MANILA, Philippines — Baguio City is exempt from ancestral land claims under the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 (IPRA), the Supreme Court (SC) affirmed. The SC, however, mentioned an ...
This impoverishment is being used to justify evicting them from ancestral lands. When the Ngorongoro Conservation Area was established in the late 1950s, it was meant to both conserve wildlife and ...
In a paper published in 2022, I unpacked the ways in which the Tanzanian authorities, in collaboration with global conservation and tourism actors, have implemented policies forcing Maasai communities ...
The Ancestral Lands of the Kaska Dena are teeming with an array of wildlife, including tens of millions of birds. Guided by a combination of Traditional Knowledge and Western science, Kaska Land ...
Indigenous rights groups say the rule was unconstitutional because there was no timeframe in the 1988 constitution, which guaranteed the right to ancestral lands. Two magistrates of the 11-member ...
Forgotten ancestral lands in St Thomas are emerging as a hidden treasure, driving a surge in property activity as families rush to secure titles and unlock the value of plots left to them by their ...
rights to their ancestral lands. The Supreme Court, in a decision dated July 30 this year but uploaded only this month on its website, dismissed the motion for reconsideration filed by the ...
They said their situation had only worsened after several male family members were arrested on charges of allegedly attacking Vikarabad District Collector and other officials recently.
Rajkot: A 71-year-old man discovered a restaurant flourishing on his ancestral land in Vanthali village of Junagadh, prompting him to lodge a complaint against two persons who illegally usurped ...
The land is ancestral to the pueblo but was privately ... who is a member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes. Perhaps you noticed: This story, like all the news we publish, is free to read.