On the forested slopes of Benguet in the Philippines, two young Indigenous entrepreneurs are proving that business can be both an act of cultural preservation and environmental stewardship.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
Almost two years after Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs issued an eviction order to the pipeline company, land defenders are now enforcing it| The Narwhal
Innu Nation recently gave the Québec utility a conditional green light to do survey work for the proposed hydroelectric megaproject. Jerome Jack wants Innu leaders to step down and call a general election before Innu vote on the proposed deal.| The Independent
British Columbians more aware of UNDRIP than others in the country; most would hold referendum on it August 25, 2025 – British Columbia has seen historic and controversial developments in Indigenous land rights. In April 2024, the Haida Nation’s title to Haida Gwaii was formally recognized, while in May 2025 the Cowichan Tribes’ court victory over land title in Richmond…| Angus Reid Institute
Generation, politics, and gender shape views on funding, culture, and status of Indigenous Peoples August 20, 2025 – While issues of land rights, lawsuits, and the legacy of Indian Residential Schools have taken much of the attention in Canada in recent years, there are deep, fundamental questions about Indigenous rights and traditions that underpin many of the views Canadians hold.…| Angus Reid Institute
Letter to Premier and Ministers alleges contraventions of Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil standards, land rights, and lease conditions The Penan and Kenyah Indigenous communities of Long Urun, Belaga have issued an urgent call to the Sarawak Premier, key state department heads, and the federal Minister of Plantation and Commodities to immediately halt large-scale forest clearing... The post Indigenous Communities Demand Immediate Halt to Deforestation by Urun Plantations first appeared on The ...| The Borneo Project
This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we highlight how respect and consent must guide both engagement and the ethical use of artificial intelligence. The post Indigenous Peoples and Artificial Intelligence: Defending Rights through Principles of Respect and Consent appeared first on FSC Indigenous Foundation.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
During Panama Climate Week 2025, a powerful gathering of Indigenous women leaders from across Latin America took place.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
A member of the Penan Indigenous community from Ba Data Bila in Upper Baram has issued urgent protest letters to Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), demanding an immediate halt to ongoing logging operations by Borneoland Timber Resources. (Ba Data Bila, Sarawak) Today, a member of the... The post Penan Community Member Urgently Calls Sarawak Premier to Halt Destructive Logging in Upper Baram first appeared on The Borneo Project.| The Borneo Project
Gull Island is the site of a proposed hydroelectric project that would be operated by Hydro-Quebec after a Memorandum of Understanding between N.L., Quebec and Innu Nation| The Independent
BC Hydro plans to give the Site C dam an Indigenous name but chief of an affected First Nation says it’s inappropriate| The Narwhal
Innu land defenders blockaded the site of a potential hydroelectric megaproject Wednesday, saying preliminary work needs to stop while their communities grapple with what some are calling a lack of consultations and unknown impacts to the land| The Independent
https://youtu.be/zbvHOXPlaSU The June 29, 2025 episode of The Indy Broadcast includes the following stories: Northern Labrador in ‘crisis’ as people| The Independent
The FSC Indigenous Foundation (FSC-IF) will serve as the implementing partner of a newly established community program designed to support the livelihoods and well-being of four Indigenous Ngäbe communities in Panama: Kiad, Nuevo Palomar, Quebrada Caña, and Quebrada de Plata.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
The June 22, 2025 broadcast covers the following stories: TRANSCRIPT JUSTIN BRAKE: From Benoit's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador, this is The Indy Broadcast. Welcome to the show for Sunday, June […]| The Independent
RCMP advance into Gidimt’en territory after Wet’suwet’en land defenders closed road access to the Coastal GasLink pipeline project| The Narwhal
Photojournalist Amber Bracken was among those arrested as RCMP advance on Gidimt’en occupation of Coastal GasLink drill site| The Narwhal
Liberal Candidate Philip Earle and NDP Candidate Marius Normore answered questions from The Independent. Conservative Candidate Ella Wallace did not respond to our requests.| The Independent
The Washington University’s Global Studies Law Review published an article by HRP Visiting Fellow, Jonathan Liljeblad: “Indigenizing International Law Education”.... The post New Article by Visiting Fellow Jonathan Liljeblad appeared first on Harvard Law School | Human Rights Program.| Harvard Law School | Human Rights Program
The G20 Interfaith Forum (IF20) hosted a series of Freedom of Religion or Belief (FoRB) meetings in Cape Town, South Africa, from February 24 to 28, 2025. These meetings aimed to advance interfaith dialogue and policy recommendations for global peacebuilding, religious freedom, and social cohesion. The events were led by…| Viewpoints
We are proud to announce the appointment of Minnie Degawan as its new Managing Director| FSC Indigenous Foundation
Coastal GasLink continues to build the pipeline, while Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs and land defenders try to stop it| The Narwhal
Energy regulator’s leniency on Coastal GasLink (CGL) alleged breaches shows it rarely uses its sweeping powers to protect environment| The Narwhal
Slope failures, flooded worksites and sediment from Coastal GasLink pipeline construction could be seen entering Wet’suwet’en wetlands| The Narwhal
