PLANT is a catalyst for indigenous communities and smallholder farmers to speak for themselves, their eco-systems and Seed & Food Sovereignty, instead of others speaking for them.
PLANT works with partners in Brazilian Amazonia and in sub-Saharan Africa.
“Human rights mirror the faces of the vulnerable;
They are a discomfort to the powerful;
They are continuously translated into policy by the struggles of the excluded;
They bring justice closer to our world, our common home . . .” PLANT
January 28th, 2019
Global Launch of the International Year of
Indigenous Languages
LANGUAGE IS PIVOTAL IN THE AREAS OF HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION, GOOD GOVERNANCE, PEACE BUILDING, RECONCILIATION, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
“Of the almost 7,000 existing languages, the majority have been created and are spoken by indigenous peoples who represent the greater part of the world’s cultural diversity. Yet many of these languages are disappearing at an alarming rate, as the communities speaking them are confronted with assimilation, enforced relocation, educational disadvantage, poverty, illiteracy, migration and other forms of discrimination and human rights violations" https://en.iyil2019.org/role-of-language/
NEW! Making a Killing: Holding Corporations to Account for Land and Human Rights Violations
TRÓCAIRE - 06 March 2019
“The human rights framework governing businesses has not kept pace with the modern economy. We live in a globalised world, where business knows no border. Countries, particularly in the developing world, compete for investment from companies often richer and more powerful than they are. The world’s top 10 corporations have a combined revenue equivalent to more than the 180 ‘poorest’ countries.
"This has led to a global sell-off of the natural resources the world’s poorest people rely on. Since 2000, over 49 million hectares of communal or smallholder land - approximately six times the size of Ireland - has been acquired for commercial use by transnational entities. This is the land that poor people have relied on to feed their families for generations.”
NEW! The Highest Bidder Takes It All: The World Bank's Scheme to Privatize the Commons
Frédéric Mousseau et al, The Oakland Institute - 2019
"This new indicator comes as large-scale land acquisitions in the developing world have intensified over the past ten years. In most instances, they have involved forced evictions, widespread human rights violations, environmental degradation, increased food insecurity, and the destruction of livelihoods."
PLANT (Partners for the Land & Agricultural Needs of Traditional Peoples)
E-mail: plantpartners@gmail.com
PO Box 276 • Shepherdstown, WV 25443, USA
Tel. 304 876 2288
Manaus-Centro, Amazonas 69020-030, BRASIL
PLANT is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization