In the Kichwa language, kawsari refers to a type of awakening, specifically the awakening to life. The Kichwa Indigenous People of Sarayaku thus named their First Meeting of the Peoples of the Living Forest (Kawsak Sacha) accordingly, held on their territory between the 25th and 27th of July. The Kawsari
On June 23rd, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled that the Kenyan government must grant the Ogiek people collective land title to the Mau forest and pay them $1.3 million as compensation for historical injustices. This is a landmark victory for the Ogiek who have been suffering
Land is Life expresses outrage at the death of Byron Guatatoca, Amazonian Indigenous defender of the Province of Pastaza, who died within the framework of the “State of Exception” dictated by the government of Ecuador to suppress peaceful and legal Indigenous-led demonstrations. This is the latest in a series of
We at Land is Life are deeply concerned about the increasingly ominous state of stigmatization, prosecution, and repression that the Indigenous peoples of Ecuador are facing. Over the past week, the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), along with other Indigenous, rural and social organizations, have mobilized to protest
Last month, we shared the struggle of Ngorongoro, Tanzania, which covers the Indigenous Maasai People’s continued resistance to government-led displacement of their people from their ancestral homelands. As mentioned, this case is by far not one of its kind. On June 10th, the Maasai pastoralists of Loliondo, on the northern
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, the son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr, was last week declared the next president of the Philippines. He will take over on June 30th from Rodrigo Duterte and will serve until 2028. The brutal and corrupt dictatorship of Marcos Jr’s father lasted from 1965
