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Land Grabbing: New Documentary Sheds Light on ‘Big, Big Problem’
By Chris Lang Originally appeared in Redd-Monitor.org “It’s very attractive. The earnings are very high and we’ve got hybrid material now. You harvest in the 24th month, and the repayment period is about seven years at the most… For the next 20 years it’ll be laughing...
Study: ‘Frontiers of plantation expansion’ losing more trees to deforestation than harvesting
GE tree company ArborGen's motto is "more wood less land". They insist that their faster growing GE and other trees will take the pressure off of forests by increasing the harvest per acre of land. This study puts an end to that nonsense. - GJEP MongaBay.com recently...
Indigenous groups opposing pipeline-expansion project in Canada
The Associated Press reports that state Indigenous groups are stating their opposition to a proposed pipeline-expansion project in Canada that will put the fishing rights and cultural heritage of U.S. indigenous people at risk. Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain project...
Half a million hectares of hope in community forests in Guatemala’s Maya Biodiversity Reserve
By Chris Lang Originally published on REDD-Monitor.org In the northeast of Guatemala is the site of one of the largest community forests in the world, covering almost half a million hectares of forest. It is part of the Maya Biosphere Reserve, established by...
Ecuador to Sign Contracts for Two Controversial Amazonian Oil Blocks Indigenous Peoples Reject Oil Plans, Vow to Resist Project
Originally appeared on Amazon Watch. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Kevin Koenig: +593.9979.49041, kevin@amazonwatch.org Adam Zuckerman: +1.510.281.9020 x309, adam@amazonwatch.org Quito, Ecuador – The Ecuadorian government has announced imminent plans to sign...
Death Threats and Detention in Paraguay
In 2009, GJEP co-founder Orin Langelle visited and photographed the Ayoreo indigenous community of Campo Lorro (Parrot Field) in the Chaco region of Paraguay. The photos in this essay were taken in early 2009 of a community and people struggling for...
Brazilian court suspends operating license for Belo Monte dam
Construction of the contentious Amazon dam is complete, but a judge now says it can’t begin operating until commitments made to Indigenous groups back in 2010 are met. The gigantic Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, located on the Xingu River in the heart of the Brazilian...
Study Shows That Genetically Engineered Trees Have Altered Bacteria
Science Daily recently published a study titled, Modifying the structure of wood alters plant microbiome, which, in summary, finds that, "modifying the structure of poplar wood can also alter the endosphere microbiome, the bacteria that reside inside tree tissue, new...
Guardian: Critical response team to tackle ‘ongoing tragedy’ of Indigenous suicide
The Guardian reports that support workers will be flown to remote Aboriginal communities in response to suicides in an attempt to curb the “ongoing tragedy” of growing Indigenous suicide rates. The $1m critical response project is being trialled in Western Australia,...
Guatemala: First Trial for Systematic Violations of Indigenous Women
The English translation of this article originally appeared on Intercontinental Cry. Guatemala's recent history bears the mark of a 36 year long, painful internal armed conflict, during which the State systematically violated the rights of the Mayan population....
INDIGENOUS RIGHTS CUT FROM PARIS AGREEMENT: WHY IT CONCERNS US ALL
Mitch Paquette of the Intercontinental Cry reports that pressure from the United States, the European Union, and Norwegian delegates caused reference to the “rights of Indigenous peoples” to be cut from the binding portion of the Paris Agreement, leaving the only...
GE Tree Company ArborGen Found Guilty of Defrauding Workers, Fined $53.5M
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York (8 January 2016) – Biotech firm ArborGen, a leader in the research and development of genetically engineered trees (GE trees), has been fined $53.5 million in compensation and punitive damages after a court ruled that it acted to use...
Indigenous Denounce Exclusion of Rights at COP21
According to Indian Country Today Media Media Network (ICTMMN), activists and representatives of Indigenous Peoples called for action against climate change and for indigenous inclusion in the climate text discussions at COP21 on Dec. 9. ICTMMN reports: Outside the...
The Phantom of the COP21 opera: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Note: GE tree scientists in Belgium and elsewhere are promoting genetically engineered poplars as a potential feedstock for Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, or BECCS. This ridiculous geoengineering scheme is thoroughly debunked by Oli Munnion from Campaign...
WATCH: Historic Kayak Action demands Indigenous Peoples Rights in Paris Climate Accord
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHX2D0jKxsU Paris – An all-Indigenous flotilla of kayaks took to the waters of Paris today, followed by a press conference featuring Indigenous leaders from the Americas delivering strong messages: warnings of the worst consequences...
WATCH: “Forests: The Green Gold of Panama’s Indigenous Peoples”
In this video produced by McGill University, titled "Forests: The Green Gold of Panama's Indigenous Peoples," "Nuestro oro verde” (Our green gold) gives a voice to Embera people of Panama that have been working with Dr. Catherine Potvin of McGill University and her...
Report: Indigenous people key to storing carbon in tropical forests
A report released this week by the Mesoamerican Alliance of People and Forests demonstrates the importance of Indigenous People in the storage of carbon in tropical forests. The report, which was prepared for the UNFCCC COP21, indicates that "indigenous territories...
WATCH: GLOBAL ALLIANCE AGAINST REDD AND FOR LIFE UNITED NATIONS PRESS CONFERENCE
Representatives from the Global Alliance Against REDD and for Life and the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) held a press conference denouncing the REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation) climate scheme at the COP21 climate conference...
Report warns of science-fiction solution being promoted at Paris Climate Conference
The following release and report from Biofuelwatch shows that relying on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) as a quick-fix climate solution "is nothing more than smoke and mirrors.” The release coincides with the global climate negotiations in Paris....
WATCH: Tom and Dallas Goldtooth on Paris ‘Police State’ and the Realities Frontline Communities Face
Reporting from Paris, Democracy Now! spoke to Dallas Goldtooth of the comedy group the 1491s, and his father Tom Goldtooth, executive director of Indigenous Environmental Network. Tom Goldtooth, who is a member of Global Justice Ecology's New Voices Speakers...