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Nepalese Indigenous groups file complaint against World Bank project that cuts through sacred mountain, home to threatened snow leopards and red pandas

NEPAL 27 August 2025: A construction company supported by a World Bank advisory project is building a cable car up the sacred Mukkumlung mountain in the Himalayas and has already felled over 10,000 trees in forests inhabited by highly endangered snow leopards and red...

Indonesia’s Indigenous Cek Bocek demand immediate suspension of PT AMNT’s Copper Mark certification

Indigenous Cek Bocek/Selesek Reen Sury people (recognized as Berco tribe) have filed a complaint against Indonesia’s PT Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara (PT AMNT) at the Copper Mark for violations of multiple criteria of the leading assurance framework for copper value...

Recommendations of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group for Review of the Accountability Mechanism Policy of the Asian Development Bank

We, members of Indigenous Peoples of Asia and the Pacific, Indigenous rights defenders, and representatives of Indigenous Peoples Organizations, having engaged in the ongoing review of the Accountability Mechanism (AM) Policy (2012) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)...

Agus Rumbiak

Yayasan Anak Dusan Papua (YADUPA) West Papua, Indonesia

Johnson Jament

Association of Artisanal Fishers (AAF)/BlueGreen Coastal/Ocean Resource Centre India

Mayalmit Lepcha

Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), Sikkim India (Northeast)

Muhammad Arman

Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) Indonesia

Hellen Empaing

Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) Malaysia

Sarah Dekdeken

Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA) Philippines

Prabindra Shakya

Community Empowerment & Social Justice Network (CEMSOJ) Nepal
Agus Rumbiak

Agus Rumbiak

Yayasan Anak Dusan Papua (YADUPA) West Papua, Indonesia

Johnson Jament

Johnson Jament

Association of Artisanal Fishers (AAF)/BlueGreen Coastal/Ocean Resource Centre India