Category: Global Exchange
Diabetes may wipe out Aborigines
The diabetes epidemic could wipe out Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population this century, a Melbourne-based expert has warned. Professor Paul Zimmet, director of Monash University’s International Diabetes Institute,…
Read moreFiji military head meets with indigenous chiefs in row with government
Fiji’s unpredictable military commander met with the nation’s indigenous chiefs Friday, after the traditional leaders said they will not mediate in an escalating row between the government and armed forces….
Read moreUnity call echoes at Indigenous brothers’ meet
Keeping with its commitment of cementing the bond of fraternity among all groups of people living in Manipur since time immemorial, League of the Fourth World People, Kangleipak has begun…
Read more
Colombia: Deterioration in Nari
After months of deterioration, the humanitarian situation in the southern Colombian region of Nari
Read moreIndigenous people see harm from Kyoto warming pact
Indigenous peoples from the Amazon to Asia said on Wednesday that U.N.-backed clean energy projects meant to combat global warming were aggravating threats to their livelihoods. They said hydropower projects…
Read more
Mining in Venezuelan Amazon threatens biodiversity, indigenous groups
Troubles are mounting in one of Earth’s most beautiful landscapes. Deep in the Venezuelan Amazon, among ancient forested tabletop mountains known as tepuis, crystalline rivers, and breathtaking waterfalls, illegal gold…
Read more
Indigenous Group in Brazil Granted Largest Tropical Forest Certification in the World by the Forest Stewardship Council
The Rainforest Alliance has granted Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification to 3.7 million acres of rainforest in the central Amazon owned and managed by a group of Kayapandoacute indigenous people…
Read more
Finland Ignores Human Rights Issues
The Government of Finland misjudged its position on S
Read more
Somaliland: Appeals to Britain for Help
In the harsh terrain of the Horn of Africa, torn by decades of war, a peaceful Muslim democracy with a pro-Western government has emerged on the territory of a former…
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.
access here