Youth Act Kalimantan hold Heartland Project as part of global climate movement

The Jakarta Post | 25 Jun 2019

Youth Act Kalimantan, a youth organization that concentrates on social and environmental issues in Kalimantan, ran a campaign event titled the Heartland Project on June 21-23. Aimed at initiating tree planting and reforestation among Indonesian youth, the event was held in conjunction with the #FridaysForFuture demonstration in 131 countries as part of the “Climate Strike” […]

Doctors to ‘step inside’ biopsy samples with VR

Futurity.org | 25 Jun 2019

Researchers are pairing a nanoscale imaging technique with virtual reality technology to offer a way for researchers to “step inside” biological data.

Global Landscapes Forum hears voices from land advocates

UNCCD | 24 Jun 2019

Bonn, Germany – Under the theme “Rights in the Landscape,” over 600 participants of the 2019 Bonn Global Landscapes Forum shared the vision towards a more inclusive and sustainable future in which the rights of indigenous communities and women are recognized and sustainable land management is promoted under such recognition.

In Bonn, ’superheroes of the environment’ take center stage

Humanature | 24 Jun 2019

The only solution to protecting nature is “radical collaboration” that elevates the rights and roles of the world’s indigenous communities, said a leading conservationist at a global gathering on Saturday. Indigenous and local activists around the world are the “superheroes of the environmental movement,” Conservation International president Jennifer Morris told attendees at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), a side […]

Rights defenders on the agenda at Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn

Servindi | 21 Jun 2019

June 21, 2019.- On 22-23 June 2019, rights holders and audiences from across the world will come together in Bonn to zoom in on the transformative role of rights and rights-based approaches for securing a more just, sustainable and prosperous future for all. IWGIA will be present and co-host an event focusing on how we […]

Global Landscapes Forum apresenta 6 mulheres indígenas que você deveria conhecer

Midianinja.org | 21 Jun 2019

Traduzido originalmente de Global Landscapes Forum Como os direitos podem contribuir para um futuro mais justo e sustentável? Na próxima cúpula GLF Bonn 2019, as lideranças indígenas se reunirão como peça central entre mais de 1.000 participantes para representar algumas das comunidades mais vulneráveis e marginalizadas do mundo em responder a essa pergunta. Aqui estão seis […]

New book on community forest rights to be launched at the GLF in Bonn, June 2019

Tropenbos | 20 Jun 2019

The 2019 annual event of the Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn focusses on rights and rights-based approaches. It will help draw attention to a discrepancy that is still common in many countries: while local communities and Indigenous Peoples depend on forest resources for their livelihoods, they do not have the legal right to use and […]

Rights defenders on the agenda at Global Landscapes Forum in Bonn

IWGIA | 20 Jun 2019

On 22-23 June 2019, rights holders and audiences from across the world will come together in Bonn to zoom in on the transformative role of rights and rights-based approaches for securing a more just, sustainable and prosperous future for all. IWGIA will be present and co-host an event focusing on how we can mitigate the […]

Rights are at the root of fighting climate change

Thomson Reuters Foundation News | 18 Jun 2019

Robert Nasi is director-general of the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) The climate crisis is one of the greatest challenges of our time, leading a million youth around the globe to pour onto the streets, demanding political leaders wake up to this destruction of our planet. And it comes not a moment too soon.