Many people say COP30 ( gathering of global leaders to tackle climate change) in Belém will be chaotic — that the Amazon city isn’t ready for the size of the crowd expected. Hotels are full, logistics are uncertain, and some..
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Land Grab and Displacement of tribal Communities by Cement company in Dima Hasao, Assam (India)
When the Just Transition Betrays Indigenous Peoples, by Joan Carling, Executive Director of IPRI
The promise of a just energy transition has been hailed as a necessary response to the climate crisis. More dams, solar parks, wind farms, geothermal plants, and transition mineral mining are presented as the clean technologies that will..
Fast-Tracking Indigenous Land Rights Is a Climate Imperative: Protecting Indonesia’s Forests Amid Rising Threats
By Rukka Sombolinggi (AMAN) and Joan Carling (IPRI) Indonesia is home to one of the most biodiverse forests on Earth, and for generations, Indigenous Peoples have been their most steadfast guardians. According to the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of..
Asia Indigenous Youth Assembly and Leadership Training
Joint Meeting, youth conference and Capacity-Building for the Asia Indigenous Youth Platform (AIYP) and Asia Young Indigenous Peoples Network (AYIPN) | General Assembly of AIYP August 28-31, 2025 | Chiang Mai, Thailand Keynote address by Joan Carling, IPRI..
Funding Renewable Energy Without Consent is doomed to fail: lessons from Asia By Joan Carling, Indigenous Peoples Rights International(IPRI)
MEXICO || Solidarity with Indigenous woman defender Silvia Pérez Yescas
To the Mexican State; To the Ministry of the Interior and the Protection Mechanism for Human Rights Defenders and Journalists; To the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Attention to High-Impact Crimes in Oaxaca; To national and international public opinion:..
Fred Kariankei and the fight against conservation elite in Kenya
Fred Simiren Kariankei, an Indigenous Maasai community land rights defender from southern Kenya, never imagined that defending his people’s land would land him in prison. But in 2021, when he exposed what he believed was systematic betrayal by..
58th session of the Human Rights Council: Presentation of Joan Carling, Executive Director, Indigenous Peoples Rights International
Mexico: National and international organisations demand an end to attacks against indigenous land defenders in the Isthmus of Oaxaca
On 13 February 2025, an armed group ambushed and shot a pick-up truck near the Sol River, Santo Domingo Petapa, Oaxaca. Inside the truck were Wilfrido Atanacio, Victoriano Quirino and Abraham Chirino, members of the Unión de Comunidades Indígenas..
