Dean Puckett is a British documentary film-maker. He is currently in Kenya working on a film about the evictions of the Sengwer indigenous people from their homes in the Cherangani Hills.
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Threats of violence against Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) in Acre, Brazil
Over the past few weeks, staff at the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) in the state of Acre have faced a series of threats and intimidation. The office has been broken into twice, the room ransacked, a computer taken, files burned, and internet wiring destroyed.
AIDESEP and Rainforest Foundation Norway warn that Peru must improve policy on forests and indigenous peoples
AIDESEP and Rainforest Foundation Norway welcome the deforestation deal signed between Norway, Germany, and Peru, but warn that Peru must improve its “policy and practices on forests and indigenous peoples’ rights”.
World Bank project failed to protect Sengwer indigenous rights. Bank now promises to help “find a lasting, peaceful resolution to this long unfinished business of land rights in Kenya”
Last week, the World Bank’s board met to make a decision on an Inspection Panel report about a Bank project in Kenya. The Inspection Panel’s report accused the Bank of failing to protect the rights of the Sengwer forest indigenous community.
Evictions of Sengwer indigenous people: World Bank violates safeguards in Kenya
The World Bank’s inspection panel has found that the Bank violated its safeguards in a conservation project in the Cherangany Hills in Kenya. Thousands of Sengwer indigenous people have been evicted and their homes burned down.