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Indigenous peoples forefront historic peoples climate march NYC
2014-09-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Indian Today: With climate change a no-brainer in the credible scientific world, and more and more people--indigenous and non-Native alike--experiencing firsthand its effects on the ground, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has summoned world leaders for a one-day summit to work toward an agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Just in case they are not listening, the people will follow suit. The weekend before the U.N. summit, the rank-and-file are descending upon New York City to demand...
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REDD versus indigenous people? Why tribe in Panama rejected pay for their carbon-rich forests
2014-09-05 10:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Panama's efforts to gain funding for standing forests roiled by indigenous opposition There isnt a word or phrase in the Kuna language for "carbon trading, and much less for something as complex as REDD+. Standing for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, REDD+ is the worldwide UN-backed climate change mitigation scheme that relies on carbon trading within forest landscapes to fund forest conservation programs. And yet, since 2008, the Kuna people have been hearing lots about...
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Brazil first indigenous woman lawyer beats prejudice battle land rights
2014-08-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Raised in isolated villages in the Brazilian Amazon, Joenia Batista de Carvalho grew up loving nature and taking pride in her tribe's customs, way of life and Indian identity. Carvalho is a Wapixana Indian, one of five tribes totalling around 20,000 people who have lived for generations in the Raposa-Serra do Sol - meaning "Land of the Fox and Mountain of the Sun' - in Brazil's northernmost Roraima state. When Carvalho was seven, the family moved to town while her father stayed behind. That...
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Don't undermine indigenous knowledge researchers advised
2014-08-09 04:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
GhanaWeb: The academia and development workers have been called upon to incorporate indigenous knowledge into their research activities to better address the challenges of vulnerable communities. Professor Wisdom Akpalu, Associate Professor of Economics at the United Nations University WIDER, University of Ghana Office, who made the call, said indigenous knowledge was important in ensuring the success of any scientific intervention for particular communities. He made the call when presenting a paper...
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Australia: Hawke: Nuclear waste storage could end indigenous disadvantage
2014-08-03 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia could end the disadvantage endured by its Indigenous population by opening up traditional lands as dumping sites for nuclear waste from around the world, a former prime minister, Bob Hawke, has said. Hawke said he was confident that the answer to long-standing indigenous socioeconomic problems was to allow radioactive waste to be stored on Aboriginal land, and use the revenue to improve living standards. Speaking at the Indigenous Garma festival in the Northern Territory, Hawke said...
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