News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 7
Defending Biodiversity in Armed Conflict: Can COP16 Meet the Expectations?
- Inter Press Service
CALI, Columbia, Oct 31 (IPS) - José Aruna, a forest defender from Sud Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remembers the night in September 2019 when a group of heavily armed men barged into his house in the middle of the night. Aruna and his wife—6 months pregnant at the time—were in bed when he heard sounds of boots on the front yard and quickly knew something was about to happen.
At COP16, Biodiversity Credits Raising Hopes and Protests
- Inter Press Service
CALI, Columbia, Oct 26 (IPS) - At the end of the first week at the 16th Conference of Parties on Biodiversity (COP16), finance emerges as the biggest issue but also shrouded in controversies.
Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
- Inter Press Service
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Oct 22 (IPS) - New institutional economics (NIE) has received another so-called Nobel prize, ostensibly for again claiming that good institutions and democratic governance ensure growth, development, equity and democracy.
Empowering Indigenous Communities: A Path to Sustainable and Just Development
- Inter Press Service
COLUMBUS, Ohio, USA, Oct 17 (IPS) - In a world where the fight for land rights often pits the powerful against the marginalized, Indigenous communities stand as resilient defenders of their ancestral lands.
Higher Education Course Rescues Indigenous Guarani Culture in Argentina
- Inter Press Service
IGUAZU, Argentina, Oct 11 (IPS) - A few years ago, Bernardo Olivera moved to Posadas, the capital of the Argentinean province of Misiones, to study mathematics at the public university. Interested in numbers and keen to progress, he felt, however, that the education system put a barrier in his way because of his indigenous origin.
‘Australia Must Turn Its Climate Rhetoric into Action’
- Inter Press Service
Oct 01 (IPS) - CIVICUS discusses the recent Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) meeting in Tonga with Jacynta Fa'amau, Pacific Campaigner at 350.org, a global civil society organisation campaigning for climate action.
Rural Survival: Guardians of Mother Earth Saving Mau, Revitalizing Native Lands
- Inter Press Service
GREAT RIFT VALLEY, Kenya, Sep 06 (IPS) - Between 2001 and 2022, the Mau Forest's deforestation resulted in the loss of about 533 square kilometers of tree cover. Now, a group of women, under the aegis of the Paran Women Group, are preparing to plant 100,000 saplings this rainy season in an effort to restore the forest.The Great Rift Valley is part of an intra-continental ridge system that runs through Kenya from north to south. A breathtaking, diverse mix of natural beauty that includes dramatic escarpments, highland mountains, cliffs and gorges, lakes and savannas. It is also home to one of Africa's greatest wildlife reserves—the Maasai Mara National Reserve.
New Zealand: Māori Rights in the Firing Line
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Sep 02 (IPS) - A New Zealand bill that would roll back Indigenous rights is unlikely to pass – but it's emblematic of a growing climate of hostility from governing politicians. A recent survey shows that almost half of New Zealanders believe racial tensions have worsened under the right-wing government in power since December 2023.
Various Uncertainties Block Indigenous Land Rights in Brazil
- Inter Press Service
RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 20 (IPS) - A never-ending battle threatens the indigenous rights that seemed clear and secure in Brazil, until the extreme right emerged in 2018 with a force challenging the civilisational advances set out in the Constitution.
US Flails in GM Corn Dispute with Mexico
- Inter Press Service
CAMBRIDGE, MA., Aug 19 (IPS) - Closing arguments are in in the U.S. trade complaint against Mexico's restrictions on genetically modified (GM) corn, with the three-arbitrator tribunal set to rule on the matter in November. The legitimacy of the trade agreement itself hangs in the balance.
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