The brutal attacks 💣against civilians in #DRCongo , many of them indigenous, are aimed at gaining control of natural resources.

One of them is tantalum, which is extracted from coltan, a key component in the production of smartphones 📲

👉🏾 aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/4/…

#Ecuador

Strong collectively, like the ants of the Amazon 🐜, the Kichwa women guard the territory and the rich life that develops there.

Get to know this experience👇🏾
🤲🏾Let us recognize these often invisible and long-lasting struggles.

bbc.com/future/article…

For too long, Indigenous voices have been silenced in climate conversations⛔️. Let's change that!

📻Tune in on May 13 as Global Citizen ⭕ discusses the complexities of environmental challenges faced by Indigenous communities & the need for direct participation in climate negotiations.…

#Philippines
For years, activists and advocates have denounced the serious human rights violations that red-tagging entails 🎯

👨🏾‍⚖️Now, the Supreme Court has defined it and recognized it as a threat. This opens the door for more victims to challenge it

rappler.com/philippines/su…

#Colombia
🎯La industria del caucho casi extermina a los pueblos Huitoto, Bora, Munaire y Ocaina, con al menos 60.000 asesinatos.

📆Décadas después, los indígenas denuncian seguir siendo víctimas de violencia

Lee esta historia: tinyurl.com/yc74pkt4

🇮🇳Narendra Modi’s government has launched a brutal crackdown on the Adivasi communities of India’s tribal belt in defiance of the constitution.

🎯Its goal is to clear the way for exploiting lucrative mineral resources by trampling on Adivasi rights

👉🏾 tinyurl.com/5n6zwj49

🇬🇫 #FrenchGuiana

The 🇺🇳Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination called on #France to respect the demands of the Kali'ña Indigenous community in the village of Prospérité, who oppose construction of a power plant ⚡️in a location that deprives them of access to their…

Hemos visto un aumento 📈de agresiones contra personas indígenas defensoras que participan en espacios internacionales 🇺🇳

Los Estados deben actuar para proteger sus vidas y su integridad 🖐️🏾

¡Alto a las agresiones y criminalización!

Más: infobae.com/peru/2024/04/3…

🌍For there to be a future, our voices must be heard and our rights fully recognized, respected and protected

👉🏾Read some of the issues and cases we raised at the UN during #UNPFII2024 in this @Mongabayorg piece: tinyurl.com/3b5mbk66

#StopCriminalization #SelfDetermination

⚠️En los últimos 4⃣ años, 2⃣0⃣ defensores ambientales han sido asesinados en el #Perú por mafias vinculadas a la minería ilegal y el narcotráfico

🏹Victorio Daribeque Gerawairey, un sabio de la etnia harakbut, es el último rostro de esta tragedia 👇🏾
elpais.com/america/2024-0…

⚠️A #FalseClimateSolution looks like a tool for fighting climate change but allows extractive companies to continue profiting from the fossil fuels 🛢️ driving the crisis

💰Carbon markets have been set up by the polluting industries, Gilbertson said.

👉🏾tinyurl.com/ye8ha66x

VIDEO: Joan Carling (Kankanaey Igorot, Philippines), Executive Director of Indigenous Peoples Rights International, highlights that recognizing Indigenous knowledge must go hand-in-hand with protecting land rights. Follow our friends @iprightsintl to learn more about their work.

#Opinion by Rukka sombolinggi on Just Transition and Indigenous Peoples 🌦️🌬️

'Worldwide, we are experiencing land-grabs and a rising tide of criminalization and attacks for speaking out against mining and renewable energy projects that violate our rights with impacts that are…

In the #Philippines , mining on Indigenous land requires a consultation process.

❌After a rejection, ISRI applied for a new round of consultations, which resulted in an agreement to allow mining. Elders say they weren’t informed about the consultations

news.mongabay.com/2024/05/indige…

☑️Del 22 al 24 de abril, los 16 Estados que forman parte del #AcuerdoDeEscazú aprobaron el Plan de Acción sobre personas defensoras ambientales.

En total fueron 4⃣ peticiones las que hicieron llegar los voceros indígenas a la Secretaría del Acuerdo de Escazú:
🪶Representación…