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Brazil's indigenous groups take reins of green projects
2013-07-21 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: On the Araribá indigenous reservation, 200 miles away from Brazil's largest city of Sao Paulo, 20 Terena people work from very early in the morning peeling and washing manioc under an improvised shed. The crop is a traditional one for the Terena, and now part of their hopes for making a living from the land in a sustainable way. With support from Brazil's indigenous foundation and the Sao Paulo state government, the Terena have taken part in workshops to learn to handle and process manioc more...
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Bolivia's indigenous people join fight to save Gran Chaco wilderness
2013-07-08 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Only from Cerro Colorado a rocky outcrop that rears vertiginously over the treetops is it possible to make out the vastness of the Gran Chaco as it stretches from this corner of Bolivia beyond the horizon into Paraguay. This enormous swath of dry forest and scrubland, where every plant or tree bears thorns, is South America's second largest wilderness after the Amazon rainforest. The Gran Chaco is threatened on all sides: Mennonite cattle ranchers have bought up large tracts in Paraguay and...
Why Panama's indigenous pulled out of the UN's REDD program
2013-06-25 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: An Interview with Cacique Betanio Chiquidama, National Coordinator of Indigenous Peoples of Panama This week in Lombok, Indonesia, the Policy Board of the United Nations climate change program known as UNREDD is addressing the first major test of the 2007 UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of the United Nations (UN DRIP), which recognizes the right of Indigenous People to stop projects in their territories that could endanger their traditions and livelihoods. The National Coordinating...
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Does UN REDD+ Help or Hurt Indigenous Peoples?
2013-06-19 03:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
First Peoples Worldwide: The United Nations Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) program garnered conflicting opinions at the recent UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), held May 20-31 in New York City. Under REDD+, in return for not allowing extractive industries to destroy forests, countries are granted monetary rewards equivalent to what they would have received from those industries. The UN report on the program, released in February, states that REDD+ can be a mechanism for achieving...
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In landmark ruling, Indonesia's indigenous people win right to millions of hectares of forest
2013-05-17 22:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a landmark ruling, Indonesia's Constitutional Court has invalidated the Indonesian government's claim to millions of hectares of forest land, potentially giving indigenous and local communities the right to manage their customary forests, reports Mongabay-Indonesia. In a review of a 1999 forestry law, Indonesia's Constitutional Court ruled [PDF - Indonesian] that customary forests should not be classified as "State Forest Areas". The move is significant because Indonesia's central government...
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