News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 84
Dire Development Issues Converge in the Drylands
- Inter Press Service
Few are aware that close to one billion people in over 100 different countries are suffering from or severely threatened by intense desertification. Yet awareness is crucial, for it is human behaviour that has led to the proliferation of hyper- arid, uncultivable drylands over the past few decades.
U.S., Last Holdout on Native Rights Declaration, Reverses Stand
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama announced Thursday he was reversing the U.S.'s position and endorsing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
LATIN AMERICA: Rural Women, Success Stories and Exploitation
- Inter Press Service
The traditional image of rural women in Latin America is shifting, from one of subsistence farmers raising their families to that of women playing a growing role in small- and large-scale commercial and productive activities. But behind that change lie both success stories and exploitation.
CLIMATE CHANGE: As Andean Glaciers Recede, Region Steps Forward to Adapt
- Inter Press Service
The mountainous areas of South America's Andean nations supply water to the coastal cities, provide habitat to important biodiversity, and serve as natural barriers, but global warming threatens those regions, which are home to millions of people.
GUATEMALA: Forgotten Promises Leave Indigenous Peoples Poorer and Hungrier
- Inter Press Service
Nearly three years into President Álvaro Colom's presidency, Guatemala's indigenous people have seen little improvement in their lives -- and they represent approximately half the country's population.
CLIMATE CHANGE: See the Green in REDD+, Say Top Leaders in Cancún
- Inter Press Service
An entire body of leaders, spearheaded by U.N. Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon, is now looking at REDD+ as a panacea to global warming with multiple benefits thrown in.
BOLIVIA: Madidi National Park and the Curse of Petroleum
- Inter Press Service
Environmental organisations in Bolivia are waging a crusade to protect Madidi National Park against bids to tap into its petroleum reserves, build hydroelectric dams and promote human settlement in the country's largest nature preserve.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Cancún Summit Gives Fossil Fuels a Free Pass
- Inter Press Service
The main cause of climate change is the burning of fossil fuels, so why are billions of dollars being invested to find and produce more oil, coal and natural gas?
CLIMATE CHANGE: REDD at Cancún Causes Angst in India
- Inter Press Service
Forest rights advocates and indigenous community organisations from India are adding their voices to what promises to become the newest division in the climate talks here: the inclusion of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation + in developing countries, or REDD+, as an agreement.
COLOMBIA: Climate Science Reaching Out for Traditional Farmers' Wisdom
- Inter Press Service
The wide-ranging knowledge about climate variation possessed by native people and other small farmers, such as the people in one region of Colombia, is almost a perfect match to scientific measurements recorded on high-tech instruments.
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