'Belgium does owe reparations to the Congo'

Down To Earth talks to American historian, Adam Hochschild about his book on King Leopold of Belgium whose reign is responsible for the deaths of …

Amrabad Tiger Reserve: An Eden under threat

The recent in-principle clearance granted for uranium exploration in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve, will destroy a landscape rich in …

Indian, African women living near national parks being sterilised, claims Dutch expose

Television series Zembla has also claimed that shoot-at-sight orders were very much in place at Kaziranga National Park

Japan’s new policy on the Ainu is misleading

Though Japan recognised them as an indigenous people in 2008, the New Ainu Policy Bill represents a continuation of the nation’s …

Canada apologises to First Nations band after 154 years

Premier Justin Trudeau delivered an apology in the Canadian Lower House of Parliament to chiefs of the Tsilhqot’in Nation for atrocities …

Experts call for greater attention to indigenous people to preserve forests, fight climate change

A third of global forests are under some form of management by families, smallholders, local communities and indigenous people

'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'

Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …

Big step for biocultural rights

The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this