Global Issues News Headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”

Civil Society Launch a Campaign Against Extractive Industry Exploitation and Land Grabs

2026-04-14T10:39:49-07:00

NAIROBI, April 14 (IPS) - Over 800 households in Ikolomani Constituency in Kakamega County, Western Kenya, fear eviction to pave the way for a British firm, Shanta Gold Limited, to begin extracting gold valued at Sh683 billion ($5.29 billion) on an estimated 337 acres of residential and agricultural land.

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From Pledges to Proof: UN Biodiversity Meeting Begins First Global Review of Nature Action

2026-02-17T07:17:20-08:00

ROME & DELHI, February 17 (IPS) - Governments convened in Rome on Monday (February 16) for a critical round of UN biodiversity negotiations, launching the world’s first global review of how countries are acting to protect nature.

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A Business Necessity: Align With Nature or Risk Collapse, IPBES Report Warns

2026-02-09T13:25:25-08:00

BULAWAYO, Zimbabwe & MANCHESTER, United Kingdom, February 9 (IPS) - Business can still remain profitable while protecting the environment but invest in nature-positive operations, says a landmark report by the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which finds that global companies have contributed to the escalating loss of biodiversity.

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When Protection Meets the Sea: Rethinking Marine Protected Areas with Fishing Communities

2026-02-05T10:03:48-08:00

DELHI, February 5 (IPS) - Melanie Brown has been fishing salmon in Bristol Bay, Alaska, for more than 30 years. An Indigenous fisherwoman and a coordinating committee member of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples, she speaks about the sea with deep care and lived knowledge.

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Binalakshmi Nepram: Engineering Peace, Creating History

2026-01-27T13:29:56-08:00

NEW DELHI, January 27 (IPS) - It was Christmas eve: some two decades ago. Binalakshmi Nepram was a witness to the killing of a 27-year-old.

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My Niece Was Killed Amid Mexico’s Land Conflicts. The World Must Hold Corporations Accountable

2025-12-18T06:45:43-08:00

MICHOACÁN, Mexico , December 18 (IPS) - My niece Roxana Valentín Cárdenas was 21 years old when she was killed. She was a Purépecha Indigenous woman from San Andrés Tziróndaro, a community on the shores of Lake Pátzcuaro in the Mexican state of Michoacán.

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Thousands Gather in Nairobi as Science Meets Diplomacy for Planet Protection

2025-12-09T16:30:56-08:00

NAIROBI, December 9 (IPS) - “There will never be a better time than now to invest in a stable climate, thriving ecosystems, and resilient lands, or in sustainable development that delivers for all,” said Amina J. Mohammed, the deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, during the opening plenary of the seventh meeting of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA-7) taking place from December 8 to 12, 2025.

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Climate Crisis Disrupts Sundarbans Community Festival, Prosperity

2025-12-09T11:59:39-08:00

SATKHIRA, Bangladesh, December 9 (IPS) - A dried karam tree branch stands on the bank of a pond in a field in Datinakhali village adjacent to the Sundarbans. Despite many efforts, the tree could not be saved.

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COP30: Broken Promises, New Hope — A Call to Turn Words into Action

2025-11-25T18:11:18-08:00

VICTORIA, Seychelles, November 25 (IPS) - When the world gathered in Glasgow for COP26, the mantra was “building back better.” Two years later, in Sharm El Sheikh, COP27 promised “implementation.” This year, in Belém, Brazil, COP30 arrived with a heavier burden: to finally bridge the chasm between lofty rhetoric and the urgent, measurable steps needed to keep 1.5 °C alive.

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Bonn to Belém: Three Decades of Promises, Half-Delivered Justice, and Rights-Based Governance Is Now Inevitable

2025-11-25T07:12:41-08:00

DHAKA, Bangladesh, November 25 (IPS) - COP30 in Belém is not just another annual climate meeting, it is the 32-year report card of the world governance architecture that was conceived at the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. And that is what report card says: delivery has been sporadic, cosmetic and perilously disconnected with the physics of climatic breakdown.

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