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Mobilization of Indigenous Communities for Resource Protection and Indigenous Peoples Rights

Grantee Name: Highlanders Association

Hotspot
Indo-Burma
Location
Cambodia
Amount
$90,000
Dates
Jun 2014 – Jun 2017
Keywords
Capacity building, Indigenous People, Land tenure, Networks
Support the development of Cambodia's Ratanakiri Indigenous Peoples' Association, which will represent indigenous groups as a unified network, raise their concerns and claim their rights. Strengthen the capacity of Highlanders Association to provide secretariat support to the network. Advocate against the granting of economic land concessions and other threats in forests and lands on which indigenous communities depend.
Strategic Direction : 8 Strengthen the capacity of civil society to work on biodiversity, communities and livelihoods at regional, national, local and grassroots levels

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