Image Video Testimony from Maasai Leader Ole Simel: The Forcible Eviction of Maasai Indigenous Peoples from their Traditional Lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Name of Wildlife Conservation April 9, 2025 While glossy images of the Maasai and their iconic lands often grace travel brochures, a starkly different reality of land theft and displacement unfolds behind the scenes. Read more Image Video Testimony from Leina & Samuel an Ogiek: The Ogiek being evicted from their forest as victims of conservation. March 28, 2025 A few months before we visited the Ogiek community to film their testimonies, without any prior notice many households had been evicted, an estimated 167 houses and a school burned down. Read more Image The Declaration of Puerto Franco: Gathering of Indigenous Peoples and Nations for Conservation with Respect for their Rights March 4, 2025 Indigenous peoples and nations from Peru and Kenya came together to share their stories related to the exclusionary conservation model that has made them invisible for decades. Read more Image Indigenous peoples' rights are under attack from "fortress conservation." Act now to stop it. Feb. 27, 2025 "If the officials come and shoot us we are ready to die, but not to leave the forest" Read more Image Video Testimony from Choudamma a Jenu Kuruba: How the WCS - India ends up being the government agent for forcible relocation in the name of voluntary relocation Feb. 25, 2025 In carrying out its species protection and conservation goals through Project Tiger, India has been found responsible for the commission of large-scale and systematic human rights violations committed against the Indigenous communities living within or near the protected areas. Read more Image Northern Rangelands Trust loses conservancies in landmark ruling Feb. 12, 2025 The court issued several orders, including a permanent injunction prohibiting NRT and its partners from conducting any conservancy operations, including recruitment and deployment of rangers, in the affected areas. NATION Image Creation of Mukutani Forest undermines rights of Endorois Jan. 27, 2025 In 2017, the government published Legal Notice Number 265 which converted over 13,000 hectares belonging to the Endorois people into Mukutani Forest, Baringo County. This was done without the legal requirement of free prior and informed consent and compensation. Read more Image GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Native knowledge helps preserve the planet Jan. 23, 2025 Indigenous people in The Philippines are helping with an effort to use a method of cultivation known as “rainforestation farming” to help restore forestlands degraded by commercial logging and rejuvenate ecosystems that can prevent flooding, Mongabay reported on Jan. 17. ICT Image Parallel Report for the Review of the Republic of Congo by the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Jan. 15, 2025 This alternative report is submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program. Read Image UArizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program Supports Batwa Human Rights in DRC Dec. 18, 2024 The IPLP Program’s Indigenous Rights & Protected Areas Initiative aligns with global efforts to address human rights concerns stemming from conservation policies that exclude Indigenous communities. Read more Pagination … 1 2 3 4 5 6 … Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Video Testimony from Maasai Leader Ole Simel: The Forcible Eviction of Maasai Indigenous Peoples from their Traditional Lands in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area in the Name of Wildlife Conservation April 9, 2025 While glossy images of the Maasai and their iconic lands often grace travel brochures, a starkly different reality of land theft and displacement unfolds behind the scenes. Read more
Image Video Testimony from Leina & Samuel an Ogiek: The Ogiek being evicted from their forest as victims of conservation. March 28, 2025 A few months before we visited the Ogiek community to film their testimonies, without any prior notice many households had been evicted, an estimated 167 houses and a school burned down. Read more
Image The Declaration of Puerto Franco: Gathering of Indigenous Peoples and Nations for Conservation with Respect for their Rights March 4, 2025 Indigenous peoples and nations from Peru and Kenya came together to share their stories related to the exclusionary conservation model that has made them invisible for decades. Read more
Image Indigenous peoples' rights are under attack from "fortress conservation." Act now to stop it. Feb. 27, 2025 "If the officials come and shoot us we are ready to die, but not to leave the forest" Read more
Image Video Testimony from Choudamma a Jenu Kuruba: How the WCS - India ends up being the government agent for forcible relocation in the name of voluntary relocation Feb. 25, 2025 In carrying out its species protection and conservation goals through Project Tiger, India has been found responsible for the commission of large-scale and systematic human rights violations committed against the Indigenous communities living within or near the protected areas. Read more
Image Northern Rangelands Trust loses conservancies in landmark ruling Feb. 12, 2025 The court issued several orders, including a permanent injunction prohibiting NRT and its partners from conducting any conservancy operations, including recruitment and deployment of rangers, in the affected areas. NATION
Image Creation of Mukutani Forest undermines rights of Endorois Jan. 27, 2025 In 2017, the government published Legal Notice Number 265 which converted over 13,000 hectares belonging to the Endorois people into Mukutani Forest, Baringo County. This was done without the legal requirement of free prior and informed consent and compensation. Read more
Image GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Native knowledge helps preserve the planet Jan. 23, 2025 Indigenous people in The Philippines are helping with an effort to use a method of cultivation known as “rainforestation farming” to help restore forestlands degraded by commercial logging and rejuvenate ecosystems that can prevent flooding, Mongabay reported on Jan. 17. ICT
Image Parallel Report for the Review of the Republic of Congo by the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women Jan. 15, 2025 This alternative report is submitted to the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) by the University of Arizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy (IPLP) Program. Read
Image UArizona Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program Supports Batwa Human Rights in DRC Dec. 18, 2024 The IPLP Program’s Indigenous Rights & Protected Areas Initiative aligns with global efforts to address human rights concerns stemming from conservation policies that exclude Indigenous communities. Read more
