July 17, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – We mourn the passing of Dr. Taghi Farvar, President of the ICCA Consortium. As a relentless leader, his passion has given a strong voice to indigenous peoples and local communities around the globe. Dr. Farvar has left READ MORE »
March 27, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – As NTFP-EP is proudly launching HIVE, its new e-learning platform, we’re opening the second quarter of the year with a series of webinars designed to build capacity on how local and indigenous communities can use existing tools READ MORE »
March 8, 2018
MANILA, Philippines – Across the region and all over the world, we celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) today as a reminder to Press for Progress. The struggles of the indigenous peoples in asserting their basic human rights and fundamental freedoms READ MORE »
February 19, 2018
SEVERAL years ago an argument broke out at a shrine in the village where I lived and where we had brought the bear that had been killed on the hunt. Someone wanted a claw of the dead animal and had READ MORE »
August 10, 2017
The unrest in and around Bastar is fundamentally about respect, dignity and trust in our behaviour towards other people. When there is no longer any violence, there is no need for help Therefore you should not demand help, but abolish READ MORE »
August 9, 2017
MANILA, Philippines – As we mark the 10th anniversary of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples today, NTFP-EP recognizes that while significant progress has been made in several countries in terms of recognizing the rights of indigenous peoples, READ MORE »
January 19, 2017
KOTAGIRI, India – The Non-Timber Forest Products – Exchange Programme (NTFP-EP) held their regional meeting in Keystone in the beginning of January. Partner organisations came from Laos, Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and India came for the 3-day meeting, the last day of READ MORE »
January 11, 2017
When I asked Maya why she wanted to join the Meet the Makers event she smiled and said “What I know is resource persons get certificates for imparting knowledge onto others. I’ve always wanted a certificate. I heard I’ll get READ MORE »
