Forum for Global Exchange
2009
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BOLIVIA: Native People Take First Steps Towards Self-Government
December 22, 2009Indigenous people, who make up more than 60 percent of the population in Bolivia, South America's poorest country, are taking their first steps towards self-government under their own cultural traditions that date back to pre-colonial times.More -
ARGENTINA: Solar Villages Light Up the Andes
December 13, 2009The residents of the Puna, the dry Andean highlands in northern Argentina, are cut off from everything - except the sun. Living on arid land thousands of metres above sea level, they are on their way to becoming "solar villages."More -
CLIMATE CHANGE: Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen
December 12, 2009COPENHAGEN, Dec 12 - As delegates deliberate over the extent carbon emissions will be curbed in the closing days of the U.N. summit here, the environmental ramifications of that agreement are likely to be felt in places far… more >>More -
CWIS Delivers Written Testimony to Congress on Tribal Concerns About Climate Change
December 07, 2009The US Senate is currently discussing climate change legislation known as Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (CEJAP). This legislation, along with the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES), will lay the foundation… more >> -
Western Shoshone Prevail at Ninth Circuit Court on Mining Sacred Land
December 06, 2009In a major ruling this week, the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals blocked construction of the the largest open pit gold mine in the United States, Barrick Gold's Cortez Hills gold mine.More -
Nuu-chah-nulth Win Right to Sell
December 04, 2009When traveling along West Coast Highway 4 through the Tseshaht First Nation Reservation, you’ll see a line of signs advertising “Salmon.” Home to one of the west coast’s largest sockeye salmon runs, the Tseshaht Nation… more >>More -
International Indigenous People's Forum on Climate Change
November 11, 2009CWIS has teamed up with the International Indigenous Peoples' Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) draft and negotiate the Indigenous People's Forum Treaty Negotiating Text to be incorporated in the international Climate Change Treaty… more >>