2025 – Cohort III Open call Registration period: from October 21st to November 24th, 2024 We invite fellowship applications that prioritize innovative projects advancing Indigenous Women’s rights and management of their land and natural resources. Land is Life will evaluate applicants based on their demonstrated experience in supporting Indigenous Peoples’
How did it start? The term “Indigenous Peoples and local communities” first emerged in international policy during the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development. This terminology was included in the Convention on Biological Diversity, Agenda 21, and the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development. By the mid-2000s, this
Recommendations for Pledge 2.0 of the Forest Tenure Funders Group To: Forest Tenure Funders Group The historic commitment that the Forest Tenure Funders Group made at COP26 – to invest $1.7 billion to advance forest tenure rights in tropical forest countries between 2021-2025 – has benefitted Indigenous Peoples in tropical
From the 8th to the 12th of March, Land is Life held a training session for Indigenous women as part of its ongoing Indigenous Women’s Program. The event, organized in Panamá, also served as the launch point for the new cohort (2024 – 2025) of the Women’s Program fellowship. The
‘Voluntary trust’ legislation discussed in Senate. While the Ayoreo Indigenous People have title to half their traditional territory, draft legislation introduced by a group of government senators would establish a Fideicomiso Voluntario or ‘voluntary trust’ for the rest of their traditional territory. The Ayoreo-Totobiegosode were never consulted about the Trust,
En febrero de 2016, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) emitió medidas cautelares que exigían al gobierno de Paraguay poner fin a la deforestación del territorio ancestral de los Ayoreo-Totobiegosode, ubicado en la zona del Gran Chaco del país. Las medidas también exigían que los Pueblos Indígenas aislados fueran
