News headlines for “Rights of Indigenous People”, page 85
MEXICO: Oaxaca Voters Hope for Change
- Inter Press Service
'A dark chapter has come to a close in the history of Oaxaca. A chapter that must never again be repeated,' said lawmaker Flavio Sosa, the head of the social movement that brought this southern Mexican state to its knees for several months in 2006 and was brutally repressed.
CLIMATE CHANGE: Will Year of Extremes End with a Whimper?
- Inter Press Service
This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, with soaring ocean temperatures resulting in a near record die-off of tropical corals, extreme heat and drought in Russia and massive flooding in Pakistan - all signs that climate change has taken hold.
Genetic Flight of Nature's Jewels from Chile
- Inter Press Service
Cactus, bushes, flowers and countless other plants are taken out of Chile daily to be studied, improved, marketed and patented. Due to the lack of regulations, the country can only stand by and watch them go.
ECUADOR: Native People Stand Up to Be Counted in Census
- Inter Press Service
The office is chaotic. Huge piles of T-shirts and boxes of ballpoint pens are piled high on desks where indigenous men and women are busy packing these articles, together with placards, leaflets and fliers, at the headquarters of their National Commission on Statistics.
Forests Rescue Plan Riddled with Uncertainties
- Inter Press Service
Deforestation rates have slowed in Brazil and elsewhere in expectation of a windfall of green gold from billions of dollars of carbon credits being mobilised for climate protection, some experts believe.
US-MEXICO: Award Honours Rights Defenders in 'War Against the Poor'
- Inter Press Service
Ines Fernandez and Valentina Rosendo, two indigenous Me'phaa women from the Mexican state of Guerrero, were raped and tortured by members of the Mexican Army in 2002. Since then, they have been subject to a constant stream of threats to keep them from speaking about the incidents.
Canada's Parliament Buckles under Weight of Mining Industry
- Inter Press Service
The corporate clout of the mining industry trumped political ideology in Canada when members of all political parties helped to narrowly defeat a bill late last month that would have imposed standards on Canadian mining companies operating in developing countries.
Group Says Botswana Bushmen Evicted over Diamonds
- Inter Press Service
An international boycott of Botswana diamonds aims to draw greater attention to the government's mistreatment of native Kalahari Bushmen.
Safeguard Issues Shadow Forests Rescue Plan
- Inter Press Service
As national policies are developed to implement REDD, the U.N. effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, a key question has been how to ensure social and environmental standards are upheld in REDD projects, both at the national and international level.
Biodiversity Pact Begins With the Genes
- Inter Press Service
The delegates to the 10th Conference of Parties (COP 10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity ended up with a relatively weak plan for the Herculean task of halting the disappearance of species. The exception was a pact on the use of genetic resources.
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