Indigenous Empowerment to Reverse Amazonia's Mineral Demand Palm Oil Detectives
Illegal mining for minerals like gold is driving Amazonia deforestation. Empowering Indigenous peoples to care for biodiversity-rich areas is the key!
Indigenous Peoples Fight Climate Change Palm Oil Detectives
After wildfires, Belize's indigenous people rebuild stronger based on "se’ komonil": reciprocity, solidarity, gender equity, togetherness and community.
Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems. This growth is leading to #deforestation, #landgrabbing displacement of #indigenous and farming communities, and increased militarised and police #violence, particularly affecting Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. Despite the global demand for #palmoil, the consequences of its production on peasant communities in South and Central America are raising serious questions about its viability and #humanrights rigour.
Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/may/10/gullah-geechee-low-country
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Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out
Property disputes, predatory development and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at risk
Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence
The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems. This growth is leading to #deforestation, #landgrabbing displacement of #indigenous and farming communities, and increased militarised and police #violence, particularly affecting Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. Despite the global demand for #palmoil, the consequences of its production on peasant communities in South and Central America are raising serious questions about its viability and #humanrights rigour.
Seeing Forest As Merely A Carbon "Commodity": Dangerous Greenwashing
Commodifying forests as merely an investment for 'carbon credits' has many dangerous loopholes that human rights to indigenous peoples, take action!
Yukon First Nation decries American push for oil and gas in the Arctic | The-14
Yukon First Nation opposes US Arctic drilling, warning of risks to caribou, ecosystems, and Indigenous rights as oil lease sales advance in ANWR region.
Momentum building for Scottish-style land access rights in England, says film
Documentary makers seek to start ‘informed conversation’ in country where public is allowed on just 8% of land
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