News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 77
ENVIRONMENT: Indonesians Await Forest Tenure Reform
- Inter Press Service
Barbecue fires along the winding trail through the Sesaot forest reserve act as guides for delegates walking to an international forestry conference at a nearby beach resort.
Palestinian Bedouin a Besieged Minority of the Minority
- Inter Press Service
Israeli policies are destroying the livelihoods of Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank and the Negev in southern Israel, activists and aid workers warn.
Bolivian President Denounces Water Privatisation
- Inter Press Service
'Water is life. Water is humanity. How could it be part of the private business?' asked Bolivian President Evo Morales Wednesday, stressing the social and economic consequences of the growing trend of private ownership over water supply and delivery systems in many parts of the world.
People Find Online Power Now in Malaysia
- Inter Press Service
Following a major rally involving tens of thousands of protesters calling for electoral reforms in Malaysia, someone set up a Facebook page calling for Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down. Within ten days, the number of people who said they 'like' the page crossed 200,000.
BANGLADESH: Tribal Women Take on Forest Ranger Roles
- Inter Press Service
Jasinta Nokrek loves nothing better than to range through the dense Modhupur forest, the way her Garo tribal ancestors have always done.
COLOMBIA: Native Groups Mobilise Against Escalation of War
- Inter Press Service
The powerful Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC), in southwest Colombia, has called a 'minga' or protest march to 'curb the militarisation driven by the army and the FARC,' the main guerrilla group, which set off a car bomb on a busy market day in a Nasa Indian town on Jul. 9.
BOLIVIA: New Food Policy to Boost Small-Scale Farms
- Inter Press Service
In the midst of heated debate with agribusiness, the Bolivian government has launched an agricultural production model aimed at boosting food sovereignty by supporting small farmers, in order to generate surpluses to cushion the swings in international food prices.
RIGHTS-PERU: Following the Clues in Exhumation of Massacre Victims
- Inter Press Service
The daylight is fading, but Francisca Huanca's hopes are growing brighter. 'Yes, they're his sneakers, he liked to play football,' she says with tears in her eyes. She has just caught a glimpse of the remains of her husband, nearly three decades after he was murdered in the biggest massacre committed by the Maoist Shining Path guerrillas in Peru's highlands.
ENERGY-BRAZIL: Small Dams, Big Problems
- Inter Press Service
Several rivers in the western Brazilian state of Mato Grosso are likely to become chains of artificial reservoirs feeding small hydroelectric plants (SHP), sometimes with larger power stations in between.
Minority Women Fight Back Against Mistreatment
- Inter Press Service
Women in minority and indigenous communities are especially vulnerable to wide-ranging forms of violence, abuse and discrimination, according to a new report released Wednesday by Minority Rights Group International (MRG), a human rights group that works on behalf of minorities and indigenous peoples.
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