Read more about UN Special Rapporteur Addresses the Intersection of Conservation and Indigenous Rights

On July 29, 2016, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Victoria Tauli-Corpuz presented a thematic report that examines the rights of Indigenous Peoples in regards to nature conservation to the UN General Assembly.

Read more about Indigenous Leader Marcos Terena Receives the Wisdom Fellowship Award

By Sacred Fire Foundation

Honoring his leadership and tireless work for the rights of Indigenous Peoples worldwide, on November 26, 2016 the Sacred Fire Foundation presented Xané leader Marcos Terena with the Wisdom Fellowship award.

The award ceremony took place in Lima, Perú a Gala dinner during the The Latin America Indigenous Funders Conference, a unique event that brings leaders from the Indigenous, donor, and corporate worlds to the same table.

Read more about Pueblo Ngäbe Bugle pierde territorio y 3 comunidades son desplazada por una hidroeléctrica

Por Jonathan González Quiel

El pueblo Ngäbe Bugle, se ubica en el occidente de Panamá y actualmente representa 2 culturas de las 7 etnias originarias que sobrevivieron a la conquista y la colonización española en Panamá.