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A move to blend culture with maps to save vanishing forests

13th Oct 2013
In Indonesia and around the world there's a movement afoot to blend map-making with cultural knowledge to help people without formal land title hang on to what's left of their homes. (Christian Science Monitor)

Police arrest Penan as tribe blockades dam site

4th Oct 2013
Tensions are mounting at the Murum dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The Penan, whose forest homes are due to be flooded, are demanding greater compensation, and more of the forest to be protected so they can continue to hunt and gather in their resettlement villages. (Survival)

Brazil: 1500 Indigenous Peoples occupy the Esplanade of Ministries

3rd Oct 2013
Nearly 1,500 Indigenous Peoples from across Brazil on Wednesday occupied a central road in the federal capital Brasília. The protesters are trying to stop a legislative assault that threatens to severely undermine or extinguish Indigenous rights in the country. (Intercontinental Cry)

Investors risk billions by overlooking potential land conflicts, study shows

24th Sep 2013
Indigenous communities have claims to nearly one third of all land granted in commercial land concessions in 12 countries says new report - a situation that has led to numerous preventable conflicts. (Mongabay)

Making local people stewards of the earth

23rd Sep 2013
The lack of land rights is a crisis not just for local people but for all of humanity, warned organisers at an international conference in Interlaken (Leahy / IPS)

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