News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 68
Displaced Guatemalan Peasants Demand Answers
- Inter Press Service
'We want land where we can live and grow food to feed ourselves,' said Pedro Ichich, one of several thousand indigenous farmers who marched to the Guatemalan capital to demand solutions to the ageold conflict over land.
Native People in Argentina Demand a Say in Lithium Mining
- Inter Press Service
Native communities in northwest Argentina turned to the Supreme Court to claim their right to be consulted about projects for prospecting and mining of lithium, regarded as the mineral of the future, located under an enormous salt flat.
More Ecology, Less Economy for Rio+20
- Inter Press Service
Hundreds of non-governmental organisations and social movements from around the world hope to counter the failure of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), which they consider inevitable, with the success of the alternative People’s Summit.
Emerald Energy Exploits Colombian Andes
- Inter Press Service
A thick fog flows over the eastern range of the Colombian Andes. Here and there, the constant wind lifts the clouds to reveal lagoons, cloud forests, and páramo, an Andean alpine ecosystem known as a 'mountaintop sponge' for its massive water-holding capacity.
Q&A: 'We Are on the Road to Overcoming Impunity' in Guatemala
- Inter Press Service
'To achieve peace, it is necessary for the truth to come out, and for the victims to receive reparations. And part of this is that cases of genocide and crimes against humanity against the Maya people must come to trial,' says Guatemalan indigenous leader Rosalina Tuyuc.
Myanmar Ethnic Groups Resist Forced Labour
- Inter Press Service
In a move expected to deepen political reform, the quasi-civilian government in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is permitting the distribution of leaflets that will help thousands of people in the country’s ethnic enclaves learn to resist forced labour.
PERU: Time to Adapt to Climate Change Impact on Women’s Lives
- Inter Press Service
This year’s unusually rainy season in Peru is having a negative effect on the wellbeing and health of women in rural areas who are forced, for example, to spend three times as much time walking to collect firewood and water. But the authorities continue to turn a blind eye to the problems they face.
Airwaves Cut Distances in Rural Peru
- Inter Press Service
The Onda Rural communication for development initiative in Peru has come up with a range of strategies to get information out to remote villages, to help them with decision-making on questions like climate change adaptation or disaster preparedness.
Paper Industry Decimating Indonesia's Tigers
- Inter Press Service
The survival of Sumatra's tigers, elephants, orangutans, rhinos, as well as indigenous communities, is threatened by the 'world's fastest deforestation rate', caused by none other than the pulp and paper industry, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
Native Farmers in Mexico Help Drive Local Eco-Friendly Farming
- Inter Press Service
The largely invisible work of small local groups of indigenous farmers in Mexico who are spearheading the defence of their territory and identity and of native seeds is strengthening ecologically sound family farming, experts say.
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