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Fracking, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 21 April 2022

Court suspends fracking pilot projects, reaffirms right to prior consultation in Colombia

The ruling recognizes that fracking cannot advance without the real and effective participation of affected communities and in a context of threats against the lives of human rights defenders.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 29 March 2022

Indigenous victory as development bank withdraws investment and drafts exit plan following rights violation in Guatemala

Affected Mayan communities celebrate the decision, a response to their 2018 complaint, while acknowledging that the Bank has several challenges left to confront.read more

Indigenous Rights, Toxic Pollution | 3 March 2022

Peru’s Constitutional Court to hear case on Amazonian oil spills

The Court expects to resolve an amparo that communities of the Peruvian Amazon filed requesting the maintenance of the Norperuvian oil pipeline to prevent further spills.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights | 2 February 2022

In-danger designation requested for Pantanal wetlands in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay

Advocates urged the Ramsar Convention Secretariat to conduct an advisory visit to wetlands affected by fires, and for the governments to inscribe the sites on the global list of wetlands at risk.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights | 15 December 2021

Three advances for climate and environmental justice in 2021

This year, AIDA made important advances on that path, hand-in-hand with communities and allies in the region. They are the stories that inspire us to continue working for the future.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights, Large Dams | 10 December 2021

The day that the indigenous struggle bore fruit in Guatemala

The IDB now has the historic opportunity to correct its mistakes and legitimize its actions, honor its institutional mandate to promote development, respect and recognize indigenous peoples.read more

Climate Change, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights | 11 November 2021

"Portraits of a feminist energy transition"

It is only through women's stories and experiences that we can reduce the potential risks of the energy transition and catalyse the power of renewable energy to advance gender equality.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Freshwater Sources, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Large Dams | 13 October 2021

Historic recommendation paves the way for development bank to exit harmful hydroelectric projects in indigenous territory

The Independent Consultation and Investigation Mechanism (MICI) of the Inter-American Development Bank Group established that IDB Invest failed to comply with several of its internal policies.read more

Climate Change, Freshwater Sources, Indigenous Rights, Mining, Toxic Pollution | 15 September 2021

International technical assistance is consolidated to recover Uru Uru and Poopó lakes

At the request of organizations and communities, experts from the Ramsar Convention Secretariat will evaluate the degradation of the lakes and then issue technical recommendations for their recovery.read more

Accountability and Transparency, Indigenous Rights, Mining | 29 July 2021

Investor Alert: Belo Sun discloses misleading information to investors regarding controversial gold mining project in the Brazilian Amazon

In a complaint to the Ontario Securities Commission, a coalition of civil society organizations calls attention to the repeated dissemination of misleading information by Canadian-based company.read more

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