Over the weekend, California Governor Gavin Newsom proposed a $100 million line item to be given to Native American tribes in California to purchase land that would be preserved, as well as create programs to fight change. climate change and increased workforce development. According to Newsom’s proposal, which stems from a 2020 executive order in […]
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Virtual conference to examine the impact of railways on Indigenous communities | Lifestyles
The Union Pacific Railroad Museum will host a virtual presentation of historian David Beck’s lecture, “Unfair Labour? American Indians and the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair,” 6 p.m. Tuesday online. Beck is a professor of Native American studies at the University of Montana. He is the author of several books, including “The Struggle for Self Determination: […]
Lancet report says India’s excessive Covid death toll highest in the world, government calls it ‘misinformed’
London: India’s estimated cumulative excess deaths from COVID-19 between January 2020 and December 2021 was the highest in the world at 4.07 million, about eight times higher than expected, according to a new Lancet analysis.Responding to the findings, the Union Health Department on Friday called the analysis “speculative and ill-informed” and said the authors themselves […]
Illegal mining fuels social conflict in Indonesia’s Bangka-Belitung tin hub
Tin mining at one of the world’s leading producers of the metal has sparked the latest in a series of conflicts between illegal miners and traditional fishermen in Indonesia. The incident stems from an activist fisherman’s social media posts criticizing the environmental damage caused by mining in Kelabat Bay in the Bangka-Belitung Islands, where mining […]
Forbes India – Beverage: ‘Coca’ pits Colombian natives against soft drink giant
For centuries, indigenous peoples in Colombia, Peru and elsewhere on the continent have chewed the coca leaf and defended it as part of their cultural heritage. (Credits: haak78 / Shutterstock) RRepresentatives of the Nasa and Embera Chami tribes are threatening to ban the sale of Coca-Cola in their territories after the Coca-Cola Company angered […]
Plains People: Indians and Horses
There is no doubt that the Plains Indians were masters of horsemanship. Consider the Cheyenne, who were forced onto the plains in the late 18th century by traditional enemies who had acquired firearms. The Cheyenne quickly adapted to the equine lifestyle of the plains, immediately abandoning agriculture and becoming nomadic hunters, a change that ran […]
Why Just Transition is the Opposite of Net Zero
As we enter another pandemic year with cautious hope and seeking to address a host of intertwined global crises – poverty, pollution, pandemic – our Just Transition Alliance team wanted to share some thoughts on sailing in 2022. Luckily for us, this GreenBiz article by Joel Makower provided a framework for such thoughts. Makower is […]
Appointment of a new vice-president and new members of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
OTTAWA (ON), February 3, 2022 /CNW/ – Traditional Unceded Algonquin Territory — Indigenous Services Canada Today, the Honorable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Indigenous Services, and Dawn Madahbee LeachPresident of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board, extend their congratulations to Victoria LaBilloiswho was named the new vice-chair of the National Aboriginal Economic Development Board. Victoria LaBilloisa […]
‘Catch the Fair One’: Date, plot, cast and all the buzz around Kali Reis’ action-thriller
Cinema is a powerful medium. Over time, it has also become an effective social and political tool. It has the power to turn something relatively unknown and local into a global phenomenon. Stories of indigenous peoples, however, are rare. What’s a little harder to find are films that reflect their reality and focus on the […]
Nearly 70,000 invasive green crabs were caught in Washington State last fall | Smart News
Despite the species name, the color of European green crabs varies greatly from dark brown to dark green with flecks of yellow or orange. MyLoupe via Getty Images Washington state is taking emergency action to combat an infestation of European green crabs, an invasive species that has seen an “exponential increase” in local waterways. Last […]
Australian government buys copyright to Indigenous flag
MELBOURNE, Australia – When Laura Thompson, an Aboriginal businesswoman, received a cease and desist letter in 2019 telling her to stop selling clothing that used the Aboriginal flag design because it violated the law copyright, she was shocked. “I never thought for a moment that I could face legal action for using the Aboriginal flag […]
An alternate history of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh has been called a “mosaic”, “hell with no lid” and “the Paris of Appalachia”. East Liberty-born poet Jack Gilbert describes the city in his poem “In Search of Pittsburgh” as being made of “bricks and weary wood / Ox and sovereign spirit / an outgrowth of America”. These characterizations loom as well-acted section titles […]