Indigenous-led Cedar LNG and net-zero goals: when it comes to extraction, biodiversity and reconciliation, B.C. wants everything, all at once| The Narwhal
Coastal GasLink pipeline work by river leads Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs to reissue eviction order in push to defend Indigenous Rights| The Narwhal
Saik’uz and Stellat’en First Nations continue to fight for the health of Nechako River as provincially regulated dam harms fish populations| The Narwhal
TC Energy is selling a 10 per cent stake of its controversial Coastal GasLink pipeline project to 16 First Nations in B.C.| The Narwhal
This won't deter his fight for greater indigenous autonomy and rights, he insists.| Phoenix Media Co-operative
Strengthening sustainable forest management through Indigenous leadership| FSC Indigenous Foundation
RCMP arrests on Wet'suwet'en territory thrust Canada's support for the Coastal GasLink pipeline and incarceration of journalists into the international spotlight| The Narwhal
TC Energy often points to its agreements with First Nations along the Coastal GasLink pipeline route. On the ground, it's more complicated| The Narwhal
We Are All Treaty People:| Riverdale Historical Society—since 1999
Ecuador’s citizens made history by voting to keep fossil fuels in the ground in Yasuní. But the government’s failure to implement the referendum sets a dangerous precedent.| Amazon Watch
“The government is not meeting their judicial obligation to the court, they’re not fulfilling the mandate of the Ecuadorian people, and they’re not respecting the rights of the Waorani.”| Amazon Watch
Achieving Indigenous autonomies and territorial governance, where self-determination is exercised, requires dismantling the mandates imposed by colonial and extractivist states and transforming them based on indigenous worldviews of harmony and collectivity.| Amazon Watch
The course will contribute to the rights and sustainable development of Indigenous Peoples in Central America.| FSC Indigenous Foundation
Along with Nisg̱a’a blockade, Indigenous leaders from across northwest B.C. have stated support for legal and direct action against PRGT pipeline| The Narwhal
It’s no surprise that Cargill would destroy the Amazon and the Cerrado. What is surprising is the involvement of someone at a foundation that should be committed to protecting nature and Indigenous rights.| Amazon Watch
A new VICE documentary “Terror & Cocaine in the Peruvian Jungle” tells the story of Indigenous resistance to illegal economies in the Amazon. #AmazonUnderworld| Amazon Watch
From El Capitán, EZLN, original here. The fig tree rubs its wind with the sandpaper of its branches,and the forest, cunning cat, bristles its brittle fibers. (Romance Sonámbulo.Federico García Lorca) Yes, the wind and the mountain seem to have known each other...| Chiapas Support Committee
We recommend that INCRA immediately suspend IN 112 and replace it with a policy that better regulates the historical uneven relationship between large private enterprises and small farmers in rural settlements.| Amazon Watch
Solaris Resources stock tanked this week as Indigenous orgs took actions to reject its Warintza mining project in Ecuador. #MiningOutOfTheAmazon #PSHAYaDecidió #Warintza| Amazon Watch
As Brazil stands at a crossroads, the international community's support and vigilance are crucial in ensuring that Indigenous rights are upheld and the Amazon rainforest is preserved for future generations.| Amazon Watch
"Kakataibo organizations have intensified their territorial control and protection operations. This included seizures of illegal timber, destruction of clandestine laboratories, burning of coca fields, control of roads, community patrols, and reconnaissance overflights."| Amazon Watch
“This policy is a hollow promise that fails to state meaningful measures on how Citi will hold clients like Petroperú accountable for destructive Amazon oil expansion plans and contamination threatening Indigenous peoples today.”| Amazon Watch
"Their money will run out, but our territory will remain here. We're not going to sell ourselves or our land to be destroyed."| Amazon Watch
In recent weeks, the Awajún and Wampís Women's Council made a shocking public denunciation of 524 cases of rape and abuse of children who attended public schools since 2010.| Amazon Watch
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 12, 2024 Karipetua Uarije, representative of the OvaHerero Biocultural Community Protocol Custodian Committee, kuarije@yahoo.com Natasha Prince, Natural Justice, natasha@naturaljustice.org Siziwe Mota, International Rivers, smota@internationalrivers.org Opuwo, Namibia – The first written Biocultural Community Protocol (BCP) of the OvaHerero peoples of the Kaokoland in Namibia and Angola, capturing their history, cultural practices, and traditions,...| International Rivers
Amazon Watch was honored to participate in the Third Shaniishinshi of the Chapra Nation. No other organization had ever attended an assembly like this one before.| Amazon Watch
Canada’s Solaris Resources announced yesterday that a CAD$130 million investment deal with Chinese firm Zijin Mining was dead, abruptly ending a much touted infusion of capital needed to advance its flagship Warintza project.| Amazon Watch
Over 30% investors at the biggest U.S. bank JPMorgan Chase have backed a resolution on Indigenous rights, which was presented by a Peruvian Amazon leader facing death threats over her opposition to oil drilling.| Amazon Watch
The 2024 Banking on Climate Chaos report is the most comprehensive analysis of the financial institutions backing the fossil fuel industry and the policies of the world’s 60 largest banks enabling this financing.| Amazon Watch
Contrary to upholding Indigenous rights, Canada rejected crucial recommendations regarding the regulation of its companies operating in Latin America and the Caribbean.| Amazon Watch
"Ferrogrão is the train of death, of deforestation. The railroad is not going to carry people, as they claim, but grain production of international companies that are financing this project."| Amazon Watch