Lands, Resources, and Environments

Read more about Indigenous Peoples Claim Rights at COP-17

Indigenous representatives from different parts of the world are meeting in Durban, South Africa from November 28 to December 9 for the 17^th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to take a stand and claim their rights. Grouped together in the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC), the various delegations posed a second period of the Kyoto Protocol (2013-1010) to the COP, and posed that this be legally binding for all countries. T

Read more about Campaign Update – Russia: Aljazeera Op-Ed Opposes Pipeline Across Ukok Plateau

An opinion piece published by Al Jazeera yesterday gives an in-depth review on the threat by Russian company Gazprom to build a gas pipeline between Russia and China through the sacred Ukok Plateau.

Read the article here.

Read more about Campaign Update – Mexico: Mining Office Replies to Cultural Survival

Mexico has assigned a special commission to consider the protests of the Wixárika (Huichol) people against mining and other environmentally destructive projects within the Wirikuta Natural and Cultural Reserve, according to a letter Cultural Survival received from Mexico’s Office of Mining. Signed by the General Director of Mining, Lic.

CSQ 35.4 (December 2011) The interconnectedness of languages, rivers, and forests

A Time for Change, Celebration, and Reflection

Indigenous Food

Forget the Pineapple Pizza; We’ll Have the Pa'i 'ai

In Pursuit of Autonomy: Indigenous Peoples Oppose Dam Construction on the Patuca River in Honduras

A River Tale: Protecting a Tawahka Way of Life

A Day In the Life of Radio Doble Via

Read more about Declaration of Indigenous Peoples at Durban Climate Change Talks

Indigenous people participating in the Conference of Parties (COP17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa

Read more about Campaign Update - Mexico: Writers and Artists Sign Petition to Protect Wirikuta

More than 150 writers and artists from 30 different countries joined together to sign a petition against the First Majestic Silver mine proposedwithin the Wirikuta Natural and Cultural Reserve, reported the Associated Press last week.

Read more about New Video Shows How Dams Contribute to Climate Change

A new Google Earth video produced by National Geographic, International Rivers, and Friends of the Earth shows in wonderful detail the reasons why dams are not the answer for clean energy in this era of rapid climate change.

Indigenous Food

Indigenous people participating in the Conference of Parties (COP17) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Durban, South Africa

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