Via Friends of the Earth 21 July 2016, Rome - Governments must do much more to provide the enabling conditions required for indigenous peoples, local communities, smallholders and their organizations to restore degraded landscapes and achieve climate change mitigation...
Via Intercontinental Cry: Kanien’kehá:ka - Living the Language is a two part documentary series about what it takes to save a language in the Mohawk community of Akwesasne. The documentary examines various aspects and approaches of the Akwesasne Freedom School and its...
ArborGen, one of the primary companies developing genetically engineered trees, is jointly owned by multinational timber company International Paper. ArborGen reached a settlement with defrauded workers earlier this year. (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Over 130 members of...
Sharon Begley at StatNews.com reported on an American Society of Hematology’s workshop on genome-editing held last week in Washington, where researchers met to discuss the quickly advancing world of genome-editing. Although most members of the 150 person panel were...
Originally published at IntercontinentalCry.org: On May 3, 2016 Rama-Kriol Territorial President Hector Thomas signed an agreement with the Nicaraguan Canal Development Commission giving consent for the indefinite lease of 173km of communal land to develop the canal....
Originally published by Intercontinental Cry. By John Ahni Schertow Some 93 percent of indigenous languages in Australia have become extinct. This is by far the most serious case of "linguicide" in the world. However, if things continue unchanged, Canada may come to...
Originally published on Counterpunch By James Phillips People who work for human rights, the rights of Indigenous communities, protection of our global environment, and social justice, are demanding justice after the murder of Berta Cáceres. She was killed in early...
The Guardian recently published an article by Chris Sarra titled, We Indigenous people are stronger than we believe, and smarter than we know. Carra points out that Indigenous people are survivors - the ancestors of the world's oldest civilizations. For as long as I...
Limbe, Cameroon, July 2016—The often neglected role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs)—the people often most heavily impacted by wildlife poaching and associated crime—was the focus of a meeting held in Limbe this February. As governments around the...
MongaBay.com recently reported on the health impacts to indigenous people brought on by illegal gold mining in Brazil. MongaBay provided some bullet points from the piece: Conflict between gold miners and indigenous people in Brazil is common, with 134 Indians killed...