The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is seeking information in preparation for his upcoming country visit to Colombia which will take place from 5 to 15 March 2024.

The World Bank has given Tanzanian authorities until late December to settle complaints of civil rights violations tied to a $150 million natural resources project that the bank is funding before it launches a formal investigation into the matter.

The government through Kenya Forest Services (KFS) has partnered with a Dutch company to conserve 60,000 hectares of Mau forest.

Agreements have been struck with African states home to crucial biodiversity hotspots, for land representing billions of dollars in potential carbon offsetting revenue

American tennis players – brothers John and Patrick McEnroe – are set to host a luxury tennis-themed safari tour in Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA), where Indigenous Maasai people are protesting the Tanzanian government’s forced eviction of them from their ancestral homes.

The signatory organisations call on the government of Kenya to immediately cease all evictions in the Mau Forest, as they are in violation of Kenyan law, as well as the judgements of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights in the Ogiek case.

Stop the evictions of Ogiek and all forest communities that have been living in harmony with nature for generations. These communities are the guardians of the forest, protecting its biodiversity and ecosystem services. They have customary rights to their lands and resources, which are recognized by international law and the Constitution.

John Waconda, Isleta Pueblo and Laguna Pueblo, came out of retirement to work with The Nature Conservancy in the fall of 2021. He is the first Indigenous Partnerships program manager in the conservancy’s New Mexico chapter.

IPLP Bay and Paul Foundations Fellow, Kiptoo together with delegates from the International Indian Treaty Council (IITC), while attending the Subsidiary Body on Science Technical and Technological Advice (SABSSTA) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) conference in Nairobi met with Mr. David Cooper, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biodiversity (CBD)

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