“Conservation must be led by Indigenous Peoples, because we know better.” Nairobi: A unique gathering of Indigenous people impacted by conservation has demanded that “our ancestral lands, including ...

This man is the last of his tribe. He survived the waves of genocidal attacks by loggers and ranchers in the 1970s and 80s which wiped out his family and his community, and many neighboring ...

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) called on India to “suspend the implementation of the projects on the Great Nicobar and Andaman Islands until a full and independent ...

In The Better Angels of Our Nature (2011), Steven Pinker promotes a fictitious, colonialist image of a backward “Brutal Savage,” which pushes the debate on tribal peoples’ rights back over a century ...

Dozens of police officers in India have arrested the prominent Indigenous rights activist Pranab Doley, and two other men. Two others surrendered to the court after police came looking for them.

Maasai people have protested in one of Tanzania’s most important tourism destinations over their eviction in the name of conservation. The protests on World Heritage Day aim to highlight UNESCO’s ...

Two presidential commissions have recommended the mass eviction of Maasai people from some of East Africa’s most iconic conservation areas and tourist destinations. The commissions were established by ...

Peru’s leading Indigenous organizations have called on the US and European governments to stop financial support to the country’s forestry industry, following an unprecedented legislative assault on ...

Calls are growing for the Indian government to scrap its controversial Great Nicobar project after it suffered a series of setbacks in recent weeks. They include: • The Tribal Affairs Ministry has ...

Maasai Indigenous people in Tanzania have called on Volkswagen (VW) to withdraw from a controversial carbon credits scheme which violates their rights and threatens to wreck their livelihoods. In a ...

A hugely controversial carbon credits scheme in Kenya that threatens Indigenous herders has been suspended for a second time by Verra, the main body that certifies such projects. It is an ...

An investigation into reports of atrocities by guards employed by Prince Harry’s charity African Parks has acknowledged that multiple abuses took place, confirming allegations of violence made by Baka ...