News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 78
NEPAL: Women Grow Carbon Money on Trees
- Inter Press Service
When Bina Tamang was told that she could earn money by not felling trees in the tiny forest that serves as the source of fuel and fodder for 65 families in her area, the 27-year-old was incredulous.
U.S. Replaces Japan in Role of Villain on Whales
- Inter Press Service
The United States has taken over the pro-whaling stance traditionally championed by Japan, but instead of supporting the capture of whales for scientific research purposes, it is doing so under the guise of aboriginal subsistence quotas.
PERU: Indigenous Women Weave New Community Ties
- Inter Press Service
Fuchsia, green and turquoise yarn shuttles swiftly across the wooden loom Dora Huancahuari has learned to use. Together with other craftswomen, she has started a small weaving business which is helping to rebuild their lives in this remote, poverty-stricken Andean community torn by Peru's history of armed conflict.
MEXICO: Native Community Defends Land Against Loggers, Organised Crime
- Inter Press Service
'Our patience has run out,' says Mary, an indigenous woman with three children to care for on her own, since her husband was kidnapped from his home by an armed group. In this town in western Mexico, local residents have begun to defend themselves with sticks and stones against illegal loggers and organised crime groups that are their allies.
HUMAN RIGHTS-MEXICO: Overdue Homework
- Inter Press Service
Although four of the five sentences in which the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has found the Mexican state guilty involved cases from the southwestern state of Guerrero, the effects of the rulings have not yet had an impact on that area, one of the poorest parts of the country.
GUATEMALA: Multi-Partner Alliance Wages War on Hunger
- Inter Press Service
'Now I get supplies to feed my children, and I have a family garden where I grow carrots, onions and beets,' Marta Quinilla, a native of Uspantán, an area northwest of the Guatemalan capital that was devastated by the 36-year civil war, says cheerfully.
Hydropower Dams Hurt Amerindians in Brazil and Canada
- Inter Press Service
Michael Lawrenchuk, a Cree political activist from Canada, was given a standing ovation at the International Hydropower Association congress held in this Brazilian border town, after depicting the suffering of his people since dams began to be built on rivers across their land.
PERU: Humala Pledges Justice for Sterilisation Victims
- Inter Press Service
Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala will push the legal system to investigate and prosecute those responsible for a massive forced sterilisation campaign targeting poor indigenous women carried out by the government of Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), said the spokeswoman for Humala's party, Aída García Naranjo.
AFRICA: Eco-Labels 'Greenwashing' Forest Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
'Eco-label fatigue' is setting in as green logging certification schemes are undermining proper government management of forest resources while 'greenwashing' private ownership of these public resources, critics say.
AFRICA: Eco-Labels 'Greenwashing' Forest Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
'Eco-label fatigue' is setting in as green logging certification schemes are undermining proper government management of forest resources while 'greenwashing' private ownership of these public resources, critics say.
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