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 Countries adopt global guidelines on tenure of land, forests, fisheriesHistoric international agreement on how tenure and access rights should be handledROME, Italy - In a landmark decision the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) today endorsed a set of far-reaching global guidelines aimed at helping governments safeguard the rights of people to own or access land, forests and fisheries.More
16.05.2012 |
 2014 World Conference New Milestone for Addressing Indigenous Peoples´ RightsUNITED NATIONS, New York -- A new milestone for the rights of indigenous peoples — their first ever World Conference, slated for 2014 — was on the horizon, said leaders and activists at a Headquarters press conference on Monday, noting that the meeting would offer a unique opportunity to create a framework for addressing the most pressing challenges facing indigenous peoples today.More
15.05.2012 |
 Chile’s Indigenous Communities Find Ally in Supreme CourtSANTIAGO, Chile - Indigenous groups in Chile celebrated a recent court ruling that represented the latest victory in the struggle for respect for their right to be previously consulted about major projects which directly affect their communities.More
12.05.2012 |
 "Owned, Privatised and Exploited" UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - For centuries, indigenous peoples and their rights, resources and lands have been exploited. Yet long overdue acknowledgment of past exploitation and dedicated efforts by indigenous peoples have done little to end or prevent violations of the present, stated indigenous leaders in the Manaus Declaration of 2011.
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10.05.2012 |
Indigenous Peoples Aim to End Historic and Current InjusticesUNITED NATIONS, New York -- Leaders of the world´s 370 million indigenous people are urging governments not only to replace laws that violate the natives´ rights to protect their lands, resources and culture and but also to introduce legislation that protects their rights.More
09.05.2012 |
 New chair at the UNPFIIMr Edward John from Canada, an indigenous nominated member of the UNPFII was yesterday elected as the chair for the 11th session. It is the first time North America is chairing the UNPFII.More
08.05.2012 |
 Peace Lost in the Libyan DesertKUFRA, Libya, (IPS) - The recent outbreak of violence between the largely segregated Zwai and Tabu tribes in Libya’s remote, Saharan town of Kufra shattered the uneasy calm that held since last February’s clashes, resulting in more than 100 deaths. The clashes illustrate the challenges in building a new state.More
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UN Expert Urges US To Tackle Indigenous Issues More RobustlyUNITED NATIONS, New York -- The United States needs to adopt more robust measures to address the issues affecting its indigenous peoples, an independent United Nations expert said today, stressing that such policies must be developed in partnership with Native American, Alaskan Native and Hawaiian peoples in the country.More
05.05.2012 |
Kenyan environmental activist wins the prestigious Goldman Environmental prizeNAIROBI, KENYA -A Kenyan environmental activist, Ikal Angelei has won the 2012 prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize.
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17.04.2012 |
Guatemala media war Double standards, piracy and persecution portray the media life in Guatemala. In a country where about 60 % of the Indigenous population suffer from illiteracy and poor knowledge of Spanish language; the Indigenous peoples are struggling to raise their voices through claims of democracy and ratification of the ILO 169. TV Maya seeks to make a difference.
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16.04.2012 |
Abya Yala SpeaksCARTAGENA DE INDIAS, Colombia, (IPS) - During the closing session of the Social Forum of the Sixth Summit of the Americas, the broadcast signal was cut off, triggering protests from participating indigenous leaders. But that did not stop the voice of Abya Yala - the ancestral name of the continent - from being heard.
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16.04.2012 |
Oil discovery brings ray of hope to Turkana indigenous community NAIROBI, KENYA -The discovery of oil deposits in Turkana County by Tullow oil Plc has brought a gleam of hope and joy among one of the country’s poorest and marginalized indigenous community.
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13.04.2012 |
Get Your Boot Off My NeckAYUTLA, Guerrero, Mexico (IPS) - Last weekend, my 14-year-old daughter, Michaela, and I were en route to Easter Sunday mass in Acapulco. We were stopped, harassed, threatened, and detained by eight soldiers in battle fatigues brandishing automatic weapons.
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12.04.2012 |
U.S. Still Importing Illegal TimberWASHINGTON, (IPS) - Since 2008, over 20 U.S. companies have imported illegally logged timber worth millions from the Peruvian Amazon, charged a multi-year investigative report released Tuesday by the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA).
