Pueblos que luchan por los Bosques

WRM BOOK
Indigenous Peoples. Their forests, struggles and rights This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest. In the book, the major issue of indigenous peoples still living in voluntary isolation is highlighted as a way of contributing to the protection of their rights. December 2005. Also available in French and Spanish
ALL THE ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN
2012 A Timorese Forest Struggle International Day of Peasant Struggle Mozambique: Monoculture tree plantation projects foster land grabbing, threaten food security Land grabbing and its consequences: The case of Brazil Impacts of oil prospecting and exploration in Virunga National Park Petition to support Chinese lawyer imprisoned because of defending communities affected by Stora Enso´s eucalyptus plantations in China Chile: Forest fires and repression, the legacy of the industrial tree plantation model Brazil: The definition of forest – another front for resistance and reconquest Industrial monoculture tree plantations in South Africa: The culture of traditional healers versus the culture of consumption Oil palm plantations behind land-grabbing in Sierra Leone Open letter against the “green economy” and in favour of life Indonesia: Police Brutality in support of the Bima Gold Mine Project Ecuador: Pronouncement in Defence of Pachamama and Life Bolivia: Urgent action demanded to protect indigenous peoples living in isolation and situations of extreme vulnerability 2011 At the end of the International Year of Forests, is there anything to celebrate? From Durban: Call for a Moratorium on REDD+ Mega-projects and the criminalization of struggles to defend people's rights in India and Honduras Call for the mobilization and coordination of struggles towards Río+20 and beyond Brazil- Behind the Greenwashing: The commodification of forests and impacts on local communities in the state of Acre Uganda: New Forests Company – FSC legitimizes the eviction of thousands of people from their land and the sale of carbon credits Uruguay: Pulp plantations threaten dairy heartland Indonesia: Sources of livelihood threatened by REDD+, mining and oil palm projects Colombia: Monoculture tree plantations threaten land and food sovereignty India: Tribal women of Kaimur plant native trees to protest JICA-funded government tree plantation drive Oil palm in Benin: From small-scale production by women to large-scale corporate industry The ‘sins’ of the REDD+ approach The Conservation International REDD pilot project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – a very different kind of Walt Disney production Forest carbon project in Paraná, Brazil: Reduction of deforestation and persecution of local communities Commemorating the “International Mangrove Day” Mangrove destruction by oil in Niger Delta India: Freedom after a century of struggle Brazil: Mato Grosso do Sul - The new eucalyptus frontier "Sustainable" mining: a contradiction in terms Mining and resistance Iron mining threatens Guatemalan mangroves Mining and indigenous women in the Philippines Mining for REDD in Indonesia Colombia: Popular revolt against gold mining Philippines: Attempts to undermine local resistance to mining India: Saving Niyamgiri from mining Biodiversity is much more than carbon Peru: Land grabbing in indigenous peoples’ territories Chile: A disastrous forestry model with new “branches” in Latin America Malaysia: Landmark decision against oil palm joint venture companies Mexico: REDD+ in Chiapas finances disease, death and intercommunity conflicts Philippines: A call to stop mining in Palawan India: Women take the lead in the fight for their rights over forest Brazil: OAS calls for suspension of Belo Monte dam construction Mozambique: More denunciations against Chikweti, a company financed by a Nordic “solidarity” fund Brazil: Women in Camp Sister Dorothy Stang – for their right to life, against monoculture eucalyptus India: Ravaged Landscape, Devastated People - Tales of Hydro Power CDM projects in Himachal Pradesh Every day should be Earth Day Actions against dams around the world The devastating effects of tsunamis, big hydroelectric dams and other “clean” energies Greenwashing Hydropower Brazil: Belo Monte dam would turn the Xingú River into a river of blood Mekong dams heat up the region Brazil: The case of Plantar – the FSC at the service of the sale of carbon credits Chile: Monoculture tree plantations on Mapuche territory, certified by the FSC? India: POSCO project approved but the struggle continues APP and Cartiere Pigna try to intimidate social denounces in Italy of deforestation in Indonesia Forests with the people The necessary changes to genuinely celebrate the International Year of Forests 2010 Human Rights Day: A Story of Social Struggles Chikweti plantations in Mozambique: Will the FSC continue certifying the uncertifiable? Brazil: Aracruz sows violence and destruction in Espirito Santo Guatemala: Oil palm and sugar cane monoculture plantations hurt local communities on the CoyolateRiver Ecuador: First steps towards leaving the oil under the ground in Yasuni India: POSCO mining project halted by people’s opposition but forest clearance still stands Boom in dam-building for hydropower devastates tribal peoples’ lives Indonesia: Giant eucalyptus plantation company destroys Benzoin forest gardens Brasil: Modificações do Código Florestal para benefício dos latifundiários - Only available in Portuguese Brasil: Comunidades quilombolas reconvertem eucaliptais - Only available in Portuguese Honduras: empapada en sangre también por la palma de aceite – 3 nuevas víctimas - Only available in Spanish Brazil: Follow-up on the Juma REDD project in the Amazon Cameroon: Baka, Bagyeli and Bakola distrust REDD Brazil: The “productive resistance” of Quilombola communities surrounded by eucalyptus plantations Equatorial Guinea: possible expansion of oil palm plantations Brazil: Juma REDD test case in the Amazon Bolivia: Hydroelectric dams on the Madera River denounced at the People’s Permanent Tribunal Posco: Bad for India, bad for Uruguay and bad for the climate Paraguay: Report on the Ayoreo People by IWGIA Papua New Guinea: Indigenous peoples lose their rights to investors Chile: Professional foresters denounce violations by company certified by CERTFOR and FSC Community rights should be at the centre of resource use in Africa Following in the Footprints of Cochabamba A unified people´s agenda to combat climate change Women and climate change in Cochabamba Eduardo Galeano, present at Cochabamba Brazil: The double role of