Indigenous Peoples' Struggles

Bulletin articles 26 February 2024

Peru: Resistance and community organization for the defense of the rainforest

Indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon Basin have created a network to defend their rights to territory and self-determination. Their struggle is not only against deforestation, but also against conservation and carbon market projects—such as REDD projects—that cause more injustice and internal conflicts.

Bulletin articles 22 July 2023

Dayak Women’s Struggle to Protect the Forests in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

This article tells the story of a women group in Kalimantan called “Hurung Hapakat”, which means “Working Together”. Collectively, and against serious repression, they have reclaimed some land from oil palm plantations in order to also reclaim their food sovereignty, dignity and wisdom. And they are not alone.

Bulletin articles 30 August 2016

The Quechua-lamas vision of medicinal plants: a lesson from the high-altitude forests of Peru

Modern people usually refer to medicinal plants as resources at the service of humans. This way of referring to them does not seem to be universal. The Quechua-lamas of the Amazon foothills regard plants as people, even more, they treat them as if they were a living community.