Honey, meat, climate change and resilience: indigenous trade and global issues on the table in Dubai
[ad_1] President NgÄ TÄngata Tiaki o Whanganui Sheena Maru presents to Te Aratini at Expo 2020 Dubai. Photo / Supplied (Te Aratini) Honey, meat, climate change and resilience were all on the table when a collective of Maori farmers of over 9,000 shareholders traveled to Expo 2020 Dubai to forge new relationships with indigenous leaders […]
Intertwined ecosystems in Indonesia – Saudi Gazette
ENSAID PANJANG, Indonesia – The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) works with local communities in the forests of Kalimantan, Indonesia to protect biodiversity and generate sustainable livelihoods. Traditionally, the cultivation of natural dyes is used for traditional weaving in Kalimantan, Indonesian territory on the island of Borneo. These methods are used as a means of […]
Canada to set aside billions to compensate Indigenous people for harms suffered in residential schools
[ad_1] Brief This week, the Canadian government said it would set aside billions of dollars to compensate Indigenous people who were abused as children in residential schools across the country. The United States has not announced any similar financial plan. The money is equivalent to about $ 31 billion and is also aimed at reforming […]
Parliament: Oppn castigates government for Glasgow climate summit announcements | Latest India News
[ad_1] India’s decision to announce a goal of net zero emissions by 2070 amid the climate crisis facing the planet was debated at length at Lok Sabha on Friday during a discussion of the results of the Glasgow Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26. The debate ranged from why India announced the 2070 target […]
At COP 26, a bigger and stronger climate movement made its mark
Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados, speaks at COP 26 in Glasgow. (Daniel Leal-Olivas – Pool / Getty Images) This column is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration co-founded by Colombian journalism review and The nation to strengthen coverage of climate history. Science tells us this is the decade to take action […]
Wrangell to inspect the site of a former residential school for Indigenous children
[ad_1] The Wrangell Institute. (National Archives / Photo BIA) A government residential school for native children in Wrangell was one of the first of its kind in Alaska. Now there are plans to redevelop the site of the former facility of the Office of Indian Affairs which has been open for 43 years. But sensitivity […]
November is Native American Heritage Month
[ad_1] Member of the Assembly Marie Waldron AD-75 On November 15, I was proud to participate in the Pechanga Pu’éska Mountain Day, celebrated by the Pechanga tribe and the town of Temecula since 2012. In an 8-year battle to save their birthplace and sacred mountain from an open-pit gravel operation, the Pechanga Band of Luiseño […]
The PH document ‘Bullet-Laced Dreams’ wins the Unicef prize
“Dreams of bullets” We]use our film as a place to give a voice to the voiceless, ”said filmmaker Kristoffer“ Tops ”Brugada, whose short documentary he co-directed with Cha Escala, titled“ Bullet-Laced Dreams, ”said. won the Unicef Prize at the recent Japan Prize organized by the public broadcaster NHK. The short documentary, which puts the struggle […]
Native American Heritage Month: Na’ah Illahee Fund
[ad_1] To celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we are hosting a series of Profiles and Stories to amplify and honor people, businesses, organizations, stories and projects related to Seattle’s Indigenous community. The Na’ah Illahee Fund is an Indigenous women-led organization dedicated to the continued regeneration of Indigenous communities. Focused on indigenous ecology, food sovereignty and […]
West Papua: A Green State Vision
Report November 4, 2021 Research shows that when indigenous peoples properly control forests, biodiversity is much better protected. Danny chivers talk to Raki Ap about case to support the state of West Papua. Activists gather in La Pago, West Papua, to support the vision of the Green State. Credit: West Papua Free Campaign Sadly, West […]
Sean Duffy’s ‘toxic’ comments on Native Americans spark a strong reaction from Native group
[ad_1] Last month, Sean Duffy made an appearance on Fox News that deeply offended defenders of Native Americans. Duffy is the former congressman from northern Wisconsin and a potential gubernatorial candidate. Duffy and his wife, Rachel, spoke to Fox News Primetime host Jesse Watters about their perceptions of Indigenous history and current tribal culture. They […]
More than 100 world leaders commit $ 19 billion to end deforestation by 2030 | New
Glasgow: More than 100 world leaders pledged Monday evening to stop and reverse deforestation and land degradation by the end of the decade, backed by $ 19 billion in public and private funds to invest in protection and restoration forests. The joint statement at the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow was supported by leaders from […]
