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The Government in South Africa has set up a project to protect indigenous medicinal knowledge
from exploitation by Western pharmaceutical companies, President Thabo Mbeki said on Thursday.
Read moreIndigenous Community to Take Oil Company to Court
LIMA, Aug 17 (IPS) – Arankartuktaram! This Achuar cry sums up what indigenous communities in the heart of Peru’s Amazon jungle region are demanding from the State and multinational oil…
Read moreBill to pressure Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
Right now the Australian government wants to pass a Bill to pressure Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory into giving up their land for the next century, in exchange for…
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Indigenous Communities Fight Extinction with Spears in Ecuador
QUITO, Jul 13 (IPS) – Under persistent harassment by oil, logging and tourist operations, Ecuador’s indigenous Tagaeri and Taromenani peoples, who shun all outside contact, have been launched into the…
Read moreIndigenous President Chalks Up Impressive Early Results
LA PAZ, The “democratic and cultural revolution” launched by Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, when he took office in late January hit its six-month mark with impressive economic and…
Read moreInter-American Commission on Human Rights
Indigenous Organizations and Peoples Denounce how Panama, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua Violate their Collective Property Rights to the Lands and Natural Resources in a Hearing Before the Inter-American Commission…
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EMERGING GENOCIDE IN NIGERIA
Urgent intervention must be initiated now to prevent massive, government sanctioned killings.
Read moreSHELL to resume oil activities in Ogoniland
Read this press release by the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP) reaffirming Ogoni people’s position towards Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) which is planning to resume…
Read moreThe Pascua Lama gold-mining project
The Pascua Lama gold-mining project in northern Chile threatens one of the richest farming valleys in the region of Coquimbo, which is also the area in the country most heavily…
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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