officials have delayed legalizing the official map for the estimated 138,000 Indigenous and Tribal people in the country, who live across over a million hectares (2.4 million acres) of forest.

Suriname is the only country in South America that hasn’t formally recognized Indigenous peoples’ ancestral land rights, which creates outrage and confusion when the government tries to ...

Suriname is South America's smallest country by both population and size. It is on the Atlantic Ocean and has Dutch as its ...

Indigenous communities in Suriname have sued their government to withdraw an agreement with Chinalco (Aluminum Corporation of ...

Canoes, made often times using birch bark, are representative of the historic and sustained presence of Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes area, prior to the arrival of settlers and continued to ...

Through our years of work, we know that conservation and indigeneous people can work in harmony and approaches designed together with communities and indigenous peoples creates sustainable management ...

See All Key Ideas Officials in Suriname are considering legislation ... recognize and protect the collective rights of Indigenous and Tribal peoples in accordance with international standards ...