Norway in conserving and destroying the Amazon Guatemala: Don't sell forests, water and the future for oil! Kenya: The Forest Service to the rescue of eucalyptus The Pulp Invasion continues: Companies linked to Asia Pulp and Paper setting up in Vietnam Mozambique: Video and Publication on the expansion of tree plantations Indonesia: NGOs denounce misleading propaganda of APP Madagascar: Forest communities impacted by a Rio Tinto mine Honduras: Shrimp farm expansion within a Ramsar Site and protected area Meso-America: Communities issue statement on protected areas Ecuador: The long struggle in defence of El Pambilar forest Brazil: Communities hit by monoculture eucalyptus plantations exchange experiences in Minas Gerais RSPO: The impossible "greening" of the palm oil business Brasil: Outrage over killing of local man by Fibria Celulose's guards Bolivia: a peoples' conference on climate change - a forum for changing course Empowered women: Social struggles and gender consciousness Connecting environmental currents and gender Food sovereignty in the hands of mangrove ecosystem women Nigerian Women Bear the Curse of Oil Papua New Guinea: Women in Oil Palm Association become empowered Brazil: Women affected by dams – changes in their lifestyles No shining legacy: Women start organising against gold mining in Thailand The invisible women and men who resist against the destruction of their territory in the northern Great Chaco The Garo Women in Bangladesh: Life of a Forest People without Forest Brazil: For whom and why do women struggle? International Year of Biodiversity: And what about peoples? Mangrove restoration is necessary, mangrove monoculture plantation is not Africa: The huge value of mangroves for communities Bangladesh: Campaign for full implementation of the CHT Peace Accord to help the Jumma peoples regain control over their forests, lands, and destiny Malaysia: Penan demand against government for forestry licenses Panama: Land dispute and violation of the Naso people's Human Rights Peru: Resistance to the Romero oil palm group Mozambique: Pine and eucalyptus companies are advancing on peasant land in the north of the country Uruguay: A place where the lies about plantations are all too obvious . 2009 Mangrove Action Day- July 26th Ecuador: Memory and future emerge from women’s struggle for their mangroves Brazil: New legislation allows agribusiness to advance in the Amazon Dominican Republic: The people say “no” to the cement factory at Los Haitises! India: Dehradun Declaration of forest people Mexico: Oil palm business at the expense of the poor The clash of two worlds in the Peruvian Amazon Nigeria: The long arm of justice is finally catching up on Shell India: Jatropha plantations destroy the livelihoods of poor local communities Uganda: BIDCO Oil palm plantation expansion will further put at risk local communities livelihoods Peru: The silent genocide of the last uncontacted indigenous groups Cambodia's Prey Long forest is “equivalent to life itself” for local communities Ecuador: Disputes against shrimp farming contribute to women’s lib Gabon: Marc Ona Essangui awarded 2009 Goldman Environmental Prize Peru: Amazon peoples, bastions of resistance Strong protest against WWF’s plans to certify the unsustainable industrial aquaculture Australia: Concern over plantations swept under the carpet by environmental movement Cambodia: Indigenous people confronted with a rubber plantation empire Chile: Opposition to government subsidies for the expansion of monoculture tree plantations China: Eucalyptus plantations - from Finland with conflict Costa Rica: Government boosts subsidies for monoculture tree plantations Guatemala: Social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations New video online on timber plantations in Southern Africa Bolivia: For the protection of the last isolated indigenous peoples India: Lepchas arrested for opposing mega hydro project Uganda: The Batwa issue declaration calling for their rights to be recognized Brazil: On Women’s day, peasant women struggle against tree plantations Mozambique: Pine plantation project brings misfortune to 31 families in the North Venezuela: Seizure of Smurfit tree plantations sets new course for the future New WRM Information tools Papua New Guinea: Women against further expansion of oil palm Nigeria: Michelin’s rubber plantations destroyed women’s livelihoods Brazil: Women impacted by eucalyptus plantations speak out Colombia: Militarized mining tramples ancestral rights of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities in the Chocó India: A human chain to defend Niyamgiri Hill from mining Indonesia: Criminalization of social leader for the benefit of oil palm corporation Paraguay: Peasants can better confront eucalyptus advancing on their lands thanks to the experience of their Brazilian peers Uruguay: A new land redistribution...in favour of forestry companies 2008 Papua New Guinea: World Bank promoting oil palm and pushing people into poverty Indonesia: The paper that brought violence and death New WRM publication on resistance against industrial plantations in Cameroon Philippines: Oil and gas bringing misery and destruction in mangrove region Cameroon: A “communal forest” opposed by local communities Congo, D.R: Inga dams mean big business for corporations and no benefit for local communities Ecuador: New oil exploration activities in Yasuní National Park Burma: The military’s forced labour jatropha campaign Cambodia: Monoculture plantations bring land conflict Attempts at regulating agro-industrial plantations in Cambodia Mono-crop trees find more room over the borders in the Mekong region No more frontiers to cross: Life of Mekong people in the plantation era Brazil: Agribusiness, deforestation and climate change Colombia: Criminalization, a mechanism to ensure unfair “development” Congo, DR: Doing away with forests, people and climate through logging India: Forest dependent Vangujjars harassed by local government Mexico: Mining causes ecocide in Coahuayana, Michoacan Ghana: Newmont Mining Corp. threatens Ajenjua Bepo Forest and neighbouring communities Mexico: Massacre of indigenous people and peasants safeguarding their territories Brazil: Fisher-folk affected by Aracruz Celulose close the company’s private port Indonesia: Pulp mill impacts on health of local population Victories of peoples’ resistance in Peru and Brazil français português Thailand: Diversity and community forest use versus monocultures and parks français português Cambodia: Indigenous women raise their voices to protect their forest and traditional