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BANGKOK, July 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A push to privatise land and other resources in countries from Ukraine to Papua New Guinea is hurting indigenous people and the rural poor, while increasing the risks linked to climate change, researchers at a U.S.-based think tank said on Tuesday.
MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government has not only failed to enforce laws that protect its indigenous peoples and their communal lands, but is actively promoting illegal land grabs and granting concessions to mining and timber companies, according to a report released Wednesday.
BY CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MEXICO CITY — Nicaragua’s government has not only failed to enforce laws that protect its indigenous peoples and their communal lands, but is actively promoting illegal land grabs and granting concessions to mining and timber companies, according to a report released Wednesday.
More than 40 members of indigenous communities have been killed since 2015, and many say settlers have been responsible
Nicaragua’s government is actively promoting illegal land grabs and granting concessions to mining and timber companies in indigenous territories, according to a report released on Wednesday.
Since 2015, more...
A new report says Nicaragua's government has failed to enforce laws that protect its indigenous peoples and their communal lands, and is even actively promoting illegal land grabs and granting concessions to mining and timber companies
The Swedish Energy Agency has cancelled its contract to buy carbon credits from Green Resources. The Swedish Energy Agency has finally recognised the...
After four years in limbo, the Swedish Energy Agency is terminating its agreement with the Norwegian forestry company Green Resources for the purchase of carbon credits from the Kachung pine plantation in Uganda, citing unresolved disputes with local people over land use, an agency spokesperson confirms to Development Today.