Category: Global Exchange
CLIMATE CHANGE: Indians Speak Out Against Carbon Markets
International policymakers are facing fierce criticism from leaders of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples over plans to use carbon markets as one of the tools to mitigate climate change.
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RIGHTS: Native People Warn U.N. of Biofuels Disaster
Growing demand for biofuels by the world’s rich nations is propelling attacks on indigenous people and destroying their lands and forests, according to native leaders attending a three-week international meeting…
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Students detained at demonstration in Jayapura
The West Papuan student organization, Front Pepera, was reported to have organized a demonstration and was demanding that the Republic of Indonesian recognize West Papuan sovereignty back to the year…
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RIGHTS: Climate a “Life and Death” Issue for Native Peoples
Leaders of the world’s 370 million indigenous peoples are calling for the United Nations to include their voices in its future talks on climate change.
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Morales to open seventh session of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues
More than 2,500 representatives of the world’s 370 million indigenous people gathered in New York for the seventh session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
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CHINA: Minority Outbursts Hurt More Than Olympics PR
As the outburst of anger among China
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Coast Salish leaders commit to environmental action
‘Enough talk, it’s time for action.’ Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, summed up the consensus at the second day of the Coast Salish Gathering at…
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RIGHTS: Go Green, Save the Indigenous
African indigenous peoples are important custodians of their natural environments with valuable local knowledge and skills, but are struggling to survive, according to a report.
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CHILE: Emerging Party Seeks Self-Government for Mapuche People
Wallmapuwen, which means “people of the Mapuche land” in the language of that indigenous group, aims to formally become a political party in July this year in the southern Chilean…
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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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