

“A Human Rights-based Approach is Key to Addressing the Global Biodiversity and Climate Crises”:
A Hybrid Side Event on Indigenous Peoples’ Initiatives and Actions in the Context of the Paris Agreement and the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Under the key theme “Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests”, the fifteenth World Forestry Congress, held from 2 to 6 May 2022 in Korea, provided a platform


Indigenous Peoples’ rights in NDCs: Initial observations from Asia
25 April 2022 Authors: Lakpa Nuri Sherpa, Environment Programme Coordinator, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact Celina Yong, Regional Technical Advisor & Stakeholder Engagement Specialist, Climate & Forests Programme, UNDP Oda Almas


Deforestation An Attack on The Human Rights Of Forest Peoples
The European Commission must recognise deforestation is not only about the environment but human rights, especially for indigenous peoples.


Indigenous Women’s Voices in their Indigenous Language
Karen Indigenous Women’s Group members of Mae Yod Village from Northern Thailand articulates their forest voices in their indigenous language.


Discussion on International Mother Language Day: 21 February
“Our roots, our language!
Mother tongue education for our future!”


The Nine Level Agriculture of the Akha People
For Akha people women are a symbol of diversity and fertility. In their resourcefulness lies the propagation of farming methods that have yielded a variety of foods.


Philippines: 9 Lumad leaders face trumped-up charges in Bukidnon
Nine members of the Pigyayungaan organization in Cabanglasan, Bukidnon face trumped-up charges of frustrated murder, accusing them of an encounter between the 8th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA)


URGENT ALERT UPDATE: On the intensifying attacks against human rights defenders in the Cordillera, Philippines
12 February 2018 Dear Friends, We urgently appeal for your support in calling for a stop to the intensifying attacks against human rights defenders and communities in the Cordillera, Philippines


Philippines: Militarization shuts down schools, displaces families in Agusan del Sur; Evacuees complain of food blockade
Intensified militarization in the hinterland villages of Agusan del Sur forced alternative learning centers of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) to shut down ahead of regular closing schedules