livelihoods from rubber plantation companies français português Cameroon: Bagyeli severely impacted by the establishment of industrial plantations français português Argentina: Indigenous and environmental activists sound alarm over plans to promote tree plantations français português Malaysia: Sarawak forest peoples harassed by logging and dams français português Peru: National strike demands respect for indigenous collective rights français português Brazil: Historic federal court decision sentences Veracel Celulose (Stora Enso-Aracruz) for environmental violations français português Chile: Documentary-maker jailed for filming a documentary on the Mapuche struggle against forestry companies français português Colombia: Oil palm grows by the force of violence français português Malaysia: Blockades against Sarawak oil palm company français português Malaysia: The logging trail leading to tree monocultures in Sarawak Ivory Coast: Tanoé Swamps Forest under destruction by Unilever/Palm-Ci’s oil palm plantations Uganda: Thousands of Indigenous People evicted from FSC-certified Mount Elgon National Park Peru/Brazil: The right to self-determination of indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation Paraguay: Forced contact brought illness and death to indigenous man Mexico: The ongoing fight of indigenous communities against illegal logging Increased poverty, land conflicts and deforestation: The Asian Development Bank's plantations record Amazonia: The right of indigenous peoples to live in voluntary isolation Thailand: Rubber plantations against forests, people and health Colombia: Constitutional decision over Forestry Law awards victory to social organizations Increased poverty, land conflicts and deforestation: The Asian Development Bank's plantations record Liberian NGO’s expectations for an EU/Liberia FLEGT partnership agreement Peru and Ecuador: The last Free Peoples besieged by oil and logging companies Chile: Patricia Troncoso, a symbol of the Mapuche struggle against a Government at the service of forestry companies 2007 Criminalized for Defending Nature India: Implementation of Tribal Forest Rights Act 2006 Thailand’s Community Forest Bill: Who does the military government think it’s good for? Brazil: Social organizations in Bahia demand a moratorium on eucalyptus plantations Brazil: Tree monoculture promotion mechanisms and opposition Argentina: Chaco – land clearance, undernutrition and death Ecuador: Major success against mining in the Intag zone Laos: Damming the Sekong Norconsult wipes Cambodia off the map Paraguay: So the forest does not become extinguished – the struggle of the Isolated Ayoreo Groups in the Paraguayan Chaco Indigenous Peoples on the road to justice The Tupinikim and Guarani peoples reconquer their lands “... And we are against this progress of death" Next steps in the indigenous struggle: Territorial reoccupation and reconversion of eucalyptus plantations Colombia: Communities eradicate oil palm plantations to repossess their territory Bangladesh: The Modhupur fortified forest Brazil: The Pataxo’s struggle for their territory continues Congo, Democratic Republic: Tracking the deadly thread of coltan Bolivia: The Amazon peoples discuss their future Brazil: Indigenous Peoples re-start actions to take back their land from Aracruz Ecuador: Indigenous peoples close to extinction because of illegal logging Brazil: Indigenous Amazon people forced into contact Ecuador: Public outcry demanding revision of the Agrarian and Forestry Plan Central African Indigenous Peoples: Losing their health along with their forest Ecuador: Uprising in demand of a country free from large-scale mining Ecuador: Consolidation of resistance against mining in Intag DRC: Efe Pygmies deprived of their homeland and their livelihood Uruguay: National Initiative for the Suspension of monoculture tree plantations Brazil: Why landless women are opposed to monoculture eucalyptus plantations Uganda: Fighting for the Mabira Forest and final success! Paraguay: Ayoreo-Totobiegosode endangered by a cattle ranching company Malaysia: Nomadic and semi-nomadic Penan communities intensify campaign against Samling Group DRC: Threat to rainforests gain momentum Cameroon: When women mobilise to protect the moabi Ecuador: The Awa People and their territory between political interests and economic pressure Brazil: MST peasants occupy a shrimp farm Nigeria: Women of Idheze shut down Agip’s oil facilities Cambodia: Indigenous Jarai take out legal case to reclaim their land Colombia: Irish-Dutch pulp company accused of serious social and environmental crimes India: Indigenous movement in Jharkhand challenge plans for industrial development that threatens to destroy Adivasi forests, farmlands and way of life India: World Bank forestry project goes from bad to worse India: The Forest Rights Act, a weapon of struggle Colombia: The U’wa Indigenous People resist oil exploration Brazil: Dams would destroy isolated tribe Enawene Nawe’s livelihood 2006 Gambia: Where the rural population is at the centre of forest management Brazil: Pataxó, eucalyptus and the sustainability of Veracel Celulose Colombia: The Bari people in defense of their territory Chile: The people of Mehuin again oppose the Celco pulp company From Mexico to Ecuador – twinned in history, memory and resistance Brazil: Indigenous representatives campaign in Europe to recover their land occupied by Aracruz Celulose India: Joint Parliamentary Committee Report - A Victory for the Struggling Forest People India: End of Forest Evictions? New Forest Bill Ecuador: The Huaorani people of Yasuni Park are attacked by timber and oil groups Mexico: Talking of trees Colombia: The Motilon Bari Indigenous Peoples rise up for their rights against oil interests Brazil: So, Mr. Liedeker, is Aracruz controversial? Chile: The Mapuche peoples' resistance to the plantation invasion DRC: The World Bank acknowledges failure in EESRSP project A message from the Amazon against “environmental services” Nigeria: Tree plantations at the expense of forests and forest people’s livelihoods Bolivia: Indigenous Toromona in voluntary isolation in serious danger of disappearing Ethiopia: Dutch conservation organization involved in eviction of thousands of tribal people Argentina-Chile: Young Mapuche opposed to the advance of plantation companies seeks political asylum Brazil: Quilombolas protest against Aracruz Cellulose Brazil: Follow-up of Tupinikim and Guarani struggle against Aracruz Celulose Thailand: People, not state, protect forests Thailand: Long March for Community Forestry Brazil: The Federal Police