August 2010

26 Aug Alert Bay chief irked with DFO: Band says consultation lacking on draft aquaculture regulations (Times Colonist)

Posted at 08:39h in News, Posts

A northern Vancouver Island aboriginal chief is accusing the Department of Fisheries and Oceans of insufficient consultation on draft aquaculture rules. Chief Bob Chamberlin of Kwicksutaineuk Ah-kwa-mish First Nation of Alert Bay said his band's territory is home to a third of the fish...

26 Aug Brazil Signs Contracts for Controversial Amazon Dam (Latin American Herald Tribune)

Posted at 08:34h in News, Posts

BRASILIA – President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed on Thursday the main contract for construction of a massive new hydroelectric dam in Brazil’s Amazon region, a project opponents say will displace some 50,000 Indians. “What is happening here is a thing believed impossible...

26 Aug Calls for more Indigenous involvement (ABC News)

Posted at 08:26h in News, Posts

The West Australian Chief Justice says Indigenous people need to be more actively involved in keeping Aborginal juveniles out of the criminal justice system. Chief Justice Wayne Martin told a Curtin University forum that Aboriginal children made up about 68 per cent of juveniles...