Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

This year's gathering of global Indigenous leaders, activists, and policymakers puts a spotlight on youth.

Concerns about the ethical use of data, privacy, and data harms are front of mind in many jurisdictions as regulators move to impose tighter controls on data privacy and protection, and the use of artificial intelligence (AI). Although efforts to hold ...

Extractive and industrial development projects threaten the fundamental rights of Indigenous Peoples, according to the results of an extensive scientific study carried out by the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB), which quantifies the negative impacts that these activities have on the lifeways, rights and lands of these communities.

"I constantly receive information that Indigenous Peoples fear a new wave of green investments."

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"Because climate events have gotten more and more intense, it's at a point of our communities will either get wiped out through more storms or have to choose...

Five first nations in northeastern B.C., who signed a land treaty known as Treaty 8 in 1899, celebrated the culmination of decades of negotiations to have it...

Activists who raise concerns about business projects in Colombia are under serious threat for speaking out, and UN human rights experts are urging the government to do much more to protect them.

The explosive growth of extractive operations around the world often plays out on indigenous people's lands without their consent, causing irreparable harm to their livelihoods, cultures, languages and lives, speakers told the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues on Monday, as it opened its 2022 session amid calls to respect their free, prior and informed consent on the existential decisions uprooting their…

Advocates hope to enshrine the rights of nature and Indigenous protections into law.

Too many Indigenous people are still being excluded from decisions that directly affect their lands, territories, cultures, and the future of their communities, a top UN forum heard on Monday.

On Sept. 13, 1814, during a British attack on Fort McHenry, Md., Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner."

The Māori say New Zealand must center Indigenous peoples in climate disaster plans

Oak flat is one of the largest copper sources in North America. It's also the San Carlos Apache Tribe's most sacred site.

"This harassment and intimidation is exactly the kind of violence designed to drive us from our homelands."

Dec 15 (IPS) - As the COP entered its crucial second week, negotiations are intensifying now. A slew of new contact groups – meeting mostly behind closed doors – are discussing the minutest details of the Global Biodiversity Framework and the contentious issues within or around it, such as Digital Sequencing Information, Access, and Benefit Sharing. The core aim of all these groups is to talk and resolve all issues…

Free, prior, and informed consent is key to safeguarding Indigenous peoples lands and livelihoods.

Canadian healthcare professional associations recommend reducing health systems' environmental impact and partnering with indigenous groups.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for amplifying the voices of Indigenous women, which is critical to achieving a just future for all people.

Climate change is already affecting much of the world's population, with startlingly high temperatures from the Arctic to Australia. Air pollution from wildfires, vehicles and industries threatens human health. Bees and pollinators are dying in unprecedented numbers that may force changes in crop production and food availability.