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 Leaving Hondurans Gasping for Air The Oxygen Trade and Human Rights AbusesTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The carbon trade doesn´t just fail to address climate change. In countries like Honduras, it funnels cash to notorious human rights abusers and threatens vital resources.More 18.06.2013 |
 Rural Mexican Communities Protest Wind FarmsMEXICO CITY -- “We can’t sow our fields, which they have rented for next to nothing. What good do we get out of it?” Guadalupe Ramírez complained about wind farms operating in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.More 18.06.2013 |
 Millennium Development Goals Fund Boosts Food SecurityROME, Italy -- Since its founding in 2007 to help developing nations fight poverty, hunger, illiteracy, disease and gender discrimination, the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund (MDG-F) has financed about 130 joint programmes in 50 countries.More 18.06.2013 |
 Kurds Advance, Into the UnknownGIRKE LEGE, Syria -- A ban on political and even social gatherings, a bar on Kurdish language and culture; uprooting people, forced disappearances and a ‘caste’ of hundreds of thousands of local Kurds deprived of citizenship… life for Kurds in pre-war Syria was probably as dire as it is today for their kin in Iran.More 18.06.2013 |
Indigenous Peoples View Chilean Government with Deep DistrustSANTIAGO, Chile -- Indigenous leaders denounce lack of political will of authorities to implement rights guaranteed by international conventions.In his last state-of-the-nation message on May 21 in Valparaíso, President Sebastián Piñera dedicated less than three minutes to the indigenous peoples. In those few minutes, the president stressed the government´s progress in this area, specifically the "new deal" in relation to the indigenous peoples. More 18.06.2013 |
First Nations Leader Calls on Politicians to Experience Tar Sands Firsthand at 2013 Healing Walk in Canada FORT MCMURRAY, ALBERTA, Canada -- Chief Allan Adam of the Athabasca Fort Chipewyan First Nation has issued a formal request to Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver and Alberta Premier Allison Redford to join the fourth annual Tar Sands Healing Walk in Fort McMurray on July 6.A fourteen-kilometre, day-long journey, hosted by the Keepers of the Athabasca, the Healing Walk is a spiritual gathering focused on healing the traditional territory of the nations that has been impacted by tar sands expansion. More 18.06.2013 |
 Stealing Gas from the Poor to Power the RichMIKINDANI, Tanzania -- In Kilwa District in southern Tanzania local community leader and fisherman Salim Riziki stands next to a set of turbines, newly imported from Dubai, talking about the gas finds on Songo Songo, an island 15 km off the mainland.More 17.06.2013 |
 Ending Hunger Is PossibleROME, Italy -- Thirty-eight countries were recognised for the first time on Sunday by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation for cutting in half the prevalence of people suffering from undernourishment, one of three targets under the first Millennium Development Goal.More 17.06.2013 |
 Meetings with the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples during the 6th Session of EMRIP UNITED NATIONS, Geneva -- During the week of 8 - 12 July 2013, Special Rapporteur James Anaya will hold individual meetings with representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations during the sixth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoplesin Geneva. Representatives of indigenous peoples and organizations may request a meeting with him concerning matters falling within his mandate, including allegations of human rights violations. More 17.06.2013 |
Adding Billions to the World’s PopulationUNITED NATIONS -- A report released las week by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) predicts that the current world population will increase from 7.2 billion to 8.1 billion in 2025—an increase of almost one billion in 12 years.More 17.06.2013 |
Indigenous Human Rights Defender Freed from Norwegian JailKIRKENES, Norway -- Indigenous Peoples human rights defender Dmitry Berezhkov is a free man after a local court decision in Northern Norway on Saturday says the conditions for extradition to Russia are not present. More 16.06.2013 |
Former RAIPON Vice President Arrested by Norwegian PoliceKIRKENES, Norway -- Former Vice President of RAIPON, Dmitri Berezhkov, was arrested after returning from the preparatory meeting for the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples that took place in Alta, Northern Norway from Monday to Wednesday this week. The indigenous representative was arrested in Tromsø after petition from Russian police, according to BarentsObserver. More 14.06.2013 |
Survivors Reluctant to Testify in New Genocide Trial GUATEMALA CITY -- Fear and mistrust reign in Santa María Nebaj. The people of this Maya Ixil indigenous town in the highlands of northwestern Guatemala are worried about intimidation attempts to keep them from testifying again in a retrial of former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt. More 12.06.2013 |
How to Close Latin America’s Rich-Poor ChasmWASHINGTON, USA -- Latin American governments have increasingly been working to lessen inequality in the region, but new data suggests their efforts vary widely in quality and impact.
