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02 Sep Korup National Park – The Displacement of the Indigenous People: Voluntary or by Force? (Peace and Conflict Monitor)

Posted at 09:14h in News, Posts

TAZOACHA FRANCIS The wind of change that blew across Africa concerning environmental conservation also left its impact in Cameroon, leading to the creation of Korup National Park, the first national park in Cameroon in 1986. Korup National Park is found near Mundemba, the Ndian Division...

02 Sep Guatemalan indigenous need rights protected, UN official says (Indian Country Today)

Posted at 09:11h in News, Posts

By Rick Kearns Due to human rights violations affecting the indigenous peoples of the country, Guatemala risks becoming “ungovernable” according to the U.N. official in charge of indigenous rights after a visit in June. These problems revolve around the lack of indigenous rights to prior consultation,...

01 Sep Peru: Amazon indigenous create new political party (Toward Freedom)

Posted at 09:19h in News, Posts

Peru’s Amazonian indigenous people have announced the creation of their own political party and will contest the presidential elections in April 2011. The indigenous people clashed with Peruvian President Alan Garcia’s government in 2009 to defend their ancestral lands in the largest indigenous uprising in recent...