JPMorgan Chase will now consider FPIC in general as well as project-specific financing; the US approved a land swap to allow Rio Tinto to mine sacred Native land in Arizona and re-opened  Ruby Mountains–ancestral homelands of the Te-Moak Tribe of the Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada–to oil, gas and geothermal leasing.

Analysis raises concerns about the proposed Consolidated Mining Standard Initiative (CMSI).

A mass demonstration helped secure formal recognition of land tenure rights for forest communities in Thailand, the World Bank is spearheading a multimillion dollar redress fund for pastoralists harmed by tourism projects in Tanzania, Māori rights were upheld with defeat of a treaty-denying bill in New Zealand, and more.

The Achuar and Sapara nations in Ecuador assembled and agreed they do not consent to oil development on ancestral lands, Brazil’s Supreme Court withdrew its proposal to allow mining in Indigenous territories, rights violations against the Pataxó people in Brazil escalate without demarcation of their ancestral territories, and more.

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s statement on Energy Transfer’s lawsuit, Indigenous Peoples in West Papua boycott US snack and beauty products from palm oil impacts, multiple Indigenous voices addressing the climate crisis.

Australian commonwealth liable to $700 million compensation to traditional owners, Adobe criticized for AI appropriation of Indigenous culture and art, landmark rulings for Sámi and Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation among others.

Benefits of returning U.S. public land to Indigenous Peoples, oil and gas threats in Peru, Canadian court ruling FPIC as “right to robust process”, and remembering 41 Indigenous defenders murdered in Latin America. Plus young Māori activists, Brandi Morin’s latest article on mining impacts in Ecuador, profiles on Berta Caceres and Tarcila Rivera-Zea and more.

Timber industry withdraw from Baram lands, Canada fast-tracking extraction projects amidst tariff threats, Aboriginal group seeks $1.1 billion from iron ore claim, Indigenous futures thinking approaches and more.