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Indigenous Peoples Recede into the BackgroundGovernment seeks to speed up exploration in indigenous territories and protected areas.LA PAZ, Bolivia -- The government of Evo Morales — Bolivia’s first indigenous president — has had two phases. The first, between 2006 and 2010, provided protection to the country’s 22 national parks and to the territories that are home to the 38 ethnic groups recognized by the Constitution of 2009, as pushed forward by Morales. The second, from 2010 onwards, which has seen a 180 degrees change in policy towards indigenous communities. More 08.06.2013 |
Indigenous Tribes Occupying Belo Monte Vow to Continue Resisting Amazon DamsBRASILIA, Brazil -- Deeply frustrated with the Brazilian government´s unwavering attitude about building large-scale hydroelectric dams, indigenous protesters refused to leave Brasilia following a high-level meeting this week. They demand free, prior and informed consent following failed talks with the Brazilian government. More 07.06.2013 |
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The High Court has dismissed an appeal claiming the alcohol management plan on the Queensland Aboriginal community of Palm Island breached the Racial Discrimination Act.
19/06 10:51 SBS Radio
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A native title group in Western Australia's Pilbara has inked a land use deal with Rio Tinto despite objections by rival claimants.
On Wednesday, Rio Tinto and Yindjibarndi Aboriginal Corporation (YAC) held a signing ceremony at Roebourne to celebrate the deal, covering 13,000 sq km of land between
19/06 10:01 Yahoo!7 Finance
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19/06 09:21 Thompson Citizen
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19/06 09:00 iPolitics
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EST', '', true); Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:20 PM EST Updated: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 9:20 PM EST
Gov't report: Smooth launch unsure for health law
Tropical depression heads toward southern Mexico
Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
Oklahoma executes inmate for couple's 2000 deaths
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19/06 06:20 8 News NOW
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By Becky Bohrer
Associated Press
JUNEAU — A U.S. Senate committee on Tuesday advanced legislation that would provide $50 million to clean up abandoned federal wells on current or former National Petroleum Reserve lands.
19/06 05:49 Peninsula Clarion
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Fijians are dying young from rheumatic heart diseases (RHD).
This is the finding of Dr Charlie Corke of the Geelong Hospital in Australia.
Dr Corke was part of the Operation Open Heart team that was in the country a month ago conducting open heart surgeries for patients.
19/06 05:41 Pacific Island News Association
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Eleven government departments have agreed to work jointly with three Far North iwi so both parties decide how Crown money is spent in the region.
19/06 05:37 Radio New Zealand
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Timber markets challenge Latin American forest communities
Source: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:11 AM
Author: Barbara Fraser
For indigenous communities and other forest dwellers in Latin America, reaping the benefits of timber depends not only on tenure rights, but also on how well they deal with markets, a
19/06 05:28 Democratic Underground
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19/06 05:18 The Province
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A Ngambri elder’s crusade to halt the development of a new northside suburb has again been denied by a Canberra court.
Shane Mortimer had sought to appeal a decision that rejected his bid to block the Land Development Agency selling land in the greenfield suburb of Lawson in Belconnen.
19/06 04:03 The Canberra Times
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Guatemala’s protected areas safeguard some of last remaining forests, but they are also threatening the livelihoods of the very people who have maintained these reservoirs of rich biological diversity for generations, a new study says.
19/06 04:01 Thomson Reuters Foundation
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