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United Nations’ SBSTTA Cautions Synthetic Bacteria, Geoengineering Research and Use

United Nations’ SBSTTA Cautions Synthetic Bacteria, Geoengineering Research and Use

June 4, 2010

In lieu of the latest developments in self-replicating synthetic bacteria cell production at the J. Craig Venter Institute and Silver Lining’s Cloud Whitening Technology development, the Subsidiary Body on Scientific,…

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Everyday Occurrence

Everyday Occurrence

June 4, 2010

As noted at Harper’s, the BP disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is an everyday occurrence in the Niger Delta, where indigenous inhabitants cannot fish, farm, or breathe as a…

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Property in Palestine

Property in Palestine

June 3, 2010

While our attention is drawn once again to Gaza, readers might find interesting this interactive map and database on the history of the State of Israel’s expropriation of land from…

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The Biocultural Dimensions of Forest Regeneration in Madagascar

The Biocultural Dimensions of Forest Regeneration in Madagascar

June 3, 2010

Photo: M. Pykkönen The Stockholm Resilience Center recently covered a study of forest regulation and regeneration in Madagascar. The study, just released in the new book Reforesting Landscapes (Springer, 2010),…

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To Have a Home

To Have a Home

June 2, 2010

Nisqually elder Billy Frank, Jr. recently received an award from The Wilderness Society for his exemplary 50 years of activism.

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Like Her Namesake

Like Her Namesake

June 1, 2010

Undeterred The Rachel Corrie steams toward Gaza.

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Obstructing Justice

Obstructing Justice

May 31, 2010

After Israel’s attack on Gaza in 2008, the UN appointed a Fact Finding Mission to investigate alleged war crimes. The mission, led by renowned South African jurist Richard Goldstone, produced…

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Window Rock Decision

Window Rock Decision

May 30, 2010

Traditional tribal laws are not peripheral to Navajo justice.

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Tales from Indigenous Europe

Tales from Indigenous Europe

May 29, 2010

“When our generation is gone, none of this is known anymore,” said Prof. Maria Mies during a talk in Cologne yesterday in front of an audience (the mentees, organizer and…

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Communicating Cultural Heritage

Communicating Cultural Heritage

May 29, 2010

In IJOC 2010, Sun Mine-Ping reviews Jennifer Deger’s book Shimmering Screens: Making Media in an Aboriginal Community.

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Chief George Manuel Memorial Indigenous Library

The library is dedicated to the memory of Secwepemc Chief George Manuel (1921-1989), to the nations of the Fourth World and to the elders and generations to come.

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