Land is Life

06/04/2026

🌍 The General Assembly has backed a major climate resolution following the landmark International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion.
While not legally binding, the resolution strengthens global pressure on governments to address climate change, protect human rights, and be accountable for environmental harm.

For Indigenous Peoples it is another important step toward climate justice. ▶️

06/02/2026

📢 Call for Applications | UN Voluntary Fund for

The UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples is now accepting applications to support Indigenous representatives' participation in key United Nations meetings and processes.

This is an opportunity to bring Indigenous voices, priorities, and perspectives to global decision-making spaces.

📝 Learn more and apply:
https://www.ohchr.org/en/about-us/funding-budget/indigenous-peoples-fund/call-applications

Please share with your networks.

COP31 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 15th United Nations Forum on Business and Human RightsThe United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples is pleased to invite applications from representatives of Indigenous Peoples to attend COP31 of the Unite...

06/01/2026

We are thrilled to welcome Satej Chakma, from the Chakma Indigenous Peoples, as the new Program Director at Land is Life.

Satej brings extensive experience working alongside Indigenous Peoples' communities and movements across Asia, supporting advocacy, solidarity, and Indigenous-led solutions grounded in rights, culture, and collective care for territories and ecosystems.

As part of our global team, Satej will help strengthen regional partnerships and advance Indigenous Peoples’ leadership in addressing the interconnected challenges facing communities today.

Please join us in giving Satej a warm welcome to the Land is Life family. 🌏✨

06/01/2026

🌿 ¿Cómo debería la World Health Organization (WHO) colaborar con los Pueblos Indígenas en temas de biodiversidad, salud y conocimientos tradicionales?

Participa en este diálogo estratégico con Pueblos Indígenas de América Central, América del Sur y el Caribe para aportar comentarios al borrador del nuevo marco de colaboración de la .

🗓️ 1 de junio de 2026
🌎 Interpretación en español, inglés y portugués.

🔗 Regístrate a través del enlace o código QR.

05/28/2026

Weeks after the latest COP, the conversations continue, not only about environmental protection, but about power, participation, and justice.

The Escazú Agreement has the potential to strengthen access to information, public participation, and environmental justice across Latin America and the Caribbean. But for , implementation cannot remain symbolic.

As extractive industries continue expanding across Indigenous territories, communities are demanding more than consultation processes that exclude them from real decision-making. Indigenous Peoples must be recognized as political actors, rights holders, and leaders in shaping environmental policies that directly affect their lands and futures.

The next two years before will be critical. Most of the real decisions will happen through national implementation processes, and Indigenous Peoples must be meaningfully included every step of the way.

At Land is Life, we remain committed to supporting Indigenous-led advocacy, regional solidarity, and collective action for environmental justice.

05/28/2026

Acompañamos con respeto y solidaridad a la familia, comunidad y pueblos hermanos que hoy despiden a Donald Rojas.

Que su legado continúe guiando la defensa de los territorios, la dignidad y los derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas.

05/25/2026

🎥 Join our on Indigenous-led storytelling and audiovisual communication strategies.

Learn practical skills to create reels and audiovisual content that amplify Indigenous voices, strengthen advocacy efforts, and share community-led narratives with wider audiences.

🗓 Thursday, May 28, 2026
⏰ 9:00–10:00 AM (ET)
💻 Zoom | English & Spanish interpretation

Speakers: Daniela Alzate & Eduardo Peralta
Moderator: Ana Amaguaña

📌 Pre-register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9lYZU22bRU2lBkOg7jxvfA

Global Indigenous Youth Caucus

05/22/2026

On this International Day for , we celebrate the climate change Advisory Opinions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the International Court of Justice, alongside the recent adoption by the United Nations General Assembly of the resolution on climate accountability, welcoming the opinion - a strong signal of growing global commitments to protect biodiversity, uphold human rights, and advance climate action.

These developments also recognize the essential role of in protecting biodiversity and responding to the climate crisis, reaffirming a critical truth: protecting biodiversity means protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights, territories, and knowledge systems.

Indigenous Peoples play an essential role in conserving ecosystems and strengthening climate resilience, while facing some of the most severe impacts of climate change and environmental destruction.

Protecting Indigenous Peoples’ rights is protecting biodiversity.
Protecting Indigenous knowledge is climate action.

05/19/2026

are already leading solutions to the climate crisis through their territories, knowledge systems, and governance practices, yet these efforts remain under-recognized and underfunded.

🌎 Land is Life is conducting a study on Indigenous Peoples’ responses to climate change, and we invite Indigenous leaders, communities, and partners to share their experiences and priorities through a short questionnaire.

🕒 The survey takes less than 10 minutes to complete and will remain open until May 25.

🔗 Complete the questionnaire here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2UOS76v1eFPe_XvhfDPrWzl-K3J0f7tfWkLRVgNpoHEe6gQ/viewform?hl=en

Your contribution will help strengthen this research and amplify Indigenous-led climate solutions from different territories.

Introductory note to Indigenous Peoples’ organizations This questionnaire aims to document the impacts of climate related environmental disasters on Indigenous Peoples’ territories and to better understand the responses led by Indigenous Peoples to address these impacts.

05/11/2026

Across territories and negotiation tables, one truth remains clear: are already leading the solutions the world needs.

In this reflection on Land is Life’s 2026–2029 Strategic Plan, Executive Director Luisa Castañeda-Quintana shares why this moment calls not for symbolic inclusion, but for systemic transformation grounded in Indigenous leadership, territorial defense, governance, and collective action.

Built alongside 107 coalition members representing 86 Indigenous Peoples across 27 countries, this strategy is both a roadmap and a call to action for funders, policymakers, and allies to move beyond rhetoric and support Indigenous Peoples as decision-makers shaping our collective future.

The path forward is not uncertain. Indigenous Peoples are already walking it.

By Luisa Castañeda-Quintana, Executive Director, Land is Life