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Indigenous Peoples’ Questionnaire on Pesticides and the Right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)
Important for Indigenous Peoples! FAO, WHO and IITC have launched a global questionnaire on pesticide use – specifically for Indigenous...
Jul 21 min read
Project Access Training on the 2025 UNPFII
Are you planning on participating in the upcoming United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues? If so, please consider taking part...
Mar 311 min read
How conservation NGOs can put human rights principles into practice (commentary)
While human rights principles have advanced, there is insufficient clarity or political will in some quarters of the conservation sector
Jan 302 min read
Protecting Human Rights to Protect Nature for Our Shared Prosperity
This piece comes to us from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
Dec 10, 20242 min read
Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders
The United Nations Environmental Programme’s “Core Human Rights Principles for Private Conservation Organizations and Funders” was published
Dec 8, 20241 min read
We need an Indigenous conservation state of mind (commentary)
In a culture that perceives nature as separate from people, the dominant conservation mindset is biased in theory and practice
Dec 1, 20244 min read
IITC Condemns UNFCCC COP 29’s Approval of the Carbon Market as a Direct Threat to Indigenous Rights and Climate Justice
November 14, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan: The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) strongly condemns the November 11, 2024, decision by...
Nov 15, 20243 min read
Indigenous Peoples Principles and Protocols for Just Transition
Please share and promote this document widely among allies and stakeholders
Nov 3, 20241 min read
Here’s how to reform multilateral funding to get more money directly to communities (commentary)
Although 17% of all forest carbon and 39% of global lands in good ecological condition are managed or governed by Indigenous Peoples,...
Oct 24, 20242 min read
Virtual meeting of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Food and Water Sovereignty
Announcing the next virtual meeting of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Food and Water Sovereignty: Tuesday, November 5th,...
Oct 18, 20241 min read
The Original Guardians of Nature Are Doing Their Part. Are the Rest of Us?
Never has it been more urgent than now to protect the right to self-determination of Indigenous Peoples living in voluntary isolation
Aug 8, 20244 min read
Call for Applications: OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program 2025!!!
The OHCHR Indigenous Fellowship Program was established in 1997 by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Questionnaire: Indigenous Peoples Impacted by Conservation Projects*
The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) invites and encourages Indigenous Peoples' representatives whose lands, territories or...
Jul 22, 20243 min read
Tens of thousands ‘overwhelmingly support’ using Indigenous knowledge to manage Bears Ears
More than 20,000 people submitted responses during a call for public comments relating to the future Utah’s national monument Author:...
Jul 15, 20241 min read
Training at the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
Registration required to attend.
Jun 5, 20241 min read
New Report Available - Beyond Offsets: People and planet-centred responses to the climate and biodiversity crisis
A new report by Rainforest Foundation UK, Forest Peoples Programme and Fern NGO reviews the potential of direct support for...
May 31, 20241 min read
The Restoration Launchpad: A Step-by-Step Guide for Restoration Planners and Practitioners
"This guidebook presents a step-by-step process for planning and implementing a landscape approach to restoration projects. It identifies...
May 29, 20241 min read
New Guidance on Community-based Biodiversity Monitoring Available
From Transformative Pathways comes a new guidance on community-based biodiversity monitoring. Developed for use by Indigenous Peoples,...
May 16, 20241 min read
Video Posted: Indigenous perspectives on how the mainstream development model affects their right to freedom of religion or belief.
Video of a virtual side event to the 2024 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Freedom to Be: Indigenous Perspectives on How the Mainstream Development Model Affects Their Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief
Date: Wednesday, April 24th, 9:00 am EDT Description: On Wednesday April 24th at 9 a.m. EDT, join the Center for Earth Ethics for...
Apr 20, 20241 min read
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