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Indigenous leaders are reclaiming their territory and restoring forests at the same time.

The United Nations expresses deep disappointment over the closure of the murder case of indigenous leader Sergio Rojas.

The native communities announce upcoming protests against this alarming situation

Costa Rica has won international acclaim for its initiatives to restore its forests. But those successes are now jeopardized by conflicts over the government’s failure to return traditional lands to the Indigenous people who are regarded as the best forest stewards.

A Costa Rican court sentenced a man to 22 years behind bars on Wednesday for the murder of an indigenous leader in a 2020 land dispute, a case that has stoked decades-old tensions between native communities and farmers over disputed territory.

In a country often ignored internationally except when it comes to its bustling tourism industry and oceans, Costa Rica and its Indigenous rights record is receiving careful attention by the U.N. and a human rights commission. Amid a movement to recover territory from cattle ranchers and landholders, Indigenous leaders in the country are facing death […]

On 28 September 2022, the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, following his on-site visit to Costa Rica at the end of

The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Francisco Calí Tzay, today expressed his concern over the more than 40 years of