This month, we launched Land Rights Now to call for land rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. 2.5 billion people around the world, live, work, and depend on indigenous and community lands yet they have full ownership rights to just one-fifth of that. Community lands are increasingly threatened by booming industries and governments who put profit before people. This leads to ruthless land grabbing, which drives communities out of their homes and into poverty.
During the launch week, people all over the world stood up together – from Guatemala to Guyana to The Philippines – to demand land rights now. And every day people are standing up against these injustices. Stand with them, raise your voice for land rights now.
2 March 2016, Malaysia
#Malaysia: #JOAS to map #OrangAsal Traditional #Lands and Territories #IndigenousAsia #LandRightsNow #Mapping https://t.co/QRSHVy5cgu
— IPHRD Network (@iphrd_net) March 2, 2016
7 March 2016, Wapichan Guyana
“Our villages want the land issue settled once and for all.” https://t.co/LhcEfceZSX @ForestPeoplesP #LandRightsNow pic.twitter.com/puxHxthIXx
— RRI (@RightsResources) 10 maart 2016
8 March 2016, Guatemala
Campaña mundial de las comunidades. ¡Mujeres y Hombres tenemos derecho a la tierra y al trabajo! #Landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/r9e1nkc6Rs
— UVOC (@UVOCGUATE) 8 maart 2016
Las y los niño d Monte Olivo ponemos carteles para la Campaña mundial en defensa de la #tierra #agua #Landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/ONDX4iGe6m
— UVOC (@UVOCGUATE) 8 maart 2016
8 March 2016, The Netherlands
Just starting #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/Xz8u7TZPR8
— GlobalCalltoAction (@Global_Call_) 8 maart 2016
Remembering #BertaCaceres and the thousands of land rights defenders at risk #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/FH3cAal7x8
— GlobalCalltoAction (@Global_Call_) 8 maart 2016
Thanks @DutchMFA for formally joining #landrightsnow. We hope many more govs will follow! It is time to change. pic.twitter.com/Ah0NancHnT
— GlobalCalltoAction (@Global_Call_) 8 maart 2016
9 March 2016, Rome
@FAOnews @IFADnews @WorldResources @CIFOR panellists at the Rome launch of the @Global_Call_ #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/mICjurTndc
— Land Coalition (@landcoalition) 9 maart 2016
While customary tenure is recognised protection and supportive law is still needed! Rome launch of #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/dk6U5P98xa
— Land Coalition (@landcoalition) 9 maart 2016
@WorldResources Peter Veit presents @LandMarkMap to visualise “where are our community lands? #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/tWi7MqRLJq
— Land Coalition (@landcoalition) 9 maart 2016
10 March 2016, Philippines
Indigenous Women in #Philippines Are Fighting for Their Way of Life https://t.co/VLs4RFppo3 #landrightsnow @oxfamgb pic.twitter.com/lV0rXAFFBq
— Women’s eNews (@Womens_eNews) 10 maart 2016
15 March 2016, Cambodia
Asia Regional Launch of the Global Call to Action on Indigenous and Community Land Rights https://t.co/ntHOCKBsuo #LandRightsNow
— aippccmin (@aippccmin) March 23, 2016
16 March 2016, Washington D.C.
Massive turnout in the session on #landrights 4 communities & indigenous ppl @ #LandConf2016. Support #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/1GCFrb3qVA
— Pranab Choudhury (@prchoudhury) 16 maart 2016
It is time to act now! #landrightsnow Now = Round table @GlobalCalltoAction at the #LandConf2016 pic.twitter.com/vpsUKnnL7E
— Land Coalition (@landcoalition) 16 maart 2016
#LandConf2016 participants show great interest in #indigenouspeoples land rights. #landrightsnow pic.twitter.com/8eO6H6ZFRZ
— Donor Platform (@donorplatform) 16 maart 2016
18 March 2016, Mongolia
@Global_Call_ Launching of GCA on recognizing land use rights in
Mongolia held in Friday, 18 March, 2016 pic.twitter.com/NYkvHOCLPX— Hijaba Ykhanbai (@yhijaba) March 24, 2016
30-31 March 2016, Thailand
Pictures from the launch of #LandRightsNow campaign in #Thailand. The campaign was launched in a Workshop/Seminar… https://t.co/cnRjgp3mX5
— Prabin (@shakya_prbn) March 31, 2016
