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Category: Indigenous Peoples Rights

Advocacy

DANIEL SANTI, LIDER DEL PUEBLO KICHWA DE SARAYAKU: LAS DEUDAS DEL COP CON LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS

Desde 2016, los Pueblos Indígenas tienen una mayor presencia en los debates sobre cambio climático dentro del Convenio Marco sobre el Cambio Climático de la ONU. Ahora, en el contexto de la COP 28 en Dubai, los Pueblos Indígenas demandan participar de los espacios de decisión. VER VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EndIhnSX6ns&pp=ygUMTEFORCBJUyBMSUZF

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Free, Prior and Informed Consent

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OPPOSE PANAMA MINE

All projects that affect them must count on their Free, Prior, and Informed Consent The protests in Panama have been  wide ranging and involve many issues and actors.  But one thing is clear, the ‘Cobre Panama’ mine, in the country’s Colón Province, is having a major environmental impact on areas

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Africa

UGANDA MUST RESPECT RIGHTS OF THE BENET MOSOP

GOVERNMENT HAS TO END VIOLENT ACTIONS OF THE UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY On October 27th, 2005, the Ugandan High Court directed the national government to set aside parts of the Mt. Elgon National Park for the benefit of the Mosop of Benet Mosopisyek, recognizing that community as Indigenous inhabitants of Mount

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Amazon

SENADO BRASILEIRO DESAFIA DECISÃO DO SUPREMO TRIBUNAL SOBRE MARCO TEMPORAL: COLOCA OS POVOS INDÍGENAS E A AMAZÔNIA EM GRAVE PERIGO.

A Constituição Brasileira de 1988, (Art. 231), concede aos Povos Indígenas o direito às terras que “tradicionalmente ocupam”, e desde essa data 761 tierras Indígenas foram reivindicados, embora apenas 475 tenham sido formalmente reconhecidas e regularizadas. O conceito de ‘Marco Temporal’ (promovido por legisladores ‘ruralistas’ que representam os interesses do

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