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Indigenous group loses bid to block Indonesia palm oil project
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Indigenous community that sought to cancel a permit for a palm oil concession on thou--- (The NRI Nation)
Prabowo Heralds an Uncertain Future For Fundamental Freedoms in Indonesia
The last administration showed an increasing disdain for democratic and human rights norms. The new one might be even worse.Rosalind Ratana and Cornelius Damar Hanung (The Diplomat)
Brazil Indigenous People subjected to soaring rates of suicide
Destruction of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil is driving Indigenous people to suicide - and tragically, rates are now soaringMonica Piccinini (The Canary)
Julie Wark on #WestPapua
Currently a critical situation in Paniai Region where the #Indonesian military have displaced large numbers of refugees.
"Indigenous peoples have been displaced from more than a million hectares of cleared rainforest to make way for transmigrants. Forest dwellers have been expelled to malaria-infested lower altitudes. Their rights are annulled by law."
#Indigenous #Indigenousrights
https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/07/05/paniai-west-papua-politics-of-displacement/
Paniai, West Papua: Politics of Displacement - CounterPunch.org
As in Palestine, much of the displacement in West Papua is caused by settlers, but this time funded by the World Bank.Julie Wark (CounterPunch.org)
Amazon rainforest inhabitants share plan to save their home
Inhabitants of the Amazon have created a comprehensive plan to prevent climate and ecological collapse, focusing on ending fossil fuel subsidies and securing Indigenous land rights.Katie Surma reports for Inside Climate News.EHN Curators (EHN)
“If we want to save the forest, we need the government to officially recognize that this is our land.”
#IndigenousPeoples #LandRights #ClimateAction #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Rainforest #Forest #IndigenousRights #FoodSovereignty
https://e360.yale.edu/features/brazil-atlantic-forest-indigenous-land-bees
How Indigenous People Are Restoring Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
The Guarani Mbya people are working to restore the once-vast Atlantic Forest, which has been largely lost to development.Yale E360