Legal recognition in the works for communities occupying Indonesia’s conservation areas.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks

The Indonesian government plans to formally recognize the occupation and use of land inside conservation areas, including national parks, by local and indigenous communities. The program will grant these communities access to clearly defined areas within these conservation zones, in exchange for managing these areas responsibly and sustainably, and not expanding their encroachment. However, the program could clash with a 2017 presidential regulation that emphasizes resettlement as a solution to human encroachment in conservation areas.

Kenya Flushes Out 'Criminals' in Forest Dispute After Sengwer Killing.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people

Security forces are flushing "criminal elements" out of a forest in western Kenya, an official said on Thursday, two days after a man was killed there, leading the European Union to suspend aid.

EU suspends Sh3.6 billion water project over Sengwer rights abuses.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Poverty

The EU has suspended its Sh3.6 billion water towers initiative with Kenya following violent Sengwer community evictions, ambassador Stefano Dejak has said.

Inuit seek full management of Tallurutiup Imanga, Canada’s largest protected area.

'This is about communities, we want communities to grow and to thrive,” says the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, which wants to oversee the ‘ecological engine’ of the Arctic.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Fisheries

A call to action by Rain Forest UK.

Call to action for a “zero tolerance” policy concerning human rights abuses in conservation programmes.

Themes: FPIC, Conservation, Indigenous people, Human rights, Parks, Poverty

This is an important campaign for justice but we ask whether all the potential parties to the injustices claimed are represented here. For example the letter fails to mention the French company Rougier or the French Government which ought to be concerned about the behaviour of an important French company whose interests the eco-guards were protecting.

Eco-guards accused of torture and extrajudicial killing in the Republic of Congo.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Poverty

On 10 November 2017, a man died after being beaten and abused by eco-guards in the Republic of Congo. The 32-year old man, Freddy Ndadé, was arrested with two other men for alleged poaching. They were arrested in the Central African Republic, near the border with the Republic of Congo.

Why ruthless eviction drive in Assam's wildlife sanctuary raises questions about rights of indigenous people.

The state should stop giving away forest land to big business establishments.

Themes: Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Poverty

Tanzania has scrapped Otterlo Business Corporation’s hunting tourism concession in Loliondo

Themes: FPIC, Conservation, Human rights, Indigenous people, Parks, Poverty

Tanzania has ended a 25-year-old hunting tourism deal with a United Arab Emirates company called Otterlo Business Corporation. The deal, set up in 1992, was reported to be in exchange for millions of dollars to Tanzania’s armed forces.