invade Tupiniquim and Guarani villages on land recovered from Aracruz Celulose plantations India: Adivasis shot dead defending their land against takeover to Tata Steel 2005 The Vitoria Statement in Support of the Struggles of Local Peoples Against Large-Scale Tree Plantations Bolivia: Guarani People’s Assembly denounces REPSOL-YPF for violating its rights Thailand: Big conservationism at odds with indigenous peoples’ lives Indonesia: Proposed UFS pulp mill threatens forests and nearby communities Sri Lanka: The Wanniyala-Aetto make use of their right to return to their forest Malaysia: MTCC certificates logging concession disregarding Penan’s rights and will Malaysia: Statement from Penans’ General Meeting concerning problems affecting Penans Chile: The impacts of monoculture tree plantations on Mapuche medicine Laos: In the cooking pot - indigenous Katu diet and livelihoods Brazil: Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous peoples take back their lands occupied by Aracruz Paraguay: Two pieces of good news for the Totobiegosode and for Humanity Ecuador: Yasuni Park, oil and indigenous resistance Brazil: Tupinikim and Guarani peoples restart their struggle against Aracruz India: A controversial draft bill deciding on forest-dwellers’ fate Chile: Another Mapuche martyr dies as victim of an attack by a forestry company Paraguay: Congress failed to support the land rights of the Ayoreo The GEF and Indigenous Peoples: some findings of a recent critical study Burundi: Forest conservation against the people Bangladesh: The Mro resist eviction from eco-park Paraguay: Deforestation Zero Law in the Eastern Region Peru: Community resistance forces Yanacocha Mining Company to retreat Argentina: The destruction of the Misiones forest amounts to the genocide of the Mbya Guarani 2004 United Nations Forum on Forests: Was Anyone Listening? Laos: US war on drugs is leading to increased poverty Community View from UNFF: Interview with Freddy Molina, ACICAFOC Suriname: The Galibi People Speak Loud and Clear on Protected Areas Central Africa: The Twa Alienation from their Forests Impact Doubly on Women Brazil: A categorical demonstration against the green desert and in favour of life Ecuador: Women from Sarayaku Against Terrorism Waged by the Army Vietnam: Government repression of Indigenous Peoples Ecuador: Floresmilo Villalta has been freed! Brazil: Highway is blocked against expansion of eucalyptus plantations Malaysia: Indigenous communities reject timber certification Peru: Amazon Forestry Consortium threatens to evict an Ashaninka community Laos: Dams and the forgotten people of the Boloven Plateau Indonesia: The Nature Conservancy's plans in Komodo National Park Panama: The Naso people threatened by a dam project The Impact of Protected Areas on Twa Women Pachamama: The Impact of the Commodification of Nature on Women 2003 Uruguay-Argentina: Joint struggle against a pulp-mill Malaysia: Logging company encroaches and abuses Penan villagers Argentina: Victory of the Wichi community against logging company The Vth World Parks Congress: Parks for People or Parks for Business? India: Local villagers rallied against polluter paper mill Indigenous Peoples and Climate Negotiations Thailand: Assassinated Village Conservationist Chad/Cameroon: Impacts and broken promises of oil-pipeline project Paraguay: Uncontacted Indians in danger Mexico: Women suffer the effects of market opening doubly Honduras: Forest defender murdered in Olancho Aotearoa: Spraying chemicals on people to protect tree monocrops World Bank Should Stop Mining Indigenous Lands Thailand: Deadly lead mines poisoning ethnic communities Rwanda: Indigenous Batwa Opening Channels of Cooperation with Conservation Panama: Kuna People denounce a development model that has divested them of their natural resources India: Adivasis shot for claiming their ancestral homeland Guatemala: Indigenous rights and logging licenses Chile: Mapuche defend their land from forestry companies Mexico: Stop the Forced Displacement of Indigenous Communities in Chiapas Ecuador: The Sarayacu people request support against ChevronTexaco's operations Cameroon: Baka Losing Out to Lobéké and Boumba National Parks Philippines: Growing opposition against the Sumitomo Corporation nickel refinery plant in Palawan Senegal: Women's project restores nature and benefits the community Samoa: Workshop on the Underlying Causes of Deforestation and Forest Degradation Bolivia: Community-based forest management in the history of the indigenous peoples DRC: Mbuti forest peoples' survival threatened Brazil: Old hydroelectric dam project again threatens Amazon peoples Brazil: Hope is born for peoples and forests Indonesia: Report on paper industry's abuses on human rights 2002 Whom do you think you are cheating? Cambodia: Forest policy against rural communities Tanzania: Conservation should be with the people Mexico: Complaints that Conservation International is requesting repression against Zapatistas and peasants Guyana: Conservation International accused of "gross disrespect" to indigenous peoples Argentina: Peoples and forests threatened by Canadian mining company Chile: Police at the service of a forestry company murder a young Mapuche Papúa New Guinea: Forests saved against logging and oil palm plantation Chile: Is Community-Based Forest Management Possible in the Context of a Neoliberal Economy? Thailand: Forests Communities to Renew Struggle for Rights Philippines: Community Forestry in the Philippines Ecuador: The Awa Federation's Experience in the Management and Conservation of its Territory Towards Community Forestry in Indonesia Indonesia: Changes and Challenges of the Community-Based Forest Management Movement India: Indigenous Peoples and Joint Forest Management Benin: Community-Based Forest Management in the Igbodja Forest Brazil: Community-Based Forest Management in the Brazilian Amazon Cameroon: Development of Community Forests Tanzania: Joint and Community-Based Forest Management in the Uluguru Mountains Nicaragua: Reforestation as Part of Community-Based Farm Planning in Rio San Juan Forest peoples: A ray of hope Côte d'Ivoire: The sacred forest, a community protected area Central African Republic: Logging companies destroy "Pygmies'" livelihoods Panama: Eco-tourism alternative developed by the Kuna people India: Supreme Court orders closure of a road which threatened the Jarawa's survival Laos: Villagers aware of the threat of industrial tree plantations Argentina: A forestry company invades Guarani community lands in Misiones Bolivia: Peasants and indigenous peoples march in favour of