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Chapter 1 Context and Challenges from Grassroots Leadership and Popular Education in Indonesia

13th Mar 2015
LifeMosaic and The Samdhana Institute are serialising a new book: Grassroots Leadership and Popular Education in Indonesia. This month, Chapter 1: Context and Challenges provides an overview of the unprecedented challenges faced by communities, social movements and ecosystems in Indonesia and around the world.

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)

Could 2015 be a breakthrough year for community land rights?

4th Feb 2015
2015 is set to be a pivotal year for the global recognition of land and resource rights if momentum in protecting the world's forests and their communities can be kept up, land rights experts and campaigners said on Wednesday. (Astrid Zweynert / Thomson Reuters Foundation)

Rosa Palomino: “On the radio we care about our rights and Aymara culture”

2nd Feb 2015
Rosa Palomino is an Aymara social communicator who directs Wiñay Pankara (Always blooming), an Aymara story-telling radio show that connects political activity and radio, and redefines story-telling from a gender perspective. (Marco R. Colombier / Intercontinental Cry)

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