31/08/2026
Suriname is celebrated as the most forested country on Earth. Yet the Indigenous peoples who have safeguarded these territories for generations continue to face a lack of secure collective land rights and constitutional recognition.
That is the contradiction we cannot ignore.
At the UN Universal Periodic Review, we raised a simple but urgent question:
How can we protect our forests for future generations if the rights of their guardians are not protected today?
Forest protection is not only about trees.
It is about people, culture, land, identity and the right to protect what has sustained generations.
93% forest. 100% responsibility.
