Author: Michael Murphy

29 Oct The Last of the Reindeer Herders (Al Jazeera)

Posted at 09:04h in News, Posts

Anders Kroik, one of the last of the Sami reindeer herders, must herd his reindeer to their winter grazing land or they would starve in an environment of minus 30 degrees, but for the past few years these forests have been at the front-line in...

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27 Oct Peru tribes pressure Hunt Oil to leave Amazon (Reuters)

Posted at 09:10h in News, Posts

Tribes in Peru say they want U.S. energy company Hunt Oil to abandon an exploration project in a virgin corner of the Amazon rainforest, and they have filed legal challenges against the government and the company to force it out.  Representatives of the tribes said...

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14 Oct Federal government dragging its feet on native fishery issues: Inaction is stalling treaty settlements in B.C. (The Vancouver Sun)

Posted at 14:43h in News, Posts

The federal Conservative government's "silence and inactivity," particularly on the native fishery, is stalling treaty settlements in B.C., the independent treaty commission reported Wednesday.  "From Canada there have been periods of silence and inactivity, thereby creating the perception they lack commitment to the process," declared...

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