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AFRICA CLIMATE WEEK AND SUMMIT ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS: BUT WHO WILL BENEFIT?
African Indigenous Peoples are being seriously affected by the climate crisis. Africa Climate Week (4th– 8th September) and the continent’s first Climate Summit (4th – 6th) offer a chance for action, but serious doubts have emerged about exactly who is controlling the agenda, and whether the decisions taken will favor Africa’s Indigenous Peoples, who are…
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Land is Life Stands in Solidarity with the Indigenous Peoples of Manipur Against Threatening Dam & Infrastructure Projects
Manipur State, in Northeast India, home to many Indigenous peoples, has faced an aggressive push for large infrastructure and energy projects during 2020 and 2021. Destructive plans are being enforced without the consent of affected Indigenous and local communities. Jiten Yumnam, Regional South-Asia Coordinator for Land is Life and Secretary of the Center for Research and Advocacy…
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Recommendations for the urgent threat of COVID19 to Indigenous peoples in voluntary isolation
CALL TO STATE AUTHORITIES, MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, AND SOCIETY IN GENERAL Indigenous peoples in isolation or initial contact in South America. Epidemiological and Territorial Vulnerability in the Context of Covid-19. The International Working Group for the Protection of Indigenous Peoples in Situation of Isolation and Initial Contact – GTI PIACI coordinated a reunion to address the…
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Terra é o apelo da Life para ações urgentes em relação aos povos indígenas e ao COVID-19: “Nossa rede de base nunca foi tão ameaçada”
Land is Life expressa sua profunda preocupação com a situação atual dos povos e comunidades indígenas em todo o mundo, devido à emergência desencadeada pela expansão global da pandemia de COVID 19. As populações indígenas são particularmente vulneráveis a doenças anteriormente desconhecidas, como mostra a história. Além disso, condições preexistentes de exclusão social e desigualdade…
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Llamado de Land is Life a acciones urgentes con respecto a los pueblos indígenas y el COVID-19: “Nuestra red de base nunca ha estado más amenazada
Land is Life expresa su profunda preocupación por la situación actual de los pueblos y comunidades indígenas en todo el mundo, debido a la emergencia provocada por la expansión global de la pandemia de COVID-19. Las poblaciones indígenas son particularmente vulnerables a enfermedades previamente desconocidas, como lo demuestra la historia. Adicionalmente, las condiciones preexistentes de…
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Recomendações urgentes do COVID-19 em relação aos povos indígenas que vivem em isolamento voluntário 1
Recomendações urgentes do COVID-19 em relação aos povos indígenas que vivem em isolamento voluntário 1 Grupo Internacional de Trabalho sobre proteção dos Povos Indígenas em Situação de Isolamento e Contato Inicial na Amazônia e Grande Chaco – GTI PIACI O Grupo de Trabalho Internacional sobre os Povos Indígenas em Situação de Isolamento e Contato Inicial na…
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Recomendaciones urgentes de COVID-19 con respecto a los pueblos indígenas que viven en aislamiento voluntario
Grupo de Trabajo Internacional sobre Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial en la Amazonía y en el Gran Chaco – GTI PIACI El Grupo de Trabajo Internacional sobre los Pueblos Indígenas en Situación de Aislamiento y Contacto Inicial en la Amazonía y Chaco – GTI PIACI, que congrega 20 organizaciones indígenas y…
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Cultural Survival and Land is Life Stand in Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en in Canada
Cultural Survival and Land is Life stand in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs in demanding respect for their right to self-determination and to protocols of Free, Prior and Informed Consent as recognized in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Unist’ot’en Camp leadership explain, “Our clan is occupying and using our…
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REPUDIO A LA NOMINACIÓN DE MIEMBROS DE LA MNTB PARA GESTIONAR LA POLÍTICA DE PROTECCIÓN DE LOS PUEBLOS AISLADOS
REPUDIO A LA NOMINACIÓN DE MIEMBROS DE LA MNTB PARA GESTIONAR LA POLÍTICA DE PROTECCIÓN DE LOS PUEBLOS AISLADOS Rechazamos enérgicamente el nombramiento de un pastor misionero vinculado a las actividades de proselitismo de la Misión Nuevas Tribus de Brasil (MNTB) para asumir la Coordinación General de Pueblos Aislados y del Contacto Reciente de Funai.…
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Indigenous People of the Philippines Call on Duterte Government to Stop Attacks
(The following message was developed by Land is Life Asia Program Director and Secretary General of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance Bestang Dekdeken). Indigenous leaders from various parts of the Philippines called on the government of President Rodrigo Duterte to stop the worsening attacks against indigenous peoples during a press conference which culminated the national consultation…