the right to natural resources Ecuador: Clashes between indigenous group and loggers in the Amazon Malaysia: The long struggle of the Penan of Sarawak to protect their forest Malaysia: Self-defense blockades from Sarawak indigenous peoples Ecuador: When people said NO to mining Brazil: Indigenous peoples restart their struggle against dams on the Xingu river Chile: Invasion of Mapuche territory by tree plantation companies Panama: Protected areas vs. indigenous peoples Thailand: Senate blocks draft community forest bill Thailand: Displaced peoples wrongly blamed for forest destruction Peru: Indigenous peoples and their forests threatened by gas exploitation Brazil: Local peoples defend biodiversity in Espirito Santo UNFF: Little hope for forest peoples and forest biodiversity in this Forum Guatemala: Champerico fisherfolk win over shrimp farm firm Camarsa India: Road brings death for isolated tribe Malaysia: Forests are much more than trees for the Semai Stopping human rights abuses is key to solving forest crisis Cambodia: Villagers defend their resin trees Colombia: Logging and violence against Afro-Colombian communities in the Chocó 2001 Peru: Illegal loggers' invasion of indigenous community's territory Suriname: Logging and tribal rights Declaration by the Indigenous representatives attending COP 7 in Morocco Malaysia: New law will make community mapping illegal Costa Rica: Opposition to hydroelectric dam Indonesia: Togean people defend their forests, lands, and ocean Nigeria: People protect mangroves against shrimp farming Thailand: Uncertain future for the world Nº 1 exporter? Bangladesh: Memorial Day of Korunamoyee Sardar Bangladesh: The struggle to protect the Sundarbans Colombia: Local communities affected by shrimp companies The need to listen to and learn from local communities Nicaragua: Indigenous people win major legal battle Brazil: The rights of Aracruz and the rights of the people Bolivia: Shell and Enron Gas pipeline in the Chiquitano Forest Congo R: Foreign loggers deplete forests and livelihoods Tanzania: Human rights, social justice and conservation Argentina: Forest conserved by the Wichí destroyed by agricultural companies Chile: Repression or solution to the Mapuche-forestry company confrontation? India: Women more affected than men from deforestation Cambodia: Resin tapping incomes at odds with logging Guatemala: Security for shrimps, insecurity for the local population Ecuador: Commercial exploitation of forest peoples Honduras: Peasants demand Government to halt hydroelectric project Capturing Carbon: Dilemmas for Forest Peoples Senegal: The hidden impacts of charcoal production Costa Rica: Indigenous territory threatened by hydroelectric dam Malaysia: Good news from Iban community but no news about Bruno Manser’s disappearance in Sarawak Panama: Mining, forests and indigenous peoples' rights Brazil: "Forward, Brazil" . . . towards further destruction of the Amazon India: Reports of Forest Department involvement in violence against the Adivasi people Brazil: Whose sovereignty? The Indigenous and Campesino Biological Corridor in Central America DRC: The case of the Twa of the Kahuzi-Biega National Park Guyana: Transnational mining companies' impacts on people and the environment Malaysia: Blockade against logging in Sarawak forests Papua New Guinea: Social and environmental destruction by logging Nigeria: Gold Medal to Shell: A mockery to Nigeria's peoples Colombia: The Urrá Dam and the death of the Sinú River Chile: The struggle of the Pehuenche against the Ralco Dam Guatemala: A dam and the massacre of 400 people Philippines: Local people against the San Roque dam 2000 Brasil: The struggle of the Pataxó indigenous peoples in Bahia Chile: International Prize awarded to two Mapuche women Mexico: International appeal for the release of Montiel and Cabrera Malaysia: Penan letter on Bruno Manser, missing in Sarawak Malaysia: The true responsible for the 'Penan problem' in Sarawak Malaysia: Campaign against plantation and pulp mill project in Sabah Chile: Wine production threatened by pulp mill project Guatemala: Community forest concession initiative at Petén questioned Thailand: A diversity-based community forest management system Nigeria: Shell's choice between profits and principles Bolivia: Indigenous peoples concerned by oil prospection Burna: Human rights abuses linked to foreign investment in "development" Zimbawe: Demystifying the role of "the poor" in forest destruction Mexican "justice" finds environmental activist guilty Malaysia: Penans' blockade against logging in Sarawak Venezuela: "Stop it, Mr. President" say indigenous Pemon leaders India: Indigenous peoples victims of "conservation" at Rajive Gandhi National Park Colombia: Even historical documents confirm the U'wa's territorial rights Nicaragua: Indigenous peoples' rights and the Bosawas Reserve Nigeria: Poverty, oil pipelines and death Honduras: Garifuna communities threatened by palm disease Togo: Community rights and forest conservation Mexico: Ecosystem fragmentation and inequity Australia: Plantations, plantations and still more plantations... Mexico: False accusations of "eco-terrorism" and "ecological crimes" Peru: Logging and cocaine destroy Amazon forest and threaten forest peoples Bolivia: Indigenous peoples' forests menaced by oil exploration Illegal crops in Colombia: when the solution is worse than the problem Malaysia: Penan indigenous people and protected areas Cameroon: 'Pygmy' leader to visit London Rwanda: The un-reported plight of the Batwa Malaysia: Resistance against logging and oil palm in Sarawak Thailand: Sino-Thai eucalyptus project facing opposition Thailand: Free the Moon River! Malaysia: The end of the GTZ-funded ‘FOMISS’ project in Sarawak Nigeria: Shell sets forests on fire Burma: A dam megaproject for the benefit of the people? Chile: Forest management by indigenous communities Brasil: The same as 500 years ago? Colombia: International Mission and good news about the U'wa Colombia: The U'wa and Embera join forces Brasil: Will there be justice for the Pataxó-Hã-Hã-Hãe? Brasil: Aracruz: Indigenous peoples refuse to plant eucalyptus Tanzania: Local people benefit from forest products Papua New Guinea: Moratorium on new logging announced Nicaragua: Will Smartwood certify depredatory logging company? Support requested to forest indigenous peoples in Peru Brasil: The struggle of the Pataxó-Hã-Hã-Hãe India: An outdated approach to national parks and people Action for the U'wa people in Colombia Colombia: "The life and dignity of the Embera people won't be flooded" Malaysia: Why the Selangor Dam? 