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What to know about uncontacted Indigenous peoples and efforts to protect them
[ad_1] BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed…
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Isolated Amazon tribe seen near logging bridge site, alarming rights group
[ad_1] BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Members of an Indigenous tribe who live deep in Peru’s Amazon rainforest and avoid contact with outsiders have been…
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At COP16, Biodiversity Credits Raising Hopes and Protests
[ad_1] Indigenous women in Cali hold a protest commodificationof their traditional natural products. Majority of the indigenous organizations participants in the COP have been…
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Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
[ad_1] Opinion by Jomo Kwame Sundaram (kuala lumpur, malaysia) Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Inter Press Service KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 22 (IPS) – New institutional…
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The Indigenous ‘watchmen’ safeguarding Peru’s isolated tribes
[ad_1] Balta, Peru – On an overcast afternoon in April, Nolasco Torres and Freddy Capitan navigate their canoe along a jungle-veiled ravine. Along the…
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Life or Energy: The Hydroelectric Dilemma in Amazonian Brazil
[ad_1] An igapó, a flood-prone wooded area on the Vuelta Grande of the Xingu River, with fruit on the dry ground. This is where…
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Government Indifferent to Invasion of Drug Traffickers in the Peruvian Amazon
[ad_1] Members of the indigenous guard of the native community of Puerto Nuevo, of the Amazonian Kakataibo people, located in the central-eastern jungle of…
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Ocean Action on Global Agenda as Negotiations to Save Biodiversity Deepen
[ad_1] Delegates say the survival of humanity is interlinked with the sustainable use of ocean and marine biodiversity resources. Credit: Joyce Chimbi/IPS by Joyce…
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Illegal Artisanal Mining Threatens Amazon Jungle and Indigenous Peoples in Brazil
[ad_1] An area of illegal mining activity was raided by the Brazilian Federal Police in the eastern Amazon on Jan. 17, where their precarious…
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The Ghost of Oil Haunts Mexico’s Lacandona Jungle
[ad_1] Lacandona, the great Mayan jungle that extends through the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico, is home to natural wealth and indigenous peoples’…
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Guatemala’s Chance for a New Beginning
[ad_1] Credit: Emmanuel Andres/AFP via Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Thursday, January 18, 2024 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan 18…
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Centuries-Old Rituals Are Slowly Fading Away in Cambodia
[ad_1] The ancient village of Kbaal Romeas has been flooded. Credit: Kris Janssens / IPS by Kris Janssens (ratanakiri province, cambodia) Thursday, January 18, 2024…
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Combating Corruption to Address the Triple Planetary Crises
[ad_1] Indigenous Peoples from Alianza Ceibo fight to counter environmental degradation and protect more than 2 million hectares of primary rainforest in four provinces…
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Global Civil Society Launches Manifesto for Ethical AI
[ad_1] Opinion by Bibbi Abruzzini, Nina Sangma (new delhi, india) Wednesday, December 06, 2023 Inter Press Service NEW DELHI, India, Dec 06 (IPS) – We,…
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A Climate Scientist’s View of COP 28
[ad_1] Research team in the Arctic. Professor Tjernström is standing on the left. Opinion by Jan Lundius (stockholm, sweden) Monday, December 04, 2023 Inter Press…
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Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit
[ad_1] For more than a month, protests against Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have…
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Australia: Reconciliation Back to Square One?
[ad_1] Credit: Jenny Evans/Getty Images Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Monday, November 20, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Nov 20 (IPS) –…
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Brazil: A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights
[ad_1] Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 24 (IPS) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has…
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Mexico Turns to Military Entrepreneurs
[ad_1] Sara López (C) and other members of the Regional Indigenous and Popular Council of Xpujil are seen here in a photo from 2020,…
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Climate displacement threatens Indigenous Guna people in Panama: HRW
[ad_1] As climate change and rising sea levels threaten the island of Gardi Sugdub, leaders in the local Indigenous community are increasingly worried that…