Awas Tingni People Receive Land Title from Government of Nicaragua Read Article
The government granted title to 74,000 hectares of forest lands to the Awas Tingni people affirming the rights of indigenous peoples and upholding an historic 2001 decision by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (see Awas Tingni v. Nicaragua: http://www.landcoalition.org/program/ipp_domestic_jur.html)