Deadly land conflicts seen rising as threat from industry grows
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation At least 212 people were killed last year while defending their land from being taken over by industry, Global Witness said on Wednesday, the deadliest year since the advocacy group began compiling data in 2012. More than half the killings were in Colombia and the Philippines and Indigenous people made up […]
India’s tree planting, conservation push sparks land conflicts
New Delhi, IndiaThomson Reuters Foundation A drive to plant trees and conserve areas for wildlife is triggering conflicts over land in India, with poor villagers and Indigenous people most at risk of losing their homes and livelihoods, researchers have warned. India is aiming to increase its forest area and green cover to a third of […]
Uncontacted tribes at risk amid ‘worrying’ surge in Amazon deforestation
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilThomson Reuters Foundation Illegal loggers and militias cleared an area three times the size of Gibraltar in Brazil’s Amazon this year, threatening an “uncontacted” indigenous tribe, activists said on Tuesday. Satellite imagery collected by Instituto Socioambiental, a Brazilian advocacy group, detected about 4,600 acres (1,863 hectares) of deforestation this year in the […]