1999 Malaysia: Certification against peoples' rights in Sarawak Malaysia: The "progress" brought by the Bakun dam in Sarawak Colombia: The U'wa people do not surrender Colombia: The Embera Katio's struggle for life Brasil: Say what they say, Monte Pascoal belongs to the Pataxo South Africa: What are the true costs of woodlots? Bolivia: The government legalises what is illegal Ecuador: The future of the Chachi indigenous people and their forests Papua New Guinea: The struggle of the Maisin indigenous people Chile: Under the shadow of Pinochet Philippines: Canadian mining company against indigenous peoples Brasil: Monte Pascoal National Park belongs to the Pataxo India: "Gachha bina. (without trees) . . . jeevana nahi (no life)" Venezuela: The Pemons' struggle Colombia: Violence and deforestation in the Choco region Thailand: Letter to the Prime Minister on Rasi Salai dam Thailand: Local people's resistance to dams Philippines: Dam megaproject resisted Philippines: Last remaining forests under threat Colombia: Save the "catival" forests Chile: The Mapuche conflict persists Colombia: A matter of life or death for the U'wa Nigeria: The struggle continues Colombia: Black communities defend mangroves Papua New Guinea: Something need to change ... fast! Malaysia: Resistance to plantations in Sarawak Malaysia: Who is defending the country's sovereignty in Sarawak? Australia: Communities in Tasmania are up in arms against plantations Colombia: The U'wa achieve significant victory Mexico: Support needed to release anti-logging campesino leader Nigeria: Victory of local communities over Texaco Brasil: Pataxo recover traditional lands Bolivia: Logging in indigenous territories South Africa: Resistance to tree monocultures in grasslands Chile: A severely questioned model Hawaii: plantations stopped before starting Indonesia: The struggle against oil palm plantations Tanzania: Preservation results in human rights abuses Bolivia: Conservationists against the environment and local people Chile: The Treng Treng Mapuche and their struggle for land Violence against local fisherfolk in India Nicaragua: Australian gold mining company in the rainforest Pakistan: Local people's long struggle for the forests Nigeria: Oil and violence in Nigeria Belize: Villagers defend their mangroves Brasil: Support for Extractive Reserve on islands of Tucuruí Dam reservoir Indonesian Indigenous Peoples question new forestry law Dayak people win lawsuit in Indonesia Mexico: Opposition to deforestation in Chihuahua Colombia: U'wa victory at Occidental's shareholder meeting Chile: Mapuche indigenous peoples' march to the capital city Venezuela: Resistance to Smurfit continues Peoples' demonstrations in Thailand Thailand: Support requested for peoples' rally Thailand: Local people resist dams Support to the U'wa people in Colombia Venezuela: Smurfit's changing strategy Venezuela: Social and environmental demands to new President Nigeria: Human rights abuses in Nigeria continue Bolivia: Concern over the fate of forests Chile: Establishment experts and reality Brasil: Violence against Amazonian indigenous people Chile: The forestry model in big trouble Guatemala: Maya Biosphere Reserve under threat Ecuador: Oil exploitation banned in protected areas Indonesia: Opponents to shrimp farming industry under arrest Indonesia: Opposition to oilpalm plantations Indonesia: People take action against companies' destructive activities Brasil: Concern over new president of FUNAI Malaysia: Sarawak : indigenous peoples defend their rights India: People versus nature or World Bank and government versus people? Sri Lanka: Local fisherfolk protect the mangroves in Sri Lanka 1998 Argentina: Battle over gas pipeline in the long struggle of the Kolla peoples Brasil: Ten years without Chico Mendes Venezuela: The struggle against Smurfit’s plantations Venezuela: Detention linked to Smurfit Malaysia: Sarawak: field trip to interview people resettled by dam Indonesia: Students break up meeting to promote transmigration and oil palm plantations in the Mentawai islands Indonesia: Violent confrontations related to Indorayon Venezuela: Forests menaced . . . plantations promoted Indigenous peoples fight for territorial rights in Guyana Colombia: The murder of three environmentalists Nicaragua: Hurricane Mitch devastation linked to deforestation Ecuador: The Cofan's successful action against an oil well Nigeria: Ogoni released in Nigeria: a light of hope Brasil: "We want orchards, not eucalyptus plantations" Nicaragua: Transnational logging company files suit against NGO Indonesia: Conflict over oil palm plantations Malaysia: Sarawak: indigenous rights ignored Malaysia: Sarawak: Dayak Ibans sue the police The struggle against Indorayon in Indonesia Venezuela: Highway blockade against electric transmission line Bolivia: Indigenous communities against logging company in Bolivia Canada: Victory of indigenous peoples in court Venezuela: National Meeting in Defence of the Gran Sabana and Sierra de Imataca Indonesia: Local people burn oil palm plantation company's base camp Villagers arbitrarily arrested in Thailand Thailand: The struggle of forest peoples to remain in the forest Brasil: A dictatorship-type action gives Aracruz a spurious victory Multinational mining in The Philippines Nicaragua: Indigenous communities win battle against Korean logging company Brasil: Tension and uncertainty in Espirito Santo Canada: New web site on indigenous forestry education Indonesia: Dayak’s tour seeking support Colombia: U'wa indigenous peoples confront oil companies Malaysia: Sarawak: sustainable forest management? Malaysia: Defer Resettlement of Bakun residents in Sarawak Malaysia: Oil palm plantations in Sarawak: promotion and resistance Nigeria: WRM "unwittingly subversive" Chile: Community opposes pulp mill project Guatemala: Communities take care of forests 1997 Indonesia: Mega-project in Central Kalimantan II Malaysia: "A fortune for the people" of Sarawak Thailand: Two opposite approaches to forest conservation Indonesia: Mega-project in Central Kalimantan I Laos: Hydropower megaprojects against forests and people Brasil: Indigenous Assembly of Tupinikim and Guarani / Document of the Ist Indigenous Assembly of the Tupinikim and Guarani Good news from Hawaii Brasil: Tupinikim/Guarani: a reply from Aracruz Brasil: Assembly of the Tupinikim and Guarani Nigeria: Nnimmo Bassey imprisoned and released Hawaii: Resisting pulpwood plantations Ecuador: Indigenous women against oil exploration Mangroves under threat in India Ecuador: Indigenous women defend the forest of Pastaza Argentina: The struggle of the Kolla people Brasil: Aracruz: Tupinikim and Guarani demands close to a decision Cameroon: Who conserves and who destroys forests? Brasil: Tupinikim and Guarani: does the Government respect the law? Brasil: Accusation of biopiracy Brasil: The Tupinikim/Guarani struggle continues Suspected murder of Mexican activist Suriname: Gold fever threatens forests and people in Suriname Malaysia: Good news from Sarawak Malaysia: Sarawak: violence against natives continues Malaysia: Sarawak: Bakun Dam Indonesia: Oil palm scheme in Siberut, Indonesia Brasil: Tupinikim and Guarani indigenous peoples vs Aracruz Cellulose Problems with oil exploration in Colombia Malaysia: Concern for events in Sarawak Shell Oil menaces the Amazon indigenous in Peru Indigenous protest in Santiago, Chile
