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Indigenous Communities Take Chevron to International Court for 'Attack' on Civilians
2014-10-26 02:06:39| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Chevron's repeated refusal to clean up its toxic contamination of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest constitutes an "attack" on civilian populations and should be investigated by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, impacted indigenous and farming communities charged this week in a formal complaint to the global body.
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Indigenous Communities Take Chevron to International Court for 'Attack' on Civilians
2014-10-26 00:28:35| Energy - Topix.net
Chevron's repeated refusal to clean up its toxic contamination of Ecuador's Amazon rainforest constitutes an "attack" on civilian populations and should be investigated by the International Criminal Court in the Hague, impacted indigenous and farming communities charged this week in a formal complaint to the global body.
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Legislation protecting Indonesia's indigenous communities is not good enough, says advocacy group
2014-09-18 21:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Approaching final legalization, an advocacy group for Indonesias indigenous communities has asked to postpone passing a bill granting protections to indigenous people, stating some demands still need to be addressed. The Law on Recognition and Protection of the Rights of Indigenous People was first introduced by the Indigenous People Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) back in 2010. Its objective was to acknowledge indigenous peoples rights, such as rights to customary land, rights of customary...
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Cheap option on climate change: recognize indigenous rights to forests
2014-09-18 17:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Since 2008, governments have invested $1.64 billion in funds to kick-start REDD+, or Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, the global effort to conserve the world's forests in order to better mitigate climate change. However, a new report by the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI) finds that same amount of money could have secured the legal rights of indigenous and local people to 450 million hectares of forest, an area 40 percent larger than India. "Securing the rights of indigenous...
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'The green Amazon is red with indigenous blood'
2014-09-17 21:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indigenous groups call for land rights in wake of assassinations of Edwin Chota Valera and three other leaders Peruvian authorities have pulled more human remains from a remote river in the Amazon, which may belong to one of the four murdered Ashaninka natives killed on September 1st. These human remainsand those found last weekwill undergo DNA testing to determine who they belonged to. It is believed the four Ashaninka men, including renowned leader Edwin Chota Valera, were assassinated for speaking...
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