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20 Dec Indigenous Rights Endorsed (UNPO)

Posted at 08:32h in News, Posts

The United States announced their endorsement of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples three years into its adoption. With the U.S. having been the last of four hesitant members to support the Declaration, it is now fully endorsed by the UN. Below is...

13 Dec Indigenous Forest Carbon Fund Launched (Cool Earth)

Posted at 12:55h in News, Posts

Around 1300 members of Brazil's Suruí Amazon nation have launched the first ever indigenous forest carbon fund at this month's annual UN Climate Change Summit meeting in Mexico. The project evolved from an initial contact between Almir Narayamoga, a young Suruí leader. And Forest Trends, a...

08 Dec Will a UN Climate-Change Solution Help Kuna Yala? (National Geographic)

Posted at 13:02h in News, Posts

Faced with sea level rising, one indigenous community weighs a plan to mitigate climate change. In northeast Panama's lush tropical forests, a sovereign indigenous comarca is raising the same question that delegates at the Cancún climate conference are raising about a plan for avoided deforestation:...