News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 47
Fight Brews over Wild vs. Hatchery Salmon in U.S. Northwest
- Inter Press Service
PORTLAND, Oregon, Mar 18 (IPS) - Built in 1909, Bonneville Fish Hatchery is one of the oldest and largest in the Columbia River Basin, located in the U.S. Pacific Northwest.
Sun Shines on Forest Women
- Inter Press Service
ANANATAGIRI, India, Mar 07 (IPS) - Chintapakka Jambulamma, 34, looks admiringly at a solar dryer. It's the prized possession of the Advitalli Tribal Women's Co-operative Society- a collective of women entrepreneurs that she leads.
Chevron Wins Latest Round in Ecuador Pollution Case
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Mar 05 (IPS) - In the latest twist in a 21-year-old environmental pollution case, a U.S. federal judge Tuesday ruled that the victims of massive oil spillage and their U.S. attorney could not collect on a nine-billion-dollar judgement by Ecuador's supreme court against the Chevron Corporation.
Rich Railroad Brings Few Opportunities in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
ALTO ALEGRE DO PINDARÉ/SÃO LUIS, Brazil, Feb 28 (IPS) - The Carajás railroad, regarded as the most efficient in Brazil, runs a loss-making passenger service for the benefit of the population. But this does little to make amends for its original sin: it was created to export minerals and crosses an area of chronic poverty.
An Environment-Wrecking Pipeline Hangs in Limbo
- Inter Press Service
NEW YORK, Feb 26 (IPS) - The Pine Ridge Reservation of the Lakota Nation, in the midwest of the United States, is one of the most abandoned places in the country and in the world.
‘Humanitarian Crisis’ for Ogaden Living Near Ethiopia’s Oil Fields
- Inter Press Service
ADDIS ABABA, Feb 23 (IPS) - New allegations of scorched earth evictions of the Ogaden people have raised concerns that a lack of benefit sharing could escalate instability in the region and reinforce separatist tensions as foreign energy companies prepare to extract oil and gas from troubled southeastern Ethiopia.
Chagos Islanders ‘Will Not Give Up’ Fight to Return Home
- Inter Press Service
PORT LOUIS, Feb 20 (IPS) - "The Marine Protected Area (MPA) created around the Chagos archipelago is a new obstacle that the British government has placed in our path to prevent us from going back to our homeland," claims Olivier Bancoult, leader of the Chagos Refugees Group (CRG).
Bolivia’s Anti-Racism Law – Not Worth the Paper It’s Written On?
- Inter Press Service
LA PAZ, Feb 13 (IPS) - Three years ago Bolivia passed a law to combat discrimination and racism, but no one has been convicted as a result, in spite of hundreds of legal complaints.
Tragic Case of Industrial Pollution in Brazil’s Amazon Region
- Inter Press Service
PIQUIÃ DE BAIXO, Brazil, Feb 10 (IPS) - "My nephew was eight years old when he stepped in the ‘munha' and burned his legs up to the knees," said Angelita Alves de Oliveira from a corner of Brazil's Amazonia that has become a deadly hazard for local people.
After Slowdown, Global Fight for Land Rights at Tipping Point
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Feb 05 (IPS) - Global trends towards a strengthening of legal rights over land for local and indigenous communities appear to have slowed significantly in recent years, leading some analysts to warn that the fight for local control over forests has reached an inflection point with a new danger of backtracking on previous progress.
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