United Nations’ SBSTTA Cautions Synthetic Bacteria, Geoengineering Research and Use
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,…
Read moreEveryday Occurrence
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…
Read moreProperty in Palestine
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…
Read moreThe Biocultural Dimensions of Forest Regeneration in Madagascar
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),…
Read moreTo Have a Home
Nisqually elder Billy Frank, Jr. recently received an award from The Wilderness Society for his exemplary 50 years of activism.
Read moreObstructing Justice
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…
Read moreWindow Rock Decision
Traditional tribal laws are not peripheral to Navajo justice.
Read moreTales from Indigenous Europe
“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…
Read moreCommunicating Cultural Heritage
In IJOC 2010, Sun Mine-Ping reviews Jennifer Deger’s book Shimmering Screens: Making Media in an Aboriginal Community.
Read moreChief 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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