Faith groups fight climate change ahead of UN summit
POINTE-AUX-CHENES, Louisiana – On a boat ride along a bayou that shares the name of his Native American tribe, Donald Dardar shows off a cross marking the cemetery of his ancestors in southern Louisiana – a place which he fears will disappear. He points to the stumps of partially submerged oak trees killed by salt […]
Tribes see food sovereignty win with new $ 3.5 million project
[ad_1] Eight tribal nations from Alaska to Mississippi will get more power, along with millions of dollars, to choose federal food consumed by Native American households thanks to a new Department of Agriculture project. The Food and Nutrition Service has allocated $ 3.5 million to participating tribal nations as part of the first initiative of […]
Last seen at Walmart in Kennewick, family remains hopeful of finding Freda Knowshisgun | The missing
[ad_1] Freda Jane Knowshisgun was planning to take her kids for Halloween 2016. But first, she had to come home. A tribal citizen of the Crow Nation of Montana, Knowshisgun had traveled to Washington and was at the Kennewick Walmart on October 18, she said. missing person profile on the Charley project. The 34-year-old mother-of-three […]
At UN climate summit COP26, indigenous voices call for more than empty talk
[ad_1] Ron Turney, a water protector from the White Earth Nation tribe, diligently photographed what he said shows the effects of drilling fluid spills and an aquifer rupture in northern Minnesota, where a Canadian energy company completed the replacement of an oil pipeline in September. The Line 3 replacement project, first announced by Enbridge in […]
Youth group fight to save indigenous lands on Palawan Island in the Philippines – IDN-InDepthNews
By Nena Palagi PUERTO PRINCESA, Palawan, Philippines (IDN) – This is a feat unimaginable by any modern standard. Six young people from this remote island of Palawan, Philippines, faced the landowner goliaths and won. They have secured over 40,000 hectares of land legally declared as protected habitat with the direct approval of indigenous custodians. The […]
Offshoring has left Native Americans more exposed to climate threats, data shows
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – Centuries of land loss and forced relocation have left Native Americans much more exposed to the effects of climate change, new data shows, adding to the debate over how to tackle climate change and racial inequality in the United States . The results, which took seven years to compile and were published […]
project aims to preserve the cultural history of an Arizona tribe | Navajo-Hopi Observer
[ad_1] Fred Mason, Associated Press Originally posted: Oct 26, 2021 8:54 a.m. MOHAVE VALLEY, Arizona – Hidden in the Christmas Tree Pass near the Arizona-Nevada border, over 700 petroglyphs can be found in Grapevine Canyon. The petroglyphs, which were carved from the rocks of the canyon between 1100 and 1900 AD, serve as a reminder […]
COP26 event will see indigenous rights leaders discuss preservation
[ad_1] For COY16 (the 16th YOUNGO Youth Conference) and COP26 (the 26th UN Conference of the Parties) in Glasgow, the Jiboiana Association will support a delegation of five indigenous leaders from five different tribes to travel from the heart of the Amazonia to speak to the world leaders and – above all – to thousands […]
Iwi leaders to lead World Expo’s first-ever Indigenous and Tribal Ideas Festival
[ad_1] Aotearoa New Zealand is leading a world premiere at Expo 2020 Dubai to support the resurgence of indigenous and tribal economies. Emirati officials and Maori leaders met at dawn for a special dedication ceremony for the Aotearoa New Zealand pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai on September 30. Photo: Supplied / NZ to Expo via […]
Census urges promotion of more courses in Indigenous schools | national
[ad_1] Many American Indians and Alaskan Indians say that the dramatic increase in their numbers recorded in last year’s census supports their long-held argument that Indigenous history should gain more attention in the public school classrooms. Even before the last count, there was a growing movement to infuse more Indigenous material into school curricula – […]
Murkowski and Sullivan Secure Extension on COVID Relief Dollars for Alaska Natives
[ad_1] 10.20.21 Senate passes bill to allow unspent COVID relief dollars for infrastructure and disaster relief WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan (both R-Alaska) welcomed the Senate passage last night of S.3011, the State, Local Government, Tribal and Territory Flexibility Act for Tax Adjustment, Infrastructure and Disaster Relief, legislation that includes a provision senators […]
India’s REDD + Safeguards Project Needs Revision
India released draft document on Safeguards Information System to Reduce Potential Risks in Implementing Activities under the United Nations Deforestation Emissions Reduction Program and degradation (REDD +), a key climate change mitigation tool. The draft document is in line with India’s commitment to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Experts note that safeguarding […]
