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Acampamento Terra Livre (Free Land Camp) 2023

‘The Indigenous future is today’: Brazil’s Free Land Camp

A conversation with Tarisson Nawa and Ariane Susui
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Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, an Indigenous human rights activist in her forest formerly part of a conflict area in Guatemala. Ryan Brown, UN Women

“It’s necessary we understand well where our culture is going wrong.”

Indigenous leader Gam Shimray on the fundamentality of rights in ongoing biodiversity proceedings
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An Indigenous community in Peru passes down traditional embroidery techniques to younger generations. Juan Carlos Huayllapuma, CIFOR

New Land Rights Standard to ground climate action in human rights

Principles to help infuse other sustainability standards and activities with justice
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A local community member uses trees for fire prevention in Indonesia. Perdana Putra, CIFOR-ICRAF

Why we should care more about “stewardship”

The ancient term brings novel implications for sustainable economic structures
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What do land rights mean for Indigenous peoples?

GLF Live with Gam Shimray and Alain Frechette
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A herdboy, Loliondo, Tanzania, where Maasai communities have been evicted. Per Harald Olsen, AfricanBioServices

How to keep environmental conservation from doing more harm than good

In Africa, “colonial conservation” has become a human rights issue
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New research proves that participation does not always equate to power in decision-making processes. Marlon del Aguila Guerrero, CIFOR

A seat at the table isn’t enough to ensure equity and “counter power”

Multi-stakeholder platforms need critical mass of Indigenous and local people
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“We cannot just say this can’t happen anymore.”

A lawyer speaks on the murders of Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips
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As 300 tribos indígenas que vivem no bioma amazônico estão pedindo a proteção legal de 80% do bioma. Christian Braga, Greenpeace

Amazonian preservation rests on political investment, inclusive of Indigenous power

GLF Amazonia Day 3 highlights need to link Amazonian ecological and social systems in policy
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Thousands of Indigenous leaders gather in Brazil’s capital Brasília to advocate for land rights. Martha Fellows, Global Landscapes Forum

“Struggle for Life” movement becomes largest Indigenous mobilization in Brazilian history

Thousands advocate for the nation’s supreme court to honor Indigenous land claims predating 1988 constitution
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The Marañón river, Peru’s second-longest river and mainstem source of the Amazon River. Indigenous peoples reliant on its waters are fighting for the river to have recognized rights. Ministerio del Ambiente, Flickr

In Peru, the path to achieving rights of nature winds like the rivers it seeks to protect

A look inside the Indigenous movement fighting for ecosystems to be subjects for state protection
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Why does nature need its own rights?

GLF Live with film director Joshua B. Pribanic
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An Indigenous farmer, Maria, tends to her crop of potatoes in Brazil. World Bank Photo Collection

Indigenous communities receive less than 1% of climate mitigation aid, report finds

Of USD 30 billion, negligible amounts reach caretakers of nearly half the world’s non-Antarctic land
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The so-called "Enola" yellow bean variety that has been at the center of a decade-long biopiracy case. Neil Palmer, CIAT

Biopiracy: the largely lawless plundering of Earth’s genetic wealth

How patenting genetic resources can fail to benefit the traditional knowledge holders it should
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How is the Indigenous food sovereignty movement changing global food systems?

GLF Live with documentary filmmaker Sanjay Rawal
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