SPECIAL BULLETINS
Special Bulletin Nº 87 - October 2004 - (complete version) On Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation Many people are unaware that there are still indigenous peoples living in voluntary isolation –both contacted and uncontacted- particularly in the tropics. People are also largely unaware about the impacts resulting from forced or free contacts of these peoples with the outside world. As a means of generating awareness and support to their plight, we have focused this entire bulletin on this issue, in collaboration with the Forest Peoples Programme and with other organizations and individuals working to protect these peoples' rights. Special Bulletin Nº 73 - August 2003 - (complete version) On Protected Areas and Local Communities The Vth IUCN World Parks Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa, from 8 to 17 September, 2003. Given that this is a 10 yearly event which according to its organisers “provides the major global forum for setting the agenda for protected areas”, we have dedicated this full bulletin to the controversial issue of protected areas in their relationship with people. Special Bulletin Nº 63 - October 2002 - (complete version) On Community-Based Forest Management For centuries, local communities benefited from sustainable forest use. However, centralized control over natural resources has for many years now been eroding local rights and resulting in extensive deforestation processes. The current disaster --generated by state and corporate driven activities in forests-- shows the need to change course and to put forest management back again in the hands of local communities. The industrial model has clearly failed to ensure forest conservation, while community-based approaches show that the improvement of peoples' livelihoods is compatible with the sustainable use of forests. Special Bulletin Nº 62 - September 2002 - (complete version) On Indigenous Peoples Indigenous peoples are the guardians of the forests. No-one is more interested than they are in ensuring the conservation of forests which are their homes, an integral part of their culture and provide for their livelihoods. All the previous WRM bulletins have reflected many of their struggles to protect the forests, but we have now decided to focus the entire bulletin on indigenous peoples, in order to both highlight the problems they confront and the solutions they are implementing to ensure the recognition of their rights as a first --though crucial-- step to seriously address the ongoing forest crisis.
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Ecological Justice Movements - Roma and Ashok Chowdhury - 3rd October 2010 Results of the latin american indigenous forum on climate change - March 2010 Indigenous Peoples Support the Bolivia Cochabamba Peoples' Agreement of the recent People's Global Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth Rejection of Carbon Market Regimes - Press Statement - 5/7/2010 - Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director, Indigenous Environmental Network Indigenous Peoples’ Guide - False Solutions to Climate Change - By Earth Peoples - April 2009 Indigenous Peoples Critical of Position on Carbon Trading of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues - Press Release - May 2, 2008 Open Letter of the Commission of the Chiefs - Commission of Tupinikim and Guarani Chiefs and Leaders - Update in Tupinikim/guarani land struggle - 18 January 2007 Indígenas voluntariamente aislados en el Parque Nacional Alto Purús - Nota que da cuenta de la indudable existencia de grúpos indígenas nómadas en aislamiento voluntario en la amazonía sur oriental del Perú - Intendencia de Áreas Naturales Protegidas, Lima, setiembre 2007 - Only in Spanish Rainforest Song (download) (1,81 Mb) - by Sharon Robles and Nu Myth from the album "Food for Time" International Day of the World’s Indigenous People - August 2005 - Also available in French, Portuguese and Spanish Those who protect the forest - by The World Rainforest Movement Indigenous Peoples and United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies. A Compilation of UN Treaty Body Jurisprudence. Volume II: 2005–2006. Compiled and edited by Fergus MacKay - Forest Peoples Programme (pdf 433kB). Also available in Spanish. A brief independent guide to the Inter-American Development Bank's New Operational Policy on Indigenous Peoples (OP-765). FPP Guide to IFI standards (pdf 433 kB). June 2006. Also available in Spanish. Indigenous Peoples and Private Sector Project Financing - The International Finance Corporation, the Equator Principles Banks and Export Credit Agencies. FPP briefing (pdf 236 kB). August 2006. Also available in Spanish. Misión Internacional de Verificación sobre la situación humanitaria y derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas de Colombia - Declaración final, Bogotá, 28 de septiembre de 2006. (only in Spanish) Violent and irregular action by the Federal Police against Tupinikim and Guarani Indians provokes court action by the Federal Public Prosecution Service in Espírito Santo against the Federal Government - Alert against the Green Desert Network /Espírito Santo/Brazil- 14 July 2006 Modelo forestal chileno y Movimiento autónomo Mapuche: Las posiciones irreconciliables de un conflicto territorial - Por Alfredo Seguel (only in Spamish) Pueblo Mapuche, Derechos Colectivos y Territorio:Desafíos para la Sustentabilidad Democrática - por Víctor Toledo Llancaqueo (pdf 4,2 MB) - only in Spanish Indigenous peoples in the Peruvian Amazon call for forest policy reform and major changes in implementation of the Forest Law - by Tom Griffiths Declaración del Foro Internacional Indígena sobre Biodiversidad - febrero 2004 - (only in Spamish) Un amancay para Fidelia, mujer mapuche en defensa de sus