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- Land grabs push thousands further into poverty
- Feature Story | Sep 22, 2011
- Large-scale land grabs threaten poor communities' access to food. In such deals, small-scale farmers are forced to leave their land, their homes, and their ... More »
- Oxfam Impact January 2008
- Oxfam Impact | Jan 30, 2008
- Landmark victory for indigenous people More »
- OXFAMExchange Winter 2005
- Oxfam Exchange | Feb 11, 2005
- Come Together: Building a movement to overcome poverty and change the world More »
- World Bank Announces Funding Approval for Peru Pipeline Project
- Press Release | May 03, 2007
- The IFC pledges $300 million to fund Camisea II pipeline project; Oxfam warns of serious implications for indigenous communities and the environment. More »
- A new leader of concerned farmers in rural Ghana
- Feature Story | Aug 06, 2007
- Emilia Amoateng helps defend the rights of fellow villagers, presses a legal case for compensation for their lost farms. More »
- Bolivian legal research organization firebombed
- Feature Story | Aug 18, 2008
- Oxfam America's South America regional office expressed concern and sympathy regarding the attack on the Centre for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS) ... More »
- Cocoa farmers threatened by gold mine
- Feature Story | Jul 22, 2008
- Farmers in a small town seem more interested in keeping their farms than selling out—but the struggle to protect their land will be a hard one. More »
- Environmental activists receive death threats
- Feature Story | Jan 03, 2008
- In Guatemala, a deep-rooted culture of violence limits debate about mining and the environment. More »
- GROW: Food. Justice. Planet.
- Campaign Publication | Jun 01, 2011
- An overview of Oxfam's global GROW campaign More »
- Protect Community Rights and Resources Fact Sheet
- Fact Sheet | Jun 01, 2011
- Over 60 percent of the world's poorest people live in countries rich in natural resources—but they rarely share in the wealth. Too often, poor communities have ... More »
- Peru overturns decrees, starts dialogue
- News Update | Jun 22, 2009
- The government of Peru and indigenous citizens to move from conflict to dialogue on land rights and the best way to consult native people as they work to ... More »
- Oxfam in South America
- Brochure | Oct 10, 2005
- To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America ... More »
- Food price spikes
- Feature Story | Aug 02, 2011
- After decades of progress, the number of people without enough to eat has reversed course and is increasing. It could soon top one billion. That's more than ... More »
- Interactive map reveals “pressure points” of food price spikes on poor communities around the world
- Press Release | Aug 02, 2011
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- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Brochure | Nov 24, 2010
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ... More »
- Our Land, Our Life
- Video Link | Feb 14, 2008
- The struggle of Carrie and Mary Dann, two Western Shoshone elders, to address the threat mining development poses to the sacred and environmentally sensitive ... More »
- Our Land Our Lives
- Briefing Paper | Oct 03, 2012
- In the past decade an area of land eight times the size of the UK has been sold off globally as land sales rapidly accelerate. This land could feed a billion ... More »
- First the rivers, then the forests: a fragile balance
- Feature Story | Sep 14, 2007
- Rural communities are struggling to survive as they lose their resources one at a time. More »
- For resettled community, not all are satisfied with new home
- Feature Story | Jul 19, 2007
- New clinic doesn't quite make up for lost lands, higher expenses for displaced farmers. More »
- Green Watershed earns top honors
- News Update | Jul 21, 2005
- Oxfam partner wins award for sustainable development project in China. More »
- Green Watershed wins second award of the year
- News Update | Dec 02, 2005
- Oxfam partner in China wins water conservation-themed competition. More »
- Improvements big and small in East Asia
- Feature Story | Jul 21, 2005
- Oxfam America partner Green Watershed helps local villagers preserve their way of life through their own expertise. More »
- In Cambodia, climate extremes threaten an ancient community
- Feature Story | Nov 30, 2007
- Unpredictable floods are destroying the rice crops of the Cham people, forcing families to migrate in a search for survival. More »
- In Texistepeque, El Salvador, farmers question wisdom of relying on mining
- Feature Story | May 12, 2008
- Concerns about water and land lead to a debate about the role of mining in long-term economic development. More »
- Interview: Humberto Piaguaje
- Feature Story | Jan 17, 2005
- Humberto Piaguaje is the representative of the Secoya people to the Assembly of Delegates of Communities Affected by Texaco. More »
- Joanna Manu: community activist in Ghana
- Feature Story | Jan 23, 2008
- Joanna Manu learns how to defend her rights and stands firm in protecting the environment in her community. More »
- Land and heritage at risk in Ghana
- Feature Story | Jul 01, 2008
- A proposal to mine in a forest reserve raises concerns about the environment and the future of a nearby farming community. More »
- On the front lines of climate change: Nicaragua's Miskitos people
- Feature Story | Nov 29, 2007
- Central America's Miskitos Indians have been living in harmony with their remote jungle environment for centuries, but now they are falling victim to greater ... More »
- "This is the future"
- Feature Story | Oct 19, 2007
- After centuries of discrimination and a decade of legal work supported by Oxfam, the indigenous Chiquitano people of eastern Bolivia now have legal title to ... More »
- "We are united"
- Feature Story | May 28, 2008
- An indigenous Q'eq'chi community in Guatemala struggles to defend its agricultural land. More »
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