Despite its environmental track record, Suriname is still the only country in South America that hasn’t formally recognized the territorial rights of Indigenous and Maroon peoples.
The Saamaka claim that a 2007 ruling by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights should give them collective land rights, yet the government continues to grant forestry and mining concessions on their land.
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/07/as-logging-booms-in-suriname-forest-communities-race-to-win-land-rights/
Gerry McGovern /
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2024-07-06 10:20:45
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