Ancestral Waters: Calamian Tagbanwa People reclaim title and revitalize governance over land and sea territories in Palawan, the Philippines
The Tagbanwa People of the Calamian Islands are navigating complex legal issues in the Philippines to resist incursions from external development pressures and reclaim, govern, and manage their ancestral domains on land and in the sea.
Empatheatre – Indlela Yokuphila
Using the arts to transform our current social challenges.
Our Beaches, Our Sea: Heritage of Fishing Communities, Usufruct of All Citizens
This report highlights the cultural, social, and economic significance of coastal areas for fishing communities and emphasizes their rights to these spaces. It critiques the Vizhinjam International Seaport (VIS) for disregarding these rights, citing environmental and social threats such as severe coastal erosion, loss of livelihoods, and biodiversity depletion.
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders
This Report highlights the escalating violence against environmental human rights defenders, urges protective measures, and emphasizes the essential role of defenders in environmental sustainability and development.
Front Line Defenders: Global Analysis 2022
This report documents 401 killings of human rights defenders over the course of 2022 and across 26 countries. It highlights the critical struggles of those who fight for justice and human rights.
Time to protect environmental rights defenders!
Video by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples promotes effective practices, offers recommendations, and addresses human rights violations to ensure Indigenous voices are central in decision-making and their cultural heritage is protected.
Data Working Group – ALLIED
The Data Working Group aims to create a global consolidated database of lethal and non-lethal attacks against Indigenous, Land, and Environmental Defenders (ILEDs).
Resilience Amidst Turmoil: The Ongoing Struggles of Chilika Lagoon’s Small-Scale Fishers Against Aquaculture and Sea Mouth Opening
The Chilika Lagoon, located in eastern India, is a 1100 km² brackish water ecosystem that hosts a stunning array of ecosystems and species and is a vital resource for small-scale fishing communities. However, it faces disruption from shrimp aquaculture and an opening of the lagoon to the sea. These disruptions are directly affecting environmental dynamics, altering access rights, and impacting small-scale fishers.
The Alliance of Solwara Warriors’ resistance against deep sea mining in Papua New Guinea
The Alliance of Solwara Warriors (ASW) in Papua New Guinea (PNG) stands for resistance, resilience, education, and coalition building against deep sea mining (DSM). ASW brings together coastal communities from 6 provinces and various groups to address DSM threats, including concerns about cultural ties to the ocean, livelihood impacts, and potential environmental harm. ASW is committed to pursuing a permanent ban on deep sea mining in PNG.
