#landconflict — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #landconflict, aggregated by home.social.
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In Ecuador’s Chocó, roads shape the fate of the rainforest
The Chocó rainforest in northwestern Ecuador has experienced some of the worst deforestation in the world, with…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #Endesa #Conservation #Deforestation #Forests #IndigenousCommunities #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousRights #infrastructure #LandConflict #LandRights #ProtectedAreas #Rainforests #roads #TropicalForests
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Indonesia says it has reclaimed 4+ million hectares used for plantations and mining inside protected forest areas, after a year-old task force cracked down on illegality.
Seizures exceeded targets by 400%, raising questions about how much oil palm is illegal. $136M in fines were collected — but the fate of the land, and the money, remains unclear.
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-says-4-million-hectares-of-plantation-mining-lands-reclaimed-in-crackdown/#news #deforestation #forests #illegallogging #illegalmining #landconflict #palmoil
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A year after Tanzania canceled a World Bank–funded tourism project near Ruaha NP over rights abuses, communities say violence continues.
Villagers report beatings, land access blocked and eviction threats, despite a Bank action plan meant to address harms. Civil society says protections exist on paper, not in practice.
by Victoria Schneider
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/canceled-tourism-project-still-threatens-local-communities-in-tanzania/#news #humanrights #indigenousrights #landconflict #tanzania
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Brazil’s #COP30 Agriculture Sponsors Linked to #Deforestation and #LandConflict
https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/cop30-big-agribusiness-agrizone-deforestation-anticonservation/The sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at this year’s COP30 climate summit in #Brazil will include the pesticides and seeds giant #Bayer , which South American campaigners allege has promoted an industrial agricultural model that is driving “massive deforestation” on the continent.
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In Ecuador, a 2023 court decision that recognizes one Indigenous community’s rights to own part of a protected area in the Amazon has escalated a long-simmering conflict with another Indigenous people that uses and has claims over the same piece of land.
By Latoya Abulu and John Cannon
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/07/ecuadors-government-promised-same-land-in-the-amazon-to-two-indigenous-peoples/#News #Conservation #Environment #IndigenousPeoples #LandConflict
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#israel #palestine : #history / #violence / #landconflict / #expulsion / #occupation / #nakba / #commemoration / #opt / #westbank / #gaza / #war
„Palestinians marked Nakba day on Thursday, commemorating the loss of their land after the 1948 war at the birth of the state of Israel, as Israeli military operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank have again displaced hundreds of thousands.“
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In the face of threats from illegal mining and major infrastructure projects, the Munduruku people of the Sawré Muybu Indigenous Territory have for years performed annual “self-demarcation” expeditions to protect the land and press for official protection.
The land is in the final stages of getting state protection, but previous right-wing administrations delayed demarcation.
#News #Conservation #Environment #Brazil #IndigenousPeoples #LandConflict
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Brazil’s largest coalition of Indigenous groups has filed a motion with the country’s highest court in response to escalating police brutality against Indigenous peoples in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
by Aimee Gabay
#News #IndigenousRights #Brazil #Violence #LandRights #LandConflict
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A new wave of land conflicts between a major palm oil company and local communities has recently broken out in the Brazilian Amazon, raising concerns about escalating violence in the region.
from Karla Mendes
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Within weeks of taking office, the new Brazilian government began an emergency operation to provide health care assistance to Indigenous people in the Yanomami territory and remove the 20,000 illegal gold miners there who have sparked a humanitarian and environmental crisis.
Read the full story from Jenny Gonzales
#Brazil #News #Environment #IndigenousRights #IndigenousCommunities #IllegalMining #Amazon #Law #LandConflict