April 2010

19 Apr New Zealand to back UN text on indigenous rights (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 08:36h in News, Posts

In a reversal of its position, New Zealand announced on Monday that it now backed a UN declaration on indigenous people's rights, leaving the United States and Canada the only countries on record as opposing it. But in a statement to a UN forum on...

16 Apr Amazon Dam Project Pits Economic Benefit Against Protection of Indigenous Lands (The New York Times)

Posted at 08:39h in News, Posts

The indigenous leaders had a plan. They would unite for a last, desperate stand against the mammoth dam threatening their lands in the Amazon, vowing to give their lives, if necessary, to prevent it from being built. “This will be our last cry for help,”...

15 Apr Inuit stake in Arctic mines raises fears of environmental conflict (The Canadian Press)

Posted at 08:41h in News, Posts

Inuit land-claim groups have formed a company to invest directly in Arctic resource development in an effort to win more benefits and ensure that a greater share of mining profits remains in the North. "We are looking at direct equity participation," said Charlie Evalik, head...