Protect indigenous rights to save Amazon forest, urge leaders at COP28
Amazonian Indigenous leaders will be calling for urgent action to protect their rights, end industrial mining to pave way for Brazil COP
A just, robust economy needs upskilling and reskilling of women
Gender gap at workplace is more stark in India than even comparable south Asian economies
Survey results on voluntary meat regulation released
The result, released at United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), did not carry voices from indigenous communities
COP27: Experts flag proposals to include carbon removals in UN trading mechanism
The recommendations, made at the beginning of COP27, provide a broad definition of removals and do not distinguish between them, according to …
Access and benefit-sharing: Paper proposes 8 principles on use of indigenous medicine
The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last year respects the rights of indigenous people on biodiversity
High road to Dubai COP28: Indigenous peoples demand say in decision-making on loss and damage at Bonn
Indigenous peoples should be leaders of climate actions and not victims of climate policies, Indian indigenous leader Archana Soreng told DTE
Amrit kaal for adivasis? What Union Budget 2023-24 does not say about tribal communities
The vision highlighted in the budget speech does not match ground realities
Can Montreal be another Paris? Hopes build up after COP15 President’s text includes key demands
The text of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework has included targets to halt and reverse biodiversity, respect indigenous rights among others
The International Year of Millets is an opportunity to improve indigenous kids’ nutrition
About 4.7 million tribal children in the country suffer from chronic nutrition deprivation
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2021): No ban on petrol, diesel cars in near future
All that was discussed in the House through the day
World Indigenous Peoples Day: How net-zero climate goal alienates tribals
Promotion of net-zero climate targets may alienate tribals from their land when science tells us that there is simply not enough land
‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must feature role of indigenous people’
Members of International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity stress their rights at biodiversity summit in Montreal
Less than 1% mitigation & adaptation funding went to world’s indigenous groups despite more commitment: Report
A Global Biological Framework Fund (GBFF) will be launched in the upcoming 7th Global Environment Facility Assembly from August 22-26, 2023
As India's tribals await SC hearing, IPCC recognises forest dwellers’ role in climate change mitigation
According to a report, authorising the indigenous communities’ land titles can improve forest management and carbon storage
India fails to protect property rights of indigenous and rural women, says report
None of the 30 low and middle-income countries analysed met the standards of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination …
COP15 Montreal: Target 22 on gender equality approved but word ‘responsive’ still in brackets
Participation, capacity building and financial access to women from all walks of life non-negotiable in Post-2020 GBF
‘We’re portrayed as Maoists, jailed for protesting’: 18 Gariaband villages refuse to give up fight for forest rights
Villagers derive hope from success story of 4 villages in state’s protected area granted Community Forest Resource Rights August 9, 2022
Agroforestry boosts rice and biodiversity in India
In West Bengal, the adoption of useful trees into paddy fields has boosted crop yields and crop diversity, and has also sparked a movement that …
Conference on ‘slow food’ kicks off in Meghalaya
Speakers insist on the importance of reflecting on evolving food and agro ecological issues of indigenous people
Wife of Kaziranga director accused of violating wildlife rules
An alleged night safari brings out the growing tension among the locals living in the vicinity of the national park and the officials protecting …
World Health Assembly approves draft resolution on health action plan for indigenous people
Global plan should focus on reproductive, maternal and adolescent health, resolution highlights
Indigenous and tribal groups worry about loss of religious ethos over Uniform Civil Code
These communities worry the UCC will infringe on their constitutionally protected sociocultural practices and customary laws
Andaman isles should've been given indigenous names: Anvita Abbi
Prominent linguist and expert on Andamanese languages says the Ross, Neil and Havelock islands should have been given names from the Great …
UNPFII calls for inclusion of indigenous people in socio-economic development, conservation of environment
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues also demanded inclusion in preserving culture & languages
Pro-poor schemes in plenty, but no end to tribal community struggles
Governance has virtually collapsed in tribal regions; most welfare and development schemes hardly reach even 10% of the targets