THE CASE OF THE SAAMAKA AND THEIR FIGHT AGAINST DEFORESTATION
New data reveals illegal logging is devastating Suriname’s forests
- New evidence from geospatial maps reveals the shocking extent of forest damage to Saamaka territory in Suriname’s Amazon due to illegal logging and mining concessions granted by the government. Saamaka territory is also a critical carbon sink.
- More than 14 years after the Inter-American Court of Human Rights mandated the government of Suriname stop the logging and mining, demarcate Saamaka territory, and legally recognise their collective rights over the land, new concessions continue to be granted without the Saamaka’s Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
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Help the Saamaka people
THE SAAMAKA PEOPLE NEED YOUR SUPPORT
Join the Saamaka mobilization to protest against the deforestation of their home, to demand the full stop of the Palmera road and for the legal recognition of their land rights.
