Lands, Resources, and Environments

Read more about Native Rock Musician Robby Romero Partners With PledgeMusic To Commemorate The Fort Laramie Treaty Of 1851 Between United States And Native Nations

#Honor1851Treaty Music Campaign Rallies Artists In Support Of Native Rights, Featuring KRIS KRISTOFFERSON, TA’KAYIA BLANEY, GARY FARMER, DAKOTA ROMERO, ROBERT MIRABAL, RAYE ZARAGOZA, & MORE

Read more about Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit Builds A Movement

“What seed might we plant together today that could make the most difference to the future of the Indigenous Peoples’ Water Summit?” 26-year-old Thorne LaPointe asked a group of about 50 Indigenous youth, elders, and non-Indigenous supporters at the inaugural Mni Ki Wakan: World Indigenous Peoples’ Decade of Water Summit.

Read more about The United Nations Discusses Oceans

The first world conference for one of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the UN Ocean Conference, focused on SDG Goal 14: Life Below Water, to “conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development.” Fiji and Sweden co-chaired and coordinated the June 5 - 9, 2017 global gathering at the UN headquarters in New York. More than 6,000 people from all sectors of society attended the conference where 150 events and 41 exhibits were held.

Read more about Costa Rican Indigenous Communities Voice Opposition to Giant Dam Project

By John McPhaul

In October 2016, a number of Costa Rican Indigenous representatives attended a meeting in the regional hub of Buenos Aires in southern Costa Rica. Called by the government’s Ministry of the Presidency as part of a consultation process, the meeting was an opportunity for Indigenous Peoples to voice their opposition to a giant dam proposed on the Diquis Reservoir that would inundate part of their land.

Read more about Canada: Tsilhqot'in Nation Files for Injunction to Halt Drilling by Mine

Photo: Tsilhqot'in leaders drum at a rally outside of the British Colombia Supreme Court. Photo by Sierra Club BC, used with permission.

Read more about Canada: Drilling Permits Issued on Tsilhqot'in Lands as Wildfires Rage

As wildfires are raging across four out of six Tsilhqot’in First Nation communities in Canada, the British Colombia provincial government has quietly authorized drilling permits to Taseko Mines Ltd, mining company who has made multiple failed attempts to launch a gold and copper mine on Tsilhqot’in territory.

Read more about Honduras: European Development Banks Finalize Exit from Agua Zarca; Caceres' Daughter Attacked

On July 6, 2017, two of the banks financing the Agua Zarca hydroelectric dam construction in Honduras pulled their funding for the project. The European development banks, namely The Netherlands Development Finance Institution and the Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation, had been conducting an international and regional study for many months in order to determine whether or not to withdraw their support. On July 6th, they finalized their decision to cease support, and ultimately concluded that local officials and peoples of Honduras should be the ones to decide how the project continues. The banks said they halted their involvement in the the controversial dam in response to the attacks against local activists opposing its construction, including the murder of Berta Cáceres.

Read more about Indigenous Leadership for Indigenous Solutions

Indigenous leaders are bringing awareness to and fighting societal inj

Read more about One Year After Gaining Protected Status, Prey Lang Forest Still In Danger

Cambodia continues to be a playground for large-scale timber looting schemes in Prey Lang forest, despite promises to crack down by the government.

Read more about Urgent: Take Action to Protect Bears Ears National Monument

Photo: Bureau of Land Management

Take Action to Protect Bears Ears National Monument

Members of Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, Ute Mountain Ute, & Uintah Ouray Ute Tribes are leading a call to protect the Bears Ears national monument in Southern Utah in the face of Donald Trump’s threats to remove its newly designated protected status.

Read more about African Court to Deliver Landmark Judgment on Ogiek Community Land Rights Case Against Kenyan Government

Read more about A Real-life Cry in the Desert

By Tai Pelli

Photo: Tsilhqot'in leaders drum at a rally outside of the British Colombia Supreme Court. Photo by Sierra Club BC, used with permission.

Photo: Bureau of Land Management

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