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Indigenous activists take to Seine river to protest axing of rights from Paris climate pact
2015-12-07 15:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Indigenous groups from across the world staged a paddle down the Seine river in Paris on Sunday, calling on governments to ensure Indigenous rights are included in the United Nations climate pact currently being negotiated in France. The United States, the EU, Australia and other states have pushed for Indigenous rights to be dropped from the binding parts of the agreement out of fear that it could create legal liabilities. Indigenous representatives from North and South America, Indonesia...
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Coke Ad Shows Hipsters Bringing Soda To Indigenous Mexicans
2015-12-07 13:02:38| Beverages - Topix.net
Coca-Cola has apologized for an ad in Mexico that features urban youths visiting the nation's indigenous people... to bring them soda. The video shows sad faces of indigenous people with stats about how they feel rejected for not speaking Spanish, followed by happy youths shouting and creating something in the familiar red and white colors of Coke.
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Coke pulls offensive Christmas ad but faces backlash from indigenous