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Avenir des peuples des forêts tropicales (APFT) (In French Only)

Multidisciplinary project that links scientific learning with spiritual learning to explore issues facing Rainforest populations and to recommend concrete actions.

Source: Université libre de Bruxelles

Center for World Indigenous Studies

Independent, non-profit research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations.

Commission internationale pour les droits des peuples indigènes (ICRA) (In French Only)

The ICRA focuses on three main goals: defending the rights of Aboriginal peoples, creating field programmes and taking action towards the preservation of Aboriginal cultures.

Cultural Survival

Cultural Survival promotes the rights, voices, and visions of indigenous peoples.

Dialogue Between Nations

Dialogue Between Nations is an interactive global communications network and an educational forum working towards the solutions of current issues directly affecting the identity, self-determination and presence of Indigenous Peoples in the modern world.

First Peoples Worldwide

First Peoples Worldwide is an international organization led by Indigenous Peoples and dedicated to the mission of promoting Indigenous economic determination and strengthening Indigenous communities.

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

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Global Indigenous Dialogue

Honor the Earth

Creates awareness and support for Native environmental issues and develops needed financial and political resources for the survival of sustainable Native communities.

Indigenous Environmental Network

A network of Indigenous Peoples empowering Indigenous Nations and communities towards sustainable livelihoods, demanding environmental justice and maintaining the Sacred Fire of our traditions.

Indigenous Fellowship Programme (IFP)

This program launched by OHCHR gives indigenous peoples the opportunity to gain knowledge on the UN system and mechanisms dealing with human rights in general and indigenous issues in particular.

Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Indigenous People and Local Communities – World Rainforest Movement

The World Rainforest Movement is an international network of citizens' groups of North and South involved in efforts to defend the world's rainforests.

Source: World Rainforest Movement

Indigenous Peoples' Center for Documentation, Research and Information

doCip is a Swiss NGO linking Indigenous Peoples and the United Nations. It is a non-profit organization established in 1978 at the request of Indigenous Representatives to the United Nations.

Indigenous Peoples Literature

Non-profit educational resource and collaboration dedicated to the indigenous peoples of the world and to the enrichment it can bring to all people.

Indigenous Peoples Survival Foundation (IPSF)

Indigenous Peoples Survival Foundation (IPSF) is a non-profit, humanitarian organization with the primary mission of promoting understanding between ancient traditional peoples and modern civil society.

Indigenous Portal

The portal project is administered by the Indigenous Portal Board with the main objective of creating a portal for and about Indigenous Peoples that disseminates reliable information.

Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage

This project aims to document, analyze and theorize on the diversity of principles, interpretations, and actions arising in response to Intellectual Property issues in cultural heritage worldwide.

Source: Simon Fraser University

International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests

Worldwide network of organisations representing indigenous and tribal peoples living in tropical forest regions.

International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA)

IWGIA supports indigenous peoples' struggle for human rights, self-determination, right to territory, control of land and resources, cultural integrity, and the right to development.

Isuma TV – The Portal for Indigenous Filmmakers

Isuma is an internet video portal were indigenous filmmakers can post their unique films including indigenous-language content.

Native Spirit Festival

Native Spirit is formed with the ideals of promoting Native viewpoints, preserving and empowering indigenous communities and publicizing the traditions, identities and realities of surviving Amerindian cultures.

Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples

NCIV is an NGO based in Amsterdam that has been supporting the promotion and protection of the rights of Indigenous Peoples world-wide since 1969.

Peoples of the World Foundation, The – Education for and About Indigenous People

This non-profit organization's mission is to help bridge the divide between the West and indigenous peoples by providing education both for and about indigenous peoples.

Rediscovery International Foundation

Rediscovery aims to empower youth of all ages to discover the world within themselves, the world between cultures, and the natural world.

Resource Centre for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

The resource centre was established by an order of the Norwegian government and is meant to increase information about the rights of the Saami and other indigenous peoples.

Resources for Indigenous Cultures around the World

NativeWeb is an international, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to using telecommunications including computer technology and the Internet to disseminate information from and about indigenous nations, peoples, and organizations around the world.

Source: Native Web

Rights and Democracy

Rights & Democracy works with individuals, organizations and governments in Canada and abroad to promote the human and democratic rights defined in the United Nations' International Bill of Human Rights.

Source: International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development

Survival International: The Movement for Tribal Peoples

Survival is the only international organisation supporting tribal peoples worldwide. Today, Survival has supporters in 82 countries.

Tebtebba

Tebtebba is an indigenous peoples' organization born out of the need for heightened advocacy to have the rights of indigenous peoples recognized, respected and protected worldwide.

United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

The UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council, with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.

United World of Indigenous Peoples

UWIP is a group of researchers that disseminates information about the contemporary situations of indigenous peoples all over the world and that supports the advancement and protection of their rights.

Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization, The

UNPO's members are indigenous peoples and minorities who have joined together to protect and promote their human and cultural rights and to preserve their environment.

Working Group on Indigenous Populations

The United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations deals with issues of human rights and fundamental freedoms of indigenous peoples. This page provides documentation and resolutions.

Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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