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Leaders of the Ogiek community say armed forest rangers are "pulling down houses with axes and hammers".

Leaders of the Ogiek community say armed forest rangers are "pulling down houses with axes and hammers".

Amid mixed views of the final form of the 30x30 target agreed at the CBD COP15, Orla Corbisiero and Phil Franks review the reactions of many organisations that support Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP and LCs) to consider whether the target presents more of an opportunity and less of a threat to IP and LCs than they had anticipated prior to COP15

Forest peoples accuse governments of using pandemic to damage jungles – dpa international Indigenous activists putting on a traditional dance performance during a 2017 AMAN conference in Tanjung Gusto, North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Simon Roughneen) DUBLIN — The novel coronavirus pandemic has facilitated government-backed “economic opportunism” in the world’s rainforests, according to a report published on Thursday. Authorities in Brazil, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, I...

Covid an excuse to strip tropical forests: indigenous groups AFP 2/18/2021 AFP © Raul ARBOLEDA In Colombia, deforestation of the Amazon has accelerated by 80 percent during Covid lockdown Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation and rule of law released Thursday. An assessment by the Forest Peoples Programme of post-pand...

PARIS (AFP) - Governments worldwide are using the Covid-19 pandemic to push through destructive development projects and roll back protections of indigenous groups, according to a global report on deforestation and rule of law released on Thursday (Feb 18).. Read more at straitstimes.com.