Indigenous Rights

The communities have come to view the energy projects as yet another invasion of their territory.

In December, the US Congress passed legislation that reconfigures the conditions of economic aid for development projects in Guatemala.

Human rights defenders and activists are facing terrorism charges in Guatemala.

Environmental activist leaders from around the world and their supporters met in Washington, DC, to discuss land grabs and other issues, continuing the work of assassinated activist Chico Mendes.

On May 18, solidarity actions were held in New York City and in San Cristu00f3bal de las Casas, Mexico, to protest the recent assassination of Zapatista Josu00e9 Luis Solu00eds …

President Obama is scheduled to be make a final decision on the pipeline by the middle of 2014.

Global trends towards a strengthening of legal rights over land for local and indigenous communities appear to have slowed significantly in recent years.

On NAFTA's 20th anniversary, thousands in Mexico demonstrated against education, labor “reforms”, attacks on indigenous rights by multinational mining companies and privatization of the oil and electricity industries.

Sexual exploitation of minors by foreign logging workers has been identified in four of the nine provinces in the Solomon Islands, namely Makira, Isabel, Western and Malaita.

REDD+ jeopardizes the rights and resources of local communities throughout the global south, because of the prevalence of carbon-market-driven land grabs.