The Andes
Amnesty presses Colombia on indigenous rights
Amnesty International finds that Colombia's peace deal is unlikely to succeed without restitution of usurped lands—even where they have been opened to mining.
Tag: land-grabbing
Southeast Asia
Philippines: mining link seen to paramilitary terror
Clergy and rights advocates in Mindanao see army-supported paramilitary groups behind a wave of killings of indigenous leaders opposed to gold-mining operations on traditional lands.
Central America
Nicaragua: Miskito Coast land conflict turns deadly
At least nine have been killed and 20 more wounded in an escalating land conflict on Nicaragua's Miskito Coast over the past month, with hundreds displaced.
Palestine
Israeli forces clash with Palestinian Christians
Palestinians at the Christian town of Beit Jala clashed with Israeli forces following Sunday mass when residents, including priests, marched to protest work on the "separation wall."
Planet Watch
San Carlos Apache caravan to stop mineral grab
Members of the San Carlos Apache tribe returned to Arizona after traveling to Washington DC to protest a land-swap that would turn a sacred site over to copper mining.
Southeast Asia
Enviros claim victory as Glencore leaves Mindanao
Environmentalists and indigenous leaders in the southern Philippine island of Mindanao hailed the exit of Anglo-Swiss mining giant Glencore as a "victory for the people."
The Amazon
Brazil: prosecutors move against Belo Monte dam
Brazilian prosecutors called for authorities to halt the eviction of some 2,000 families living in an area of the Amazon rainforest where the huge Belo Monte dam is being built.
Africa
Ethiopia: army ‘massacre’ of tribespeople
Conflict between Ethiopian soldiers and Hamar pastoralists left dozens dead as tribespeople resist forced relocation from their traditional grazing lands which are being privatized.
Southern Cone
Argentina: indigenous summit in Buenos Aires
Indigenous leaders from across Argentina's 17 provinces met in Buenos Aires to coordinate resistance to dispossession from their ancestral lands by development interests.
Africa
Uganda: displaced villagers protest land-grab
Villagers forcibly relocated by Uganda's government during the war with the Lord's Resistance Army now find that their traditional lands have been eclosed as private game reserves.
Central America
Nicaragua: protests as canal construction begins
Official ceremonies marked ground-breaking on Nicaragua's inter-oceanic canal project—marred by angry campesino protests, with scores detained and injured.
Planet Watch
NDAA provision would allow mining on Apache land
Lawmakers have slipped a provision into the new National Defense Authorization Act that would allow a massive copper mine on public lands that are sacred to the Apache.