John Shufeldt, MD, Joins Tesis Labs Board of Directors
[ad_1] Posted: October 13, 2021 at 8:35 a.m. EDT|Update: 8 minutes ago PHOENIX, October 13, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Tesis Laboratories, a leader in targeted genetic sequencing, today announced the addition of John shufeldt, MD, on the board of directors of his company. Tesis Labs uses our genetically integrated medical platform that is revolutionizing […]
Indigenous leaders at the forefront of environmental injustices and solutions
[ad_1] The fight for a healthier planet is inextricably linked with indigenous rights. In all sectors and ecosystems, Indigenous leadership is leading the way towards a just and sustainable future. Keyen Singer Green and Nizhoni Toledi, members of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Confederate Tribe Youth Leadership Council, recently sent a letter to President Biden calling […]
Members of the Narragansett tribe protest at statue of RI’s first English settler
[ad_1] Noka said the Blackstone statue, which owned 200 acres, is a constant reminder of the land taken from the Narragansett tribe. And Native Green said the statue will be a reminder of “the doctrine of discovery that fueled the theft of land and the slaughter of our indigenous peoples.” “This is the doctrine of […]
Biden returns 2 million acres to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase
[ad_1] Fulfilling a pledge made as a presidential candidate, Joe Biden exercised his executive powers on Friday to restore the original boundaries of Utah’s two great national monuments. The move has been touted as a bold step toward protecting the nation’s natural and cultural heritage, but it could reignite the state’s long-standing feud with the […]
Indigenous Peoples Day recognized in Boston from 2021 – NBC Boston
[ad_1] The second Monday in October, celebrated for years as Columbus Day, will be recognized as Indigenous Peoples Day in Boston starting this year, Mayor Kim Janey said. It is an effort to recognize and celebrate the Massachusett tribe, who lived where Boston is today before the colonizers arrived, as well as the neighboring Wampanoag […]
Develop Amazonian land management systems of the past, experts say
[ad_1] Before the arrival of Europeans, the Amazonian peoples would have numbered 10 million, domesticating and cultivating native plants for food throughout the biome. Their long coexistence with the forest has given rise to a rich diversity of languages, artistic expressions, mythologies and cosmologies, said Márcio Augusto Freitas Meira, anthropologist at the Goeldi Museum, at […]
Indigenous Peoples, Environmentalism and Atonement
[ad_1] Erik Molvar and Marsha Small. (Author biography below) By Erik Molvar and Marsha Small As America grapples with its history of systemic racism, the environmental movement faces its own questions about the extent to which policies that are racist, genocidal, or involving ethnic cleansing played a role in early American conservation. Much of the […]
Study finds primates still hunted for medicinal purposes, Health News, ET HealthWorld
[ad_1] Guwahati: A study released on Sunday found that seven of the 11 primates in the northeast are used in traditional medicine for the treatment of various ailments by different native tribes, which has threatened the survival of the particular species and the biodiversity of the region in general. The study titled Ethnozoological Use of […]
Historically cheated, tribes would get conservation aid under bipartisan bill
[ad_1] WASHINGTON – The Walker River Paiute tribe, located in Schurz, Nevada, is not bear country. But because of the forest fires ravaging California, these animals are escaping to new, safer habitats, some of which are in Indian territory. Historically, the federal government has provided relatively little funding for tribal land conservation, so suddenly having […]
COUNTDOWN COP 26: Meta-Story for Incorporating Indigenous Climate Perspectives in the San Francisco Bay Ecotarium
[ad_1] A waterfall projection exhibit in the bay’s future ecotarium will immerse visitors in the practices and lifestyles of Native American stewardship The 2nd pod of the future Bay Ecotarium will contain an immersive theater, a restaurant and a “Blue” bar and deep ocean submersibles The world’s first living museum for climate and ocean conservation […]
The Amazon of Salgado seeks to save a world
[ad_1] Sebastião Salgado, the 77-year-old Brazilian-born Parisian photographer who travels the world and whose work often invokes social activism on behalf of the exploited poor workers, indigenous peoples, the consequences of climate change, ecological devastation and the disappearance of nature. world, is exhibiting his latest epic Brazilian rainforest project “Amazonia†at the Peter Fetterman Gallery […]
Book Explores Connections Between Alaska Native and Asian Peoples