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12.04.2012 |
Brazil is a Model for the Rights of Forest Communities
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Tierramérica) - Brazil is one of the most advanced countries in the world when it comes to legally guaranteeing the rights of forest communities and reducing deforestation, says economist Jeffrey Hatcher in this interview.
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11.04.2012 |
Native Andean Women Weave a Future in Bolivia
COCHABAMBA, Bolivia, (IPS) - Their skill and dexterity in weaving textiles, to be worn on festive occasions or displayed in windows for sale to tourists, have become the mainstay of indigenous women and their families in Cochabamba, Bolivia.
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11.04.2012 |
Tourism Goes IndigenousSYDNEY (IPS) - As today’s conscientious travellers seek authentic experiences with the people of the lands they visit, tourism can be a vehicle for preserving ancient cultures, while socially and economically empowering marginalised or remote indigenous communities.
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10.04.2012 |
Displaced Guatemalan Peasants Demand AnswersGUATEMALA CITY (IPS) - "We want land where we can live and grow food to feed ourselves," said Pedro Ichich, one of several thousand indigenous farmers who marched to the Guatemalan capital to demand solutions to the ageold conflict over land.
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02.04.2012 |
Nuclear legacy in the Marshall Islands: “Nomads in their own country”MAJURO / GENEVA – United Nations Special Rapporteur Calin Georgescu warned Friday that the communities affected by nuclear testing over sixty years ago in the Marshall Islands are “yet to find durable solutions to the dislocation to their indigenous ways of life.” Mr. Georgescu also urged the country’s government, as well as the United States of America and the international community, to find effective redress to the affected population.
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30.03.2012 |
Native People in Argentina Demand a Say in Lithium Mining
BUENOS AIRES (IPS) - Native communities in northwest Argentina turned to the Supreme Court to claim their right to be consulted about projects for prospecting and mining of lithium, regarded as the mineral of the future, located under an enormous salt flat.
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30.03.2012 |
More Ecology, Less Economy for Rio+20
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Tierramérica) - Hundreds of non-governmental organisations and social movements from around the world hope to counter the failure of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which they consider inevitable, with the success of the alternative People’s Summit.
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SANTIAGO: A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight against big international projects.
16/05 10:06 Business Recorder
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Gerry Georgatos
WA Police sent 140 to 200 special response police officers to Broome to escort Woodside workers and their machinery onsite at James Price Point where the gas hub precinct is being considered.
16/05 10:06 Sydney Indymedia
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16/05 10:02 Leader Post
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PROTESTERS from the Aboriginal Sovereign Embassy at Brisbane's Musgrave Park have snaked their way around the city.
The group, which shrunk in numbers since they were kicked out of Musgrave Park in West End this morning, marched to Parliament House at 11:30am ahead of the opening ceremony this afte
16/05 09:03 The Chronicle
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“In Oklahoma, strong ties to tribal culture the norm” (Our Views, May 9) makes a good point about the generally positive status that is enjoyed by American Indians in this state.
16/05 07:11 NewsOK (AP)
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16/05 05:19 Journal of Commerce
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Melbourne, 16 May 12 - - An Aboriginal sovereignty movement has asked the United Nations to send peacekeepers to this country to protect them against “increasing aggression by the Australian authorities”.
16/05 04:54 Sydney Indymedia
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By National Indigenous Times West Australian reporter Gerry Georgatos
Australia-wide Aboriginal organisations, communities and rights advocates are more than just apprehensive about the consolidated push by State and Territory governments for the introduction of Criminal Association Control Bills b
16/05 04:38 National Indigenous Times
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/CNW/ - United Nations Special Rapporteur Mr. Olivier De Schutter will be in Treaty 1 Territory on the afternoon of May 11, 2012 with community site visits in Treaty 5 (Adhesion) to the north on May 12, 2012.
11/05 21:21 KOAM TV 7
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More than 85 percent of Indian Americans view President Barack Obama’s job performance favorably and three-quarters of them plan to vote for him this November, concluded a new poll released May 1.
11/05 21:10 IndiaWest.com
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Voluntary guidelines to combat `'land grabbing" and safeguard the rights of people to own or access land and forests have been endorsed Friday by a committee on world food security, a U.
11/05 20:59 Vail Daily (AP)
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For ti år siden fikk FN høre at urfolk i Kongo ble spist av soldater. Nå har landet som første afrikanske stat vedtatt en egen urfolkslov.
11/05 20:57 NRK - Sápmi
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