The government has begun developing a National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP-BHR), with a strong focus on ...

That development has put many Indigenous people face-to-face with violence. In the last decade, one-third of environmental land defenders killed in the Philippines were Indigenous, and nearly half ...

The World Bank (WB) has approved a $700-million loan to the Philippine government to boost the climate resilience of 18 ...

A legal and policy advocacy group criticized President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s “continuing silence” on the plight of ...

The main objective of the World Bank’s Indigenous Peoples Engagement Strategy is to enhance the visibility of IPs in the Philippines and increase awareness of the need to address their development ...

Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are culturally distinct societies and communities. The Philippines is one of the few Asian countries that officially uses the term “Indigenous Peoples,” and IP rights are ...

A nickel stockpile towers over farmer Moharen Tambiling's rice paddy in the Philippines' Palawan, evidence of a mining boom that locals hope a new moratorium will tame.

Philippines' Palawan island pushes back on mining with 50-year moratorium, challenging the government's critical mineral ...

By Rithy Bun Cambodia’s Indigenous peoples have a deep relationship to forests, land and natural resources, which they ...

If any of you are feeling that you have made so many mistakes that you’re not loveable, you’re wrong,” the apostle said. “Don ...