[ad_1] As an Asian American who grew up in Alaska, Juliana Hu Pegues has often been told stories of Asian immigrants, by her family and friends, even by teachers, who have never entered the schools. history books from his country of origin. “Something I felt as a youngster, but became more politically aware as an […]
Taipei Supreme Court rules in favor of indigenous peoples in mining rights case
Taipei’s Supreme Administrative Court on Thursday revoked the Economics Ministry’s 2018 approval to extend the mining rights of Asia Cement Corporation in Hualien for another 20 years, in a ruling that dismissed the company’s appeal. cement and recognized the rights of indigenous peoples to consent to development projects in their life areas. “Mining is a […]
Brazil renews protection for Amazonian Little-Seen tribe for six months | World news
[ad_1] BRASILIA (Reuters) – The only two known male members of the Piripkura tribe in Brazil live in isolation on ancestral lands the size of Luxembourg in the Amazon rainforest, resisting decades of invasion by loggers and cattle ranchers. The Brazilian indigenous affairs agency Funai on Friday renewed a protection order for the 242,500 hectare […]
Will Thacker Pass be another keystone?
[ad_1] After tribes secured the death of the Keystone XL pipeline, native organizers in Nevada are seeking the same results for the planned Thacker Pass lithium mine. Excavations on sacred indigenous lands were allowed at the Thacker Pass project earlier this month after a federal judge rejected requests by tribal chiefs to temporarily halt excavations. […]
A cave full of ancient Indigenous paintings sold for over $ 2 million. The Osage Nation says it’s theirs
[ad_1] By Harmeet Kaur, CNN Over 1,000 years ago, Indigenous people traveled to a dark cave on earth now called Missouri and painted nearly 300 detailed pictures on its walls. The cave was a sacred space, where tribes held ceremonies, made sense of the universe, and buried their dead. A millennium later, the paintings it […]
indigenous protest in Brazil before the historic decision on ancestral lands | World news
[ad_1] BRASILIA (Reuters) – Hundreds of indigenous people danced and chanted outside Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday to urge judges not to rule in favor of a 1988 deadline for their land claims, a proposal backed by the industry agricultural. The protest drew an unprecedented 6,000 indigenous people from 176 tribes to camp in the […]
Indonesia starts vaccinating tribal communities
JAKARTA: Indonesia has started vaccinating its tribal communities against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after resolving an administrative hurdle that prevented them from accessing crucial jabs. The entire Indonesian vaccine target population was required to provide a citizenship identification number, known as a NIK, to register for the vaccine in the first phase of the national immunization […]
The amazing Papuan people of Raja Ampat
Meet the amazing Papuan people of Raja Ampat When you mention Raja Ampat, the first thought that comes to your mind is the incredible marine life and diving, white sand beaches and coconut palms. What most forget to remember is that the region is also home to the tribes and indigenous peoples of West Papua. […]
Plan to bury Mungo Man and Mungo Lady hurts some traditional owners – and the man who found them | Indigenous Australians
[ad_1] Half a century ago, it might have seemed relatively straightforward to take the ancient remains of Mungo Lady and Mungo Man from the dry bed of Willandra Lakes in New South Wales. No one objected when the scientists brought the bones to the Australian National University where research on them would reveal that modern […]
Entrepreneurial Spirit of Climate Change in the Tribal Reserve »Yale Climate Connections
[ad_1] “We Indigenous people have always been resilient and adaptive people: assimilation, genocide and reorganization haven’t stopped us. The climate crisis is different: I fear it threatens our existence like nothing else we have ever seen. “ The speaker was Robert Blake, a tribal citizen of the Red Lake Nation, addressing a Talk Climate Institute […]
Indian man risked his life for 32 years to save the Brazilian Amazon
[ad_1] Aamidst the lush Amazonian forests of Brazil, young Shaji, then still in his mid-twenties, worked with the Quilombola community. They are descendants of Afro-Brazilian slaves who escaped slave plantations in Brazil by going deep into the forests and settling with existing tribal communities. This was one of Shaji’s first missions to work for the […]
Jharkhand Police Become ‘Good Samaritan’, Launch Banks of Gadgets for Poor Students
[ad_1] Jharkhand Police have become a Good Samaritan by building up a bank of used cellphones and laptops to distribute to poor students who use them to continue their education during pandemic restrictions. Moved by the accounts of students leaving their studies and some even attempting to commit suicide for lack of cellphones and laptops […]
Notice: Don’t be stranger to gossip when you’re on the go
