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News - Land Rights

As climate talks belch hot air, activists are putting their lives on the line

21st Apr 2015
Artificial, self-important UN summits could not be further from the frontline of protest, where environmentalists are being killed at an alarming rate. Of those killed, a shockingly high proportion, 40%, were indigenous people. (Andrew Simms / Guardian.com)

Guarani communities win eviction reprieve in Brazil

3rd Apr 2015
Three Guarani Indian communities in central Brazil have been given a glimmer of hope that they can remain on their ancestral lands, after legal rulings overturned or suspended orders to evict them (Watson / Survival).

Indigenous rights ‘denied’

27th Mar 2015
Despite Cambodia’s indigenous peoples being legally recognised and protected under the country’s Forestry and Land Laws, limited implementation combined with a lack of coordination have resulted in many indigenous communities being denied their land and legal rights, according to a report by the Heinrich Böll Foundation. (Ethan Harfenist / Phnom Penh Post)

Local land rights may be in danger from push for palm oil in Liberia

12th Mar 2015
The rights of local and indigenous peoples aren’t being adequately protected in the drive for economic development, according to a report published in February by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), a coalition of forest-oriented organizations. (John C. Cannon / mongabay.com)

Police investigate villager’s murder in pulp and paper concession

2nd Mar 2015
Indonesian police are investigating the brutal killing of a villager in Jambi at the hands of security guards contracted by Wira Karya Sakti (WKS), a plantation company owned by forestry giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). APP quickly condemned the murder and said it is cooperating with the investigation. (Rhett A. Butler / Mongabay.com)

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