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November 18, 2020

Indigenous voices to be heard for first time in EU debate on conservation

In the livestreamed debate, indigenous people and activists will have the chance to tell European policy makers what they think about conservation.
March 22, 2019

Rubber industry aims to halt land grabbing and deforestation

A new initiative is aimed at addressing environmental and human rights abuses driven by the rubber industry.
December 23, 2018

WWF implicated in land grab and human rights abuses in Republic of Congo

The World Wildlife Fund, one of the world’s biggest conservation organisations, is breaking the law in its backing of a conservation zone in the Congo Basin, according to recently released letters.
December 8, 2018

Corporate land grab exploits Papua New Guinea’s indigenous people

Private companies are illegally occupying land in Papua New Guinea for logging and palm oil plantations, according to a new report published by War on Want and Act NOW!, its partner in Papua New Guinea.
July 27, 2018

Cambodia Democracy Act 'a major step forward in the fight against corruption'

The Act enables sanctions on Prime Minister Hun Sen's inner circle and Cambodia's business elite.
December 4, 2017

Suffering of Bangladeshi tribal people continues 20 years after peace accord

On the 20th anniversary of the peace accord between the Jumma tribal peoples and the Bangladesh government, campaigners have raised concerns that successive Bangladeshi administrations have failed to implement this vital agreement, or protect the Jumma.
September 2, 2014

Israel must scrap 'outrageous' illegal land grab in West Bank, says Amnesty

Amnesty International says the Israeli authorities’ plan to expropriate nearly 1,000 acres of land in the West Bank as 'outrageous' and illegal and that it must be rescinded immediately.