[ad_1] The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Connecting in a Suspicious World Joe Keohane Random House (€ 19.80) When I first picked up The Power of Strangers: The Benefits of Going Online in a Suspicious World I thought I had the essence of it from the first chapter – that there is an unknown […]
‘Black Snake’ recounts the saga of the Dakota Access Pipeline protests
[ad_1] The protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline by the Standing Rock Sioux was one of the most important news of 2016 – and rightly so, as it touched on issues related to climate change, dependence on fossil fuels, Indigenous rights and environmental justice. The protest lasted nearly a year, straddling two presidential administrations and […]
COMMENT: Cultural Confusion – The Cherokee One Feather
[ad_1] By ROBERT JUMPER Editor One Feather It was a common conversation in tourist offices when I was involved in this area – people coming from out of town to reception centers and immediately approaching a member of staff and giving them , an overview of personal family history. Somewhere in the conversation they were […]
Greater than a century later, the exhumation marks the start of the lengthy journey of the Aleut woman to Île Saint-Paul.
[ad_1] CARLISLE, Pa .– In the summertime of 1901, a 12-year-old woman was taken from an orphanage in Alaska and shipped throughout the mainland by boat and prepare. She arrived in Pennsylvania 25 days and 4,000 miles later, a world removed from the windswept Bering Sea island the place she was born, the place her […]
Don’t be fooled by Trudeau’s apology for Canada’s genocide against Indigenous peoples: Global Times editorial
People pay tribute to murdered Indigenous children in Ottawa, Canada, June 4. Photo: Xinhua This week, 751 anonymous graves at the site of a former Indigenous residential school in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan were discovered, shocking Canada and the international community. It comes weeks after the remains of 215 Indigenous children were discovered at […]
Industrial coverage, Alzheimer’s, pizza: your Monday night briefing
[ad_1] (Need to obtain this text in your inbox? Right here is registration.) Good night time. Right here is the final one. 1. The Senate is getting ready to undertake an enormous industrial coverage invoice to assist the US compete with China in manufacturing and know-how. Above, a employee at a semiconductor manufacturing unit in […]
How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review
[ad_1] 2020 was supposed to be a make-or-break year for tropical forests. It was the year when global leaders were scheduled to come together to assess the past decade’s progress and set the climate and biodiversity agendas for the next decade. These included emissions reductions targets, government procurement policies and corporate zero-deforestation commitments, and goals […]
Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects
[ad_1] For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system. The river is of great importance to Indigenous communities in the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, who call it their “river of life†and have depended on […]
Q&A with documentary filmmaker Céline Cousteau
[ad_1] Céline Cousteau, granddaughter of the legendary Jacques Cousteau, spent three years filming the lives of the inhabitants of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon. The filming took place before the COVID-19 pandemic and before Jair Bolsonaro became president, but the issues it highlights are as relevant as ever, Cousteau says, from […]
Conservation would be more effective with more Indigenous leadership, says Patrick Gonzales-Rogers
[ad_1] In the past year there’s been a lot more talk about stakeholder inclusivity in the conservation sector. But how would conservation actually transform its practices? Patrick Gonzales-Rogers, the Executive Director of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition, says increasing the representation of Indigenous peoples in the leadership of conservation institutions would be a good place […]
As COP26 looms and tropical deforestation soars, REDD+ debate roars on
[ad_1] The United Nations REDD+ program (reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) has been operating for more than 13 years as a multipurpose initiative, intended to curb deforestation in tropical nations, sequester forest carbon, combat climate change, protect biodiversity, and aid poor rural communities. The REDD+ mechanism is largely paid for by wealthy industrialized […]
twenty first century conservation: a imaginative and prescient of collaboration throughout landscapes
[ad_1] Only a week after taking workplace, the Biden administration proposed an formidable conservation agenda to stem biodiversity loss, enhance environmental fairness and justice, and curb the drivers of local weather change. This system plans to have interaction state, tribal, native and territorial authorities, farmers and forest homeowners, fishermen and others to preserve 30 % […]
90% of the world breathes polluted air. Symbolic emissions targets are usually not sufficient.
