On June 4, 2013, 144 Munduruku Indians boarded Brazilian Air Force Planes in Altamira en route to Brasilia to attend talks with the government to address a week-long occupation of the contentious Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River.
Lands, Resources, and Environments
 Date: June 19, 2013
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 Date: June 17, 2013
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 Date: June 13, 2013
The Maasai community in Naivasha District of Nakuru County in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya has once again resorted to the courts to stop further evictions by the government to give room for a World Bank funded Geothermal Project. |
 Date: June 12, 2013
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 Date: June 12, 2013
We Can’t Eat Gold (2013), a new documentary directed by Joshua Tucker, gives voice to the local inhabitants of Bristol Bay as they oppose the construction of the Pebble Mine. |
 Date: June 10, 2013
Most would say Daniel Lum has a lot on his plate. The soon-to-be-published author and father of five has bills, rent payments, an occasional family crisis to resolve, friends to help, his parents to assist, his two dogs, and perhaps a move to Anchorage to start a restaurant; but beyond these countless responsibilities, the Inupiaq man magically finds time to fight for the Arctic Ocean. |
 Date: June 7, 2013
Misleading of investors and corruption are just two of the deceitful tactics believed to be employed by New York-based agribusiness company Herakles Farms as it attempts to clear tens of thousands of hectares of Cameroonian rainforest for a large palm oil plantation, according to a new report from the Oakland Institute and Greenpeace International. |
 Date: June 7, 2013
Herakles Farms palm oil plantation in Cameroon has found itself on unsteady terms with the government of Cameroon, as they were temporarily ordered to suspend work on their plantation over the past two months. |
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Date: June 3, 2013
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 Date: May 30, 2013
UASHAT MAK MANI-UTENAM, QC, May 30, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - |
 Date: May 29, 2013
The so-called “New Prosperity” mine project is just as destructive as the rejected Prosperity mine project—and possibly even worse. |
 Date: May 29, 2013
The fight is on to save Teztan Biny, "Fish Lake" a place of enormous cultural and spiritual significance for the The Tsilhqot’in Nation of British Colombia, Canada. Along with partners at work across Canada, Cultural Survival joins the Tsilhqot'in in demanding that "New Prosperity Mine" be cancelled and abandoned. But they need help from the international community to make their voices heard. |
 Date: May 24, 2013
The world has changed. For many, childhood is no longer what it used to be. Hours that might once have been spent in the woods with neighborhood kids is not an experience shared by the majority youth of today. |
 Date: May 24, 2013
I have never deceived my homeland. I never overlooked the questions raised by the Jharkhand people. The flowing water of the Koyal, Karo, and Chata Rivers is a witness to this. |
 Date: May 20, 2013
Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC) is the principle that a community has the right to give its consent to proposed projects that may affect their |
 Date: May 17, 2013
A Coalition of 50+ Indigenous Groups Host #Proud2BIndigenous Week during UNPFII |
 Date: May 15, 2013
On May 29-30, the case of Mapuche Political Prisoners will be presented before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights by the Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), based in Washington D.C., and the International Federatio |
 Date: May 8, 2013
The Ihanktonwan Oyate/Yankton Sioux General Council of South Dakota passed key resolutions in April to affirm their opposition to the Keystone XL Pipeline. |
 Date: May 7, 2013
The Wirikuta Defense Front released their annual report on the mining concessions in their territory and the threats they represent to their people and have presented the information to James Anaya, the UN Special Rapporteur for Indige |
 Date: May 7, 2013
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has issued a statement condemning the State of Belize for violating the rights of Indigenous Peoples in the Toledo district. |
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