Indonesia says 4 million hectares of plantation, mining lands reclaimed in crackdown

JAKARTA — Indonesia has reclaimed more than 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres, about the size of Switzerland) of land nationwide that had been used for plantations, mining or other activities inside areas officially designated as forest, according to the government. The ongoing crackdown — the country’s most sweeping enforcement drive to date against illegal […]

Canceled tourism project still threatens local communities in Tanzania

A canceled World Bank–funded tourism project in Tanzania continues to affect communities near Ruaha National Park, with reports of violence, land restrictions and eviction threats.

Brazil’s COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to Deforestation and Land Conflict

The climate summit’s new “Agrizone” pavilion will be sponsored by multinational pesticide giants and lobbyists for Brazilian agribusiness.

Ecuador’s government promised same land in the Amazon to two Indigenous peoples

This is Part 1 of a series of articles on Indigenous land rights in Ecuador. Part 2 will be published tomorrow. In Ecuador, a 2023 court decision that recognizes one Indigenous community’s rights to own part of a protected area in the Amazon has escalated a long-simmering conflict with another Indigenous people that uses and […]

Dror Etkes | Kerem Navot An In-Depth Session on Land Issues in the West Bank

Palestinians mark Nakba day as fears of displacement grow

GAZA/JERUSALEM - Palestinians marked Nakba day on Thursday, commemorating the loss of their land after the 1948 war at the birth of the state of Israel, as Israeli military operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have again displaced hundreds of thousands. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sieged by mining and megaprojects, the Munduruku push for land rights in the Amazon

The Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory is in the final stages of getting state protection, but previous right-wing administrations delayed demarcation.

Indigenous groups turn to Brazil’s highest court to stop police violence

Indigenous groups are seeking urgent measures against the escalation of police violence they face in seeking to reclaim their ancestral lands in Brazil’s Mato Grosso do Sul state. In most cases, the victims of violence were protecting their territory from the expansion of large-scale agriculture, mining or development projects. The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of […]

Violence escalates in Amazonian communities’ land conflict with Brazil palm oil firm

A new wave of land conflicts between a major palm oil company and local communities has recently broken out in the Brazilian Amazon, raising concerns about escalating violence in the region. Indigenous peoples and Quilombolas — descendants of runaway enslaved Afro-Brazilians — in northern Pará state accuse the country’s top palm oil exporter, Brasil BioFuels […]