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! 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."
NEW! Final Declaration - BEYOND EXTRACTIVISM: Reclaiming Peoples' Power, Our Right to Say NO!
Thematic Social Forum on Mining and Extractivist Economy, Johannesburg, SA -- 12 Nov 2018
"We celebrate our diversity, recognising our different perspectives and the alternatives that we offer, but understanding that we are bound together by our desire for a future free from the destructive effects of extractivism."
See also: Mining Disaster in Brumadinho, Brazil
NEW! PLANT SPECIAL REPORT: Indigenous Communities' Struggles for Recognition -- 2018
"The laws supposed to protect traditional peoples’ rights to their lands and ways of livelihood are becoming progressively corroded in Brazil ... Community leaders continue their struggle for recognition despite death threats, assassinations and multiple schemes of encroachment into their lands and interwoven waterways."
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