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Welcome to Land Rights Now in 2023 🌱




                                Land Rights News
                                Newsletter #1





                                Photo Credit: Pablo Tosco / Oxfam Intermón.

                                Welcome to Land Rights Now
                                     In 2016, a coalition of human rights 
organizations set forth a shared vision: to take action in solidarity with 
Indigenous and local communities struggling to secure land rights 
everywhere. The Land Rights Now campaign emerged from that call to action. 
During the past six years, hundreds of organizations and supporters joined 
our movement and showed their commitment and solidarity with land and 
environmental defenders all over the world.

                                     In 2022, Land Rights Now worked with 
Indigenous and local communities to fight land grabbing, the climate crisis, 
and the criminalization of environmental defenders. We forged new 
partnerships, gave visibility to land insecurity, and brought our campaign 
to global forums in pursuit of stronger protections for Indigenous and 
collectively managed lands.

                                     As we look to the year ahead, Land 
Rights Now is thrilled to announce the launch of our monthly newsletter. We 
believe that a newsletter will allow us to better connect with all of you 
and invite new interest in this pressing issue. Read on to learn about our 
efforts in 2022 and how your support made a difference! We hope you will 
continue to stand with us to #DefendtheDefenders during the coming year.







                                In 2022, Land Rights Now worked with 
communities across the world to strengthen Indigenous land rights. Learn 
more about our campaigns below!


                                a.. Our awareness-raising campaign on 
evictions against the Kiryandongo community in Uganda contributed to the ban 
of illegal evictions in that country in February, 2022.
                                b.. We gathered with 100 young land 
defenders in Jordan at the Global Land Forum to address the main challenges 
young people face in protecting their territories.
                                c.. We delivered a petition with more than 
20,000 signatures to #SaveSinjajevina, calling upon the government of 
Montenegro to remove military presence from the region and create a 
protected area co-governed by local communities.
                                d.. Our #SheShouldMaketheNews campaign 
uplifted the voices of amazing Indigenous women leading the fight against 
climate change.

                                e.. Land Rights Now led a crowdfunding 
campaign to support Indigenous land defender Bernardo Caal during his legal 
battle against hydroelectric companies.

                                f.. We supported defender Milka Chepkorir 
and other Indigenous activists fighting for a rights-based approach to 
biodiversity at the COP15 Conference on Biodiversity and at the Open-Ended 
Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

                                g.. We elevated the voices of young Kenyans 
advocating for just climate action during the Climate COP27 Caravans 
organized by PELUM-Kenya

                                h.. Land Rights Now supported the Talang 
Parit community in reclaiming their ancestral territory after their rights 
were violated by a Samsung subsidiary in Indonesia.




                                Breaking News: An Inside Look at our Recent 
Campaigns!


                                Milka Chepkorir: Fighting for Land Rights at 
COP15

                                Land rights champion Milka Chepkorir 
attended the COP15 Conference on Biodiversity with a singular goal: to 
advocate for an approach to conservation which centers the rights and 
knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Read more about Milka's vision for just 
conservation at our blog.







                                General Comment 26: A New Era for Land 
Rights at the United Nations

                                On December 22, 2022, the United Nations 
adopted General Comment 26. The General Comment marks a historic step in the 
United Nations’ recognition of land rights as a priority issue in their work 
with member states. Land Rights Now caught up with board member Vincent 
Ploton to discuss the significance of the new guidance for land and 
environmental defenders. You can read more about the General Comment at our 
blog.



                                A Reading List from Land Rights Now!

                                Can’t learn enough about land rights? We can’t 
either! Check out some of our team’s favorite articles from the month of 
January to learn more about the global struggle for Indigenous land 
security.
                                a.. Indigenous Forests are some of the World’s 
Last Carbon Sinks

                                b.. Colombian Indigenous Leaders Demand Free 
and Informed Consent, Community Participation, A Just Transition, and Land 
Back in 2023

                                c.. New Evictions by the Government Threaten 
the Maasai in Tanzania

                                d.. Carbon Credits Scheme Prompts Evictions 
in Peru's Northern Rainforest




                                Want to get Involved with Land Rights Now in 
2023? Here's How!
                                a.. Repost our campaign material on 
Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter!

                                b.. Sign petitions to support Indigenous 
leaders and communities whose land and resource rights are threatened.

                                c.. Tag journalists and political 
representatives to increase the visibility of Indigenous environmental 
defenders and campaigns.

                                d.. Read our blogs to learn about our 
current campaigns and land rights champions.
























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