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We work directly and in solidarity with communities and peoples, supporting them to secure their rights to their traditional lands, territories, and resources, protect their forests and ways of life, and choose their own futures.
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#Announcement Forest Visions is a direct funding and organisational strengthening mechanism tailored to the needs of #Indigenous and forest peoples and their orgs, to build strong and resilient communities, defend rights and combat the environmental crisis. 🔍 www.forestpeoples.org/our-work/pri...

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📨 Get your #LandRights update in our March newsletter covering: 🚨 New law in Peru threatens to prevent #IndigenousPeoples and NGOs from holding state to account for #HumanRights violations 🗨️ COP16.2 wrap-up 📚 New reports 🔍 More 🔗Read & Subscribe: mailchi.mp/forestpeople... #ForPeopleAndNature

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📢 This week, join the #webinar ‘Standing with Defenders’ with women experts, activists & policymakers 🌎 Shipibo Indigenous Guard Kelly Sabrina Chanajao, will share her experience defending ancestral land from mining & deforestation. 📅March 27, 9AM EST Register now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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🔴 Six Years Without Justice for Sergio Rojas Today, March 18th, marks six years since the assassination of Sergio Rojas, a Costa Rican #HumanRightsDefender and leader of the #Bribri indigenous peoples. 📃 Read the full press release by FRENAPI #CostaRica #SergioRojasVIVE #JerhyRiveraVIVE

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A new law expanding the powers of the Peruvian Agency for International Cooperation (APCI) poses a critical threat to the defence of human rights and the advancement of Indigenous peoples’ self-determination in the country. Statement: www.forestpeoples.org/en/civil-pol...

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🚨New Resource The #HighConservationValue (HCV) approach helps monitor critical social & environmental values in development areas. Our guide helps #IndigenousPeoples & communities navigate HCV screening, covering benefits, risks, & recommendations. forestpeoples.org/en/Engaging-...

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Can philanthropy help fill the gaps left by #USAID cuts? If so, #Biodiversity funding priorities must be shaped by the communities they are aiming to support, esp. #IndigenousPeoples, local communities, #women and #youth. This new report tells us how: www.forestpeoples.org/en/report/ca...

submitted 29 days ago • 1 comment

Tomorrow begin #COP16Resumed sessions where #biodiversity finance and conservation will be discussed once again. Why is it important to recognise indigenous peoples in biodiversity conservation? Hear from #TransformativePathways partners📢 Find out more transformativepathways.net

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"The fundamental right to life, to a livelihood, is violated" In 2022, the Tanzania govt. illegally declared a game-controlled area, seizing 1,500 sq km of #Maasai land violating their rights and displacing thousands. 📹A new Al Jazeera film sheds light: www.aljazeera.com/program/witn...

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Hello to all of our followers! First post. Hopefully more to come.

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