You can’t talk about palm oil without talking about land rights – and colonialism

Oxfam NovibIndigenous People, Land rights, Private sector

​​Indonesians​ fighting against exploitation of their land for palm oil must confront ​​both​ ​powerful corporate interests and an extraordinary level of state control over land that can be traced back to the colonial era. ​Here, we share ​observations ​from ​those who took part in ​a recent panel discussion about palm oil and land rights​*​, inspired by a hard-hitting​ new documentar​y, Colonial Debris.​ ​​ 

‘They offered me nothing for what they had destroyed’: how the scramble for clean-energy minerals is hurting African communities

Dailes JudgeClimate Change, Indigenous People, Natural Resources

Today’s mining boom may not be driven by the overt colonialist motives of the past – but the parallels are there, say Dailes Judge and Veronica Zano of Oxfam in Africa.

Podcast – Hindou’s Journey: Climate, COVID and Care

Power in the Pandemic PodcastClimate Change, Indigenous People

“You can’t speak about us, without us” –  Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim This is the first episode of a new mini-series, in collaboration with the Climate, COVID, and Care: Feminist Journeys zine which launched on the 24th of August, 2020. This publication is a collection of journeys, stories, and ideas from five feminist activists working at the intersection of gender and climate justice. …

Averting a Coronavirus-Induced Ethnocide in Latin America

Stephanie BurgosClimate Change, Indigenous People, Land rights

This year August 9th – International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples – comes at a critical moment. Far from hospitals and news cameras, indigenous people in Latin America are contracting COVID-19 and dying without access to the means needed to protect themselves. The pandemic has yet to reach its peak in the region and the virus is spreading from urban …