extractive industries

IWGIA's Senior Advisor on Land Rights, Marianne Wiben: ”The National dialogue on extractive industries and the rights of indigenous peoples in Uganda was very successful".

Indigenous communities’ livelihood in Colombia is threatened as they are struggling to keep their ancestral territory. The Arhuaco peoples have organised themselves.

While the Peruvian government still is reluctant to recognize the Wampis Nation formally, the people have strengthened their rights to the territory by speaking with...