Group Formed to Assert Indigenous Peoples' Rights in Development Projects
An indigenous rights advocacy group, FPIC Watch, has been formally launched in the Philippines to monitor and assert the right to Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) for ancestral land and domain holders, proposing alternative government protection mechanisms.
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