[ad_1] This story is a part of Overlaying Local weather Now, a world journalistic collaboration boosting protection of local weather historical past. Within the Anthropocene period, the straightforward act of wholesome respiration has turn out to be a luxurious. Regardless of business efforts to stop elected officers from permitting “enterprise as regular” whatever the social […]
Tribal nations adapt to being at ‘ground zero’ of the climate crisis — High Country News – Know the West
[ad_1] ‘Tribes are on the front line of fixing things, using our resources, setting good public policy [and using] good science.’  Students from Quileute Tribal School paddle traditional canoes during an educational field trip. This story originally appeared in Indian Country Today and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism […]
Palm oil firm Digoel Agri set to clear Papuan forest with out indigenous consent
[ad_1] A palm oil conglomerate has began clearing the ancestral forests of indigenous tribes in Indonesia’s Papua area with out the consent of locals, a watch group mentioned. Subsidiaries of the Digoel Agri group cleared 64 hectares (158 acres) of forest within the first two months of 2021, in keeping with satellite tv for pc […]
New megalopolis could possibly be a deadly blow for outdated Indian tribes – The diplomat
[ad_1] Publicity Right this moment, Notably Susceptible Tribal Teams (PVTGs) in India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands are at their lowest. Restricted to the picturesque islands of the Bay of Bengal, with people forcibly invading their habitats, transmitting viruses and ailments, their inhabitants is estimated at solely 769. In different phrases, they might all slot in […]
Disturbing raid on an indigenous Filipino college
[ad_1] On Monday, police in Cebu Metropolis, central Philippines, raided a short lived college for internally displaced kids and arrested 26 folks, together with 19 kids. Police allege that the college was coaching kids as “armed fighters” for the Communist insurgency of the New Individuals’s Military and that the raid was geared toward “saving” them. […]
An open letter to President Biden on indigenous peoples
[ad_1] That is an open letter to President Joe Biden from a gaggle of indigenous peoples and advocates. The letter requires a collection of actions by the Biden administration to help the rights of Indigenous peoples in the USA and overseas. “Internationally, the USA should develop into an advocate for the rights of Indigenous peoples, […]
Vaccine deployment: a ‘conflict on time’ for Amazonian indigenous teams – world
[ad_1] Indigenous leaders within the Amazon rainforest urged governments on Tuesday to make sure vaccine rollout reaches all tribal communities as a devastating new wave of COVID-19 overwhelms the area’s well being programs. Jose Gregorio Diaz, who heads the Coordinating Physique of Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon Basin (COICA), stated his folks had been dealing […]
Papua tribe transfer to dam clearing of ancestral forest for palm oil
[ad_1] Members of the Auyu tribe in Papua, Indonesia, are calling for a halt to the operations of the palm oil firm PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which seems to be getting ready to clear their ancestral forests. They are saying the corporate has did not safe neighborhood consent for the mission and it isn’t […]
When the invaders took maintain on their lands, the Brazilian Karipuna folks pushed again
[ad_1] The indigenous Karipuna peoples of Brazil have joined forces with civil society teams and introduced their grievances to worldwide boards to fight unlawful invasions of their territory. Worldwide outcry and the proof uncovered have led to legislation enforcement operations which have seen deforestation drop 49% this 12 months contained in the indigenous territory of […]