tierras. Por Osvaldo Bayer, publicado en Página12 - (only in Spamish) The Kimberley Indigenous Peoples Summit and the WSSD - Forest Cover - Issue Nº 7 - by Hubertus Samangun, ICTI, Indonesia Declaración de Kimberley - Cumbre Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas sobre Desarrollo Sostenible (only in Spanish) - Territorio Khoi-San - Kimberley, Sudáfrica, 20 - 23 de agosto de 2002 Guardians of the Land: Indigenous Peoples and the Health of the Earth - by Alan Thein Durning - Worldwatch Paper 112 Forests of Fear. The Abuse of Human Rights in Forest Conflicts - Fern Report, November 2001 The Convention on Biological Diversity, State Sovereignty and Indigenous Peoples’ Rights - Legal Briefing Number 1- written by Forest Peoples Programme Americas: Indigenous people at high risk of human rights violations - Amnesty International press release, August 9, 2001 Central Africa: Sold Down the River / La forêt prise en otage. The need to control transnational forestry corporations: a European case study - by Forests Monitor Ltd, March 2001 World Bank resettlement policy - Forest Peoples Programme / Center for International Environmental Law http://www.ciel.org/Ifi/wbinvolresettle.html Disempowerment in the name of ’participatory’ forestry? - Village forests joint management in Uttarakhand, India - by Madhu Sarin 1- Forests, Trees and People Newsletter No. 44 - April 2001 Drillbits & Tailings special issue on U'wa indigenous peoples, August 2001 Indigenous Peoples and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Trips and its potential impacts on Indigenous Peoples - by Victoria Tauli-Corpuz Fern: Human rights and indigenous peoples' rights
LINKS
Clasified by continent Africa La Voix Batwa (Pygmees) des Forests Tropicales Africaines http://www.heritiers.org/troncpygmies2.html (in French) Native Forest Network - Africa http://www.nfn.org.au/africa/index.html Ogiek.org (Kenya) http://www.ogiek.org/ (in English) Pambazuka News http://www.pambazuka.org/ (in English) Americas Amazon Alliance for Indigenous and Traditional Peoples of the Amazon Basin: http://www.amazonalliance.org/ (in English and Spanish) Amazonia - European Working Group on Amazonia (EWGA) (in English) http://www.amazonia.net/Themes/AMAZON_PEOPLES/index.html Amerindian Peoples Association of Guyana http://www.sdnp.org.gy/apa/ (in English) Cabeceras Aid Project http://www.onr.com/cabeceras/ (in Spanish and English) Centro Cultural ABYA-YALA http://www.abyayala.org/ (in Spanish) CEDIN - Centro para el Desarrollo Indígena (Costa Rica) http://www.cedin.iwarp.com/ (in Spanish) Cimi - Conselho Indigenista Missionário http://www.cimi.org.br/ (in Portuguese) COICA - Coordinadora de las Organizaciones Indígenas de la Cuenca Amazónica http://www.coica.org/ (in Spanish) Comissão Pró-Yanomami http://www.proyanomami.org.br/v0904/index.asp (in Portuguese) Comité Internacionalista Arco Iris (COINARIR) http://www.coinarir.org/ (in Spanish and Italian) Comunicaciones Mapuche Xeg Xeg http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/7718/ (in Spanish) Comunidad kichwa de Sarayacu http://www.sarayacu.com/ Comunidades Aborígenes de la República Argentina http://www.madryn.com/pm/endepa/index.html (in Spanish) Confederación de los Pueblos Indígenas de Bolivia http://www.cidob-bo.org/ (in Spanish) Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas de la Amazonía Ecuatoriana http://www.ecuanex.net.ec/confeniae/ (in Spanish) Convergencia de los Movimientos de los Pueblos de las Américas (COMPA) http://www.sitiocompa.org/compa/index.php (in Spanish) Coordenação das Organizações Indígenas da Amazônia Brasileira http://www.coiab.com.br/ (in Portuguese) Fundación Dobbo - Yala (in English and Spanish) http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4043/index.html Indian Law Resource Center http://www.indianlaw.org/ (in English) Indigenous Environmental Network http://www.ienearth.org/ (in English) Indigenous Information Network http://www.redindigena.net/ing/ (in English and in Spanish) Indigenous peoples - Costa Rica http://www.idnetwork.nl/central/eng/ (in English) Mapu-express noticias (Mapuches) http://www.mapuexpress.net Ñuke Mapum - Centro de Documentación Mapuche http://mapuche.info.scorpionshops.com (in Spanish) POAM - Población y Ambiente http://www.poam.org/ (in Spanish) Pueblos Indígenas - Argentina http://www.pueblosindigenas.net/ Pueblos Indígenas - Brasil http://www.socioambiental.org/website/povind/index.html (in Portuguese) RECOKA - Red de Comunidades Kichwas de Amazonía http://www.recoka.org/ Shinai Serjali Project http://www.serjali.org/en/ Selvas.org http://www.selvas.org Ukhamawa: Red de Noticias Indigenas http://espanol.groups.yahoo.com/group/ukhamawa (in Spanish) Asia People & Wildlife - Centre for Science and Environment http://www.cseindia.org/ (in English) Brimas (Borneo Resources Institute) http://brimas.www1.50megs.com/ Unahi Mindanao http://www.unahi.org/ (in English) WARSI http://www.warsi.or.id/ (in English) Oceania West Papua Action Kit (AWPA) http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cline/papua International BBC Two Program - TRIBE www.bbc.co.uk/tribe Forest Peoples Programme: http://www.gn.apc.org/forestpeoples/ (in English) Assembly of First Nations http://www.afn.ca/ (in English, French and Spanish) Cultural Survival http://www.culturalsurvival.org/cs_info/about_us.cfm Ethnoforestry http://www.iifm.org/databank/ef/ethnoforestry.html Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information http://www.docip.org/ (in English, French and Spanish) International Alliance of the Indigenous-Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forests: http://www.gn.apc.org/iaip/ International Commission for the Rights of Aboriginal People http://www.icrainternational.org/ (in French) International Cry http://intercontinentalcry.org International Network of Forests and Communities http://www.forestsandcommunities.org/main.html (in English) IWGIA - The International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs http://www.iwgia.org (in English and Spanish) Native Web http://www.nativeweb.org/ (in English, French and Spanish) Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples http://www.nciv.net/ (in Spanish, English and French) Survival International http://www.survival-international.org/ (in Spanish, English, French and Italian) Survival: Tribal world links http://www.survival-international.org/links.htm (in English) Tebtebba Foundation http://www.tebtebba.org/ United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights / Indigenous People http://www.unhchr.ch/indigenous/main.html