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On 15th August 2015, two leaders of the Rapa Nui Parliament (an Indigenous resistance group for Rapa Nui self-determination) by the names Leviante Araki and Mario Tuki, were arrested for impeding access to the ceremonial site of Orongo to a group of tourists who had not agreed to pay the entrance to the Parliament of Rapa Nui.^[1] The Chilean Ministry of the Interior subsequently closed the Parliament of Rapa Nui and deployed police forces across the island to repress any further organizing.

Fourteen Sab Wai villagers, a small farming community living off their land within the Sai Thong National Park since the 1970s, were first accused of forest encroachment in 2016 and subsequently jailed in 2019. They were released on bail.

In 2021, the Supreme Court sentenced 11 villagers to suspended jail terms and 3 villagers to prison

There is minimal online documentation as to specific violations that have occurred under park management since Conkouati-Douli’s inception, however, a 2017 report by The Rainforest Foundation UK titled ‘The Human Cost of Conservation in Republic of Congo’ provides an extensive historical overview of issues with the park and its poor treatment of Indigenous communities.

There is little public record of violations that have occurred within Ob Khan National Park against Indigenous communities, however, the park expansion project being proposed by the Thailand Government is of great concern and has been widely opposed by the Karen Indigenous communities surrounding the Ob Khan boundaries. According to Indigenous rights activist Patchara Kumchumnam, propaganda against Indigenous custodianship and land management is prolific.

In June 2019, 14 Orang Asli people from Kg Kuala Kol died and 46 were hospitalized from what was assumed by officials to be an outbreak of a respiratory illness.

In 2011, the Dukha were first told by Mongolian government officials that they could no longer hunt in the area because it had become a national preserve - against their informed consent. Additionally, they were informed they could only herd reindeer in three specific spots and could not take them past the Tengis River and Gugned Valley. To ensure the Dukha couldn’t hunt, the government forbade them from bringing their dogs to guard the reindeer.^[1]

In recent years, the conservation strategy of the park has become increasingly militarized and reportedly built upon a coordinated network of extra judicial killings - as raised by the National Alliance of People’s Movements, ‘Order’ dt. 14/7/2010 issued by the Govt. of Assam granted legal immunity to all the forest guards of Kaziranga for the use of firearms.

In 1972, a high number Jenukurubas and Yerawas were reportedly evicted from the Nagarhole National Park without their consent and without compensation just after the passing of the Wildlife Protection Act (WLPA) in 1972, the first wildlife law that bans every activity within the park, denying the local communities access and use of their customary forest rights[1].  A total number of 3,418 families were allegedly displaced between the 70s and 80s

There has been an extensive history of Indigenous displacement and dispossession since the creation of the Tiger Reserve in 1974, however, most of the documented violations have occurred in the past twenty years. 

In 2001, the Bori, Kund and Koha villages were reportedly relocated and in 2003 the process of relocating the Vairat, Churni and Dhargad villages commenced in 2003.