Apr 6, 2023 · Much of the land occupied by Indigenous Peoples is under customary ownership, yet many governments recognize only a fraction of this land as formally or legally belonging to Indigenous Peoples. Even when Indigenous territories and lands are recognized, protection of boundaries or use and exploitation of natural resources are often inadequate.

Resilience is the ability of Indigenous Peoples to exercise their right to self-determination, the ability to use their territory, their ancestral knowledge, their forms of governance, their internal norms, and their capacity to ally with external actors to face difficult situations.

There are 476 million Indigenous people from over 90 countries. Though they make up about 6 percent of the global population, they account for about 15 percent of the poorest. The structural exclusion faced by Indigenous Peoples have made them especially vulnerable in the face of the global pandemic.

Nov 22, 2016 · Despite having benefited from the expansion of basic services a decade ago, they remain largely disenfranchised. A World Bank study, Indigenous Latin America in the Twenty-first Century, systematized the available data on the region’s indigenous population to learn more about their situation after the “golden decade” of the early 2000s.

Aug 9, 2023 · Indigenous People often lack formal recognition over their lands, territories and natural resources. They are often the last to receive public investments in basic services and infrastructure and face multiple barriers to fully participate in the formal economy, access to justice, and participate in political processes and decision making.

Aug 7, 2024 · A Miskitu Indigenous leader recounts: “All I could see were fragments of what were once our homes, reduced to tiny pieces of wood.” This leader remembers witnessing firsthand the devastation and its aftermath. Yet, thanks to Indigenous knowledge and the community’s well-managed emergency protocols, not a single human life was lost.

Indigenous Peoples worldwide continue to be among the poorest of the poor and continue to suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other groups, according to a new World Bank …

Aug 9, 2023 · 36% of the world’s remaining intact forests are on Indigenous Peoples’ lands. $15 million in grants helped Indigenous Peoples in 37 countries boost their participation in forest management. 50 million people benefited from capacity building that encouraged dialogue on forests between Indigenous Peoples and governments.

Aug 9, 2017 · Few people know that most of Argentina’s indigenous population is concentrated there, approximately a quarter of the national total. In La Plata, the Nam Qom Community in the Islas Malvinas neighborhood is a wonderful example of dignity and the struggle to improve their inclusion in the urban environment.

The Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) lying in the southern plains of Nepal, is a rich ecological region with a high concentration of Indigenous Peoples, women-headed households, Dalits, Madhesis, and Muslims among other local communities. One of Nepal’s 60 state-recognized Indigenous groups, the Chepangs, reside in the steep Chure range of the TAL.