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U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:18:26 +0100

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CAMBODIA: Minority Languages Face Extinction

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:17:12 +0100

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BRAZIL: 'Colonisation Made Us Poor,' Say Indigenous Peoples

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:15:49 +0100

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Inuit groups launch lawsuit over EU seal ban

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:15:30 +0100

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Chile apologises over treatment of indigenous people

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:13:21 +0100

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Black Mesa Wins! Peabodys Coal Mining Permit Revoked

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:11:18 +0100

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Indigenous Peoples Achieve Major Gains in Climate Change Negotiations

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:41:00 +0100

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Indigenous Peoples Continue to Call for the Recognition and Respect of Rights in COP 15 agreement

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:18:36 +0100

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Indigenous Peoples Condemn Human Rights Violations at COP 15

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:14:31 +0100

Indigenous peoples protest against non recognition of rights in COP15 on the occasion of International Human Rights Day

Copenhagen, 10 December (IPFCC Media Team) - We, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ representatives from around the world participating in the ongoing climate change meeting under the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) condemn the violations of our rights in the ongoing negotiations on climate change. On the occasion of Human Rights Day, we seize this opportunity to call on all State Parties to respect our fundamental rights in these negotiations.

The climate crisis threatens our very survival, particularly forest-dependent, ice-dependent peoples, peoples in voluntary isolation, and the indigenous peoples of small island states and local communities.

Although we are the most affected by climate change effects our voices, our propositions, on the various negotiating texts are currently being ignored because not only are we kept outside the room but no one is listening to the cries and suffering of our peoples.

The IIPFCC affirms our global unity and solidarity to realize the enjoyment of our collective rights and the recognition of our vision, indigenous knowledge and our contributions in solving the climate change crisis.

Indigenous Peoples Rights Totally Excluded

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:11:52 +0100

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES from around the world condemn the texts proposed by the Danish Government on the basis that they totally exclude indigenous peoples’ rights on all key issues.

The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) are made up of indigenous organizations from all regions of the world and are present here in Copenhagen. Indigenous Peoples are supposed to be at the centre of all climate change debates. This is because they have lived with and protected nature for generations and are now the worst affected by climate change effects like floods, typhoons, drought, violent thunderstorms etc. They have least contributed to this global disaster. The full and effective participation of indigenous peoples, local communities and vulnerable groups is therefore the key to achieve a just and equitable outcome of the climate negotiations.

We reiterate the States’ and whole UN system’s obligations to uphold regional and international human rights commitments and standards, especially the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP).

Climate Change Declaration

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:09:06 +0100

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Circumpolar Inuit Launch Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 11:05:11 +0100

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UNESCO Biosphere bulldozed by Brazilian Ranchers

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:50:06 +0100

A UNESCO Biosphere Reserve inhabited by an uncontacted tribe is being bulldozed by Brazilian cattle ranchers at a devastating rate.

A government representative and two relatives of the tribe have tried to enter the region, but personnel from the ranchers’ company, Yaguarete Pora S.A, barred them.

The reserve, in the Chaco region in Paraguay, is home to the only uncontacted tribe in South America outside of the Amazon, the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode.

The reserve is being destroyed despite UNESCO’s objective to protect the Ayoreo-Totobiegosode, including ‘the recovery, legalization and return of the land to these native people. . . (It) helps to protect local indigenous communities’ homeland and cultural identity.’

The reserve also aims to protect ‘flagship species’ like the jaguar – an irony given that a Spanish language translation of that word, yaguarete, is the name of the company bulldozing the reserve.

Satellite photos show that thousands of hectares of the reserve have been destroyed, despite Yaguarete Pora having its license to work there withdrawn by the government.

The Chaco Biosphere Reserve was created in 2005. The general aim of these reserves, created under UNESCO’s ‘Man and the Biosphere Programme’, is to ‘innovate and demonstrate approaches to conservation and sustainable development.’

Survival International director, Stephen Corry, said today, ‘The Totobiegosode’s land is being destroyed as we speak. Given that their land falls within a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, we hope that UNESCO can play a part in stopping this destruction and pressing for the recognition of their land rights.’

TAPOL Supports Amungme Peoples Lawsuit Against Freeport

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:48:58 +0100

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Blackfire mine shut down over environmental concerns

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:35:02 +0100

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Flemish Centre for Indigenous Peoples

U.N. Condemns Land Grabs in Native Territories

CAMBODIA: Minority Languages Face Extinction

BRAZIL: 'Colonisation Made Us Poor,' Say Indigenous Peoples

Inuit groups launch lawsuit over EU seal ban

Chile apologises over treatment of indigenous people

Black Mesa Wins! Peabodys Coal Mining Permit Revoked

Indigenous Peoples Achieve Major Gains in Climate Change Negotiations

Indigenous Peoples Continue to Call for the Recognition and Respect of Rights in COP 15 agreement

Indigenous Peoples Condemn Human Rights Violations at COP 15

Indigenous Peoples Rights Totally Excluded

Climate Change Declaration

Circumpolar Inuit Launch Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty

UNESCO Biosphere bulldozed by Brazilian Ranchers

TAPOL Supports Amungme Peoples Lawsuit Against Freeport

Blackfire mine shut down over environmental concerns

Black Mesa Wins! Peabodys Coal Mining Permit Revoked

Indigenous Peoples Rights Totally Excluded

TAPOL Supports Amungme Peoples Lawsuit Against Freeport