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 and Earth 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
NEW! Rainforest Mafias: How Violence and Impunity Fuel Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon
[Portuguese Version]
Human Rights Watch -- 17 Sep 2019
"Illegal deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is driven largely by criminal networks that have the logistical capacity to coordinate large-scale extraction, processing, and sale of timber, while deploying armed men to protect their interests ... More than 300 people have been killed during the last decade in the context of conflicts over the use of land and resources in the Amazon"
NEW! Biodiversity in Serious Decline -
Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services
UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES),
E. S. Brondizio et al -- approved by the IPBES Plenary at its 7th session in May 2019
"Biodiversity – the diversity within species, between species and of ecosystems – is declining faster than at any time in human history"
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/
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
PLANT is a USA 501(c)(3) non-profit organization