Published On Friday, September 25, 2015. Under: Global News, News.
NEW YORK (25 September 2015) – A preeminent expert body of the United Nations on indigenous peoples, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, welcomed the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by the UN General Assembly today.
The transformative Agenda lays out the global ...Land Rights: An Essential Global Indicator for the Post-2015 SDGs
Published On Monday, September 07, 2015. Under: Global News, News.
Secure land rights for all are a critical component of a transformational agenda of the Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and targets. Leveraging decades of extensive expertise, a broad coalition of global and national organizations, civil society, and experts, including the United Nations Environment Program ...Conservation and the rights of tribal people must go hand in hand
Published On Friday, April 24, 2015. Under: Global News, News.
Tribal peoples’ survival depends on the land they have lived in harmony with for generations, yet they are being evicted from protected areas in the name of conservation
Evidence is growing that conservation – enforced by the creation of protected areas and policed by anti-poaching squads ...Securing indigenous and community land rights in the future we want
Published On Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Under: Global News, News.
Explicit inclusion of secure land rights for local communities and indigenous peoples is key to "leaving no one behind" in global Sustainable Development Goals.
Securing land rights for indigenous peoples, such as these members of the Xingu tribe, pictured in Brazil, is critical to alleviating poverty (Photo: ...