land rights Archives - Toward Freedom

Demonstration against Libero Copper in Mocoa, Putumayo. The march was the first initiative of a four-day event called the Festival in Defense of the Mountain, Water and Life in protest of the copper mining project. March 2022 / credit: Antonio Cascio

Mining Struggle in Colombia Raises Questions About Petro-Márquez Government That Rode to Victory with Indigenous & Peasant Support

Natalia Torres Garzon June 21, 2023 Natalia Torres Garzon

A Canadian mining company has appeared to move forward on exploring mining possibilities in Colombia's biodiverse Putumayo department, raising questions about the progressive government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez, who won power by promising environmental protection. Natalia Torres Garzon reports. Photos by Antonio Cascio.

The hills of Murang'a County, Kenya / credit: COSV/CC

Kenya’s Deadly Land Tussles Make Forest Safer Than Houses

Shadrack Omuka September 12, 2022 Shadrack Omuka

Rural Kenyans said they have been attacked while struggling for land in central Kenya since the 1960s. Land struggles between squatters and deed holders have continued unabated since Kenya's 1963 independence from the British empire. Shadrack Omuka reports.

The Tsum Valley in Nepal, where the Indigenous Tsumba and people live / credit: Nepal Mother House Treks and Expeditions

‘We Used to Have Everything’: Western Conservation Models Threaten Indigenous Rights, Says New Report

Deepa Padmanaban March 18, 2022 Deepa Padmanaban

The report, “Reconciling Conservation and Global Biodiversity Goals with Community Land Rights in Asia,” comes ahead of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference. To be held next month in Kunming, China, the conference is expected to adopt the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Conservation Framework (GBF), which includes placing under protection 30 percent of the world’s land and water by 2030, reports Deepa Padmanaban.