Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP 27) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, through November 18. We are excited to share that Indigenous Peoples have one of the largest delegations to date, with close to 250 Indigenous representatives.
Cultural Survival's delegation is on the ground at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (
Press release regarding “Recommendations on activities involving removals under the mechanism established under Article 6 Paragraph 4, of the Paris Agreement”
In the COP 27 Indigenous Peoples Pavilion, Lesley Muñoz Rivera (Colla) will speak about how the so-called "white gold" industry affects community life and biodiversity in the Andean salt flats and wetlands, violating the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent of Indigenous Peoples, and making it impossible to develop subsistence economies, such as agriculture or tourism.
On October 26, 2022, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) adopted the long-awaited General Recommendation No. 39 on the Rights of Indigenous Women and Girls. General Recommendation No.
The defeat of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro by President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s October 30, 2022 presidential election is a victory for democracy. Democracy for Indigenous Peoples is a democracy of all species and living beings: a democracy that brings hope to biomes, trees, rivers, and animals, big and small,
By John McPhaul
On October 19, 2022, the Constitutional Chamber of the Costa Rican Supreme Court rejected a request of unconstitutionality brought against Article 3 of the country's Indigenous Law that prohibits non-Indigenous people from acquiring or selling land inside any of the country’s 24 Indigenous Territories.
El domingo 23 de octubre de 2022, los líderes Indígenas Guaraní Paĩ Tavyterã Alcides Romero Morilla y Rodrigo Gómez González fueron asesinados en el marco de un enfrentamiento entre las fuerzas de seguridad del Estado paraguayo y el EPP (Ejército del Pueblo de Paraguay), un grupo armado no estatal. Otras personas de la comunidad también fueron heridas, entre ellas Leonardo Gómez Riquelme, quien sigue internado en el hospital.
La comunidad de Dureno, comprendida por gente de la nacionalidad A’i o Cofán, se encuentra en el río Aguarico en la provincia de Sucumbios, en la parte noreste de la Amazonía ecuatoriana. Por miles de años el Pueblo A’i ha cuidado este territorio, viviendo en equilibrio con su entorno.