News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 71
Indigenous Peoples Call for REDD Moratorium
- Inter Press Service
A new coalition of indigenous peoples and local communities called for a moratorium on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) programs, a key part of the negotiations for a new international climate treaty that took place over the last two weeks in South Africa.
BURMA: Rape Used as Military Weapon
- Inter Press Service
The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate the country’s rebellious ethnic minorities, according to a new report.
Saving the Forests with Indigenous Knowledge
- Inter Press Service
For the Laibon community, a sub-tribe of Kenya’s Maasai ethnic group, the 33,000-hectare Loita Forest in the country’s Rift Valley Province is more than just a forest. It is a shrine.
HONDURAS: Indigenous Cooperatives Cultivate Success
- Inter Press Service
Thanks to the quality and freshness of their produce, indigenous Lenca farmers in western Honduras are regular suppliers of seven supermarket chains. This year they won the National Environmental Prize, in the community initiatives category.
Native Peoples Under Siege Around the Globe
- Inter Press Service
In polished versions of U.S. history, the near-extermination of Native Americans in the United States is an unsightly blemish that continues to be glossed over to this day. Yet the struggles of indigenous peoples are not exclusive to the United States and have grown increasingly complex in modern times.
Forest-Dependent Communities Lobby for End of REDD+
- Inter Press Service
Organisations working with indigenous peoples living in forests say the United Nations programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (REDD+) is just another way for big corporates to reap huge profits.
Sweden Runs Into South Sudanese Oilgate
- Inter Press Service
Civil society leaders in South Sudan are closely watching a legal battle unfolding in Sweden, as prosecutors investigate an oil company accused of involvement in massive human rights abuses here.
ISRAEL: Not When Desert Is Home
- Inter Press Service
'Anyone who lives sees, but he who moves sees more,' a local Bedouin proverb has it. Caught in a web of roads and fences, electric cables and pylons, closed military training grounds and trails of Air Force jets, Bedouin Israelis have long been reduced to a half-hearted life of immobility.
KENYA: Like a Fish Belongs to Water, the Ogiek Belong to the Mau Forest
- Inter Press Service
The resettlement of evictees from Kenya’s Mau Forest remains a humanitarian and environmental concern for the country as more than 25,000 people continue to live in camps around the forest.
AFRICA: Change the Donors Climate
- Inter Press Service
When donor-funded horticultural projects failed in Kalacha village at the edge of the Chalbi Desert in North Eastern Province, Kenya, the local pastoralist community proposed their own idea, which turned out to be the solution to their problems.
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