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Bangladesh: Give Back the Land Santal’s Demands in 164thHool Diwas at Gaibandha

The Santal indigenous community in Gobindagonj subdistrict of Gaibandha at a assembly demanded that the government to return around 1,842 acres of land belonging to …

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Open Letter of Appeal by AIPP-IWGIA to the Prime Minister of India, on the Supreme Court Order of 13th February, 2019 on FRA

An Open Letter of Appeal To, The Office of the Prime MinisterGovernment of IndiaSouth Block, Raisina HillNew Delhi-110011 Dear Honourable Prime Minister, The Supreme Court …

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Myanmar: A Tribute to Saw O Moo: Karen Indigenous Rights Defender Gunned Down by Burma Army Soldiers in Mutraw District, Karen State

9 April 2018 Indigenous Karen people of Mutraw and staff of the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN) are mourning the loss of one …

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UNPFII16: Kapaeeng Foundation urges to expedite functions of Chittagong Hill Tracts Land Commission and form a separate Land Commission for plains

In a statement at the 16th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) delivered on 27 April 2017, representative of Kapaeeng …

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Akha Indigenous Women of Pak-Kia village in northern Thailand play crucial role in the preservation of indigenous seeds, transfer of Indigenous Knowledge, and the maintenance of food security and well-being of community members.

“Land Tenure Security is the Foundation for Resilient and Sustainable Food Systems”-A Webinar on Indigenous Women as Global Game Changers

It has been widely acknowledged that the world’s dominant food systems are unsustainable: as key drivers of climate change, they generate adverse environmental, socio-economic, and …

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Madhupur forestland: who are the real grabbers?

On September 14, 2020, the forest department forcibly cut down banana plants raised on a “grabbed” forestland under Dokhala range in Madhupur upazila, Tangail without …

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Thailand: Koh-ee Mee, the centenarian indigenous Karen leader of the Kaeng Krachan forest, passes away

Kittisak Rattanakrajangsri, chairperson of Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact, sends his condolences to the family and community members of Koh-ee Mee who passed away today. Koh-ee Mee is an indigenous Karen leader of the Kaeng Krachan forest who fought a legal battle to claim their right to live in their own land.

Kittisak challenges the indigenous youth to continue the fight that Koh-ee Mee has started.

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India: A message from Kaziranga for World Rhino Day

A message from the Indigenous Peoples from Kaziranga on World Rhino Day (2018):- Pranab Doley of Jeepal Krishak Shramik Sangha (JKSS) based out of Assam, North East …

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AIPP’s presentation on “Indigenous Peoples and the right to land”

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Earth Day 2017

On 22 April, 2017, together with more than 500 organisations and indigenous communities across the world who stand with the #landrightsnow campaign, the Asia Indigenous …

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Malaysia: Angry’ Gua Musang Orang Asli march to Forestry Department headquarters

Over 50 natives from Gua Musang marched to the Forestry Department of Peninsular Malaysia headquarters to hand a memorandum against logging in their area. Source: …

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The Impact of a China-backed sugarcane plantation in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province

A China-backed sugarcane plantation in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province is destroying the livelihoods of residents, according to ethnic minority villagers and civil society groups, despite …

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