*[Enwl-eng] Welcome to Land Rights Now in 2023

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Land Rights News Newsletter #1 Photo Credit: Pablo Tosco / Oxfam Intermón. Welcome to Land Rights Now      In 2016, a coalition of human rights organizations set forth a shared vision: to take action in solidarity with Indigenous and local communities struggling to secure land rights everywhere. The Land Rights Now campaign emerged from that call to action. During the past six years, hundreds of organizations and supporters joined our movement and showed their commitment and solidarity with land and environmental defenders all over the world.      In 2022, Land Rights Now worked with Indigenous and local communities to fight land grabbing, the climate crisis, and the criminalization of environmental defenders. We forged new partnerships, gave visibility to land insecurity, and brought our campaign to global forums in pursuit of stronger protections for Indigenous and collectively managed lands.      As we look to the year ahead, Land Rights Now is thrilled to announce the launch of our monthly newsletter. We believe that a newsletter will allow us to better connect with all of you and invite new interest in this pressing issue. Read on to learn about our efforts in 2022 and how your support made a difference! We hope you will continue to stand with us to #DefendtheDefenders during the coming year. In 2022, Land Rights Now worked with communities across the world to strengthen Indigenous land rights. Learn more about our campaigns below!    Our awareness-raising campaign on evictions against the Kiryandongo community in Uganda contributed to the ban of illegal evictions in that country in February, 2022.  We gathered with 100 young land defenders in Jordan at the Global Land Forum to address the main challenges young people face in protecting their territories.  We delivered a petition with more than 20,000 signatures to #SaveSinjajevina, calling upon the government of Montenegro to remove military presence from the region and create a protected area co-governed by local communities. Our #SheShouldMaketheNews campaign uplifted the voices of amazing Indigenous women leading the fight against climate change.  Land Rights Now led a crowdfunding campaign to support Indigenous land defender Bernardo Caal during his legal battle against hydroelectric companies.  We supported defender Milka Chepkorir and other Indigenous activists fighting for a rights-based approach to biodiversity at the COP15 Conference on Biodiversity and at the Open-Ended Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.  We elevated the voices of young Kenyans advocating for just climate action during the Climate COP27 Caravans organized by PELUM-Kenya Land Rights Now supported the Talang Parit community in reclaiming their ancestral territory after their rights were violated by a Samsung subsidiary in Indonesia.  Breaking News: An Inside Look at our Recent Campaigns!  Milka Chepkorir: Fighting for Land Rights at COP15 Land rights champion Milka Chepkorir attended the COP15 Conference on Biodiversity with a singular goal: to advocate for an approach to conservation which centers the rights and knowledge of Indigenous Peoples. Read more about Milka's vision for just conservation at our blog.    General Comment 26: A New Era for Land Rights at the United Nations On December 22, 2022, the United Nations adopted General Comment 26. The General Comment marks a historic step in the United Nations’ recognition of land rights as a priority issue in their work with member states. Land Rights Now caught up with board member Vincent Ploton to discuss the significance of the new guidance for land and environmental defenders. You can read more about the General Comment at our blog.  A Reading List from Land Rights Now!  Can’t learn enough about land rights? We can’t either! Check out some of our team’s favorite articles from the month of January to learn more about the global struggle for Indigenous land security.  Indigenous Forests are some of the World’s Last Carbon Sinks Colombian Indigenous Leaders Demand Free and Informed Consent, Community Participation, A Just Transition, and Land Back in 2023  New Evictions by the Government Threaten the Maasai in Tanzania Carbon Credits Scheme Prompts Evictions in Peru's Northern Rainforest   Want to get Involved with Land Rights Now in 2023? Here's How!  Repost our campaign material on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter! Sign petitions to support Indigenous leaders and communities whose land and resource rights are threatened.  Tag journalists and political representatives to increase the visibility of Indigenous environmental defenders and campaigns.  Read our blogs to learn about our current campaigns and land rights champions. Copyright © 2023 Land Rights Now, All Rights Reserved. con...@landrightsnow.org       From: Land Rights Now Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2023 5:12 PM Subject: Welcome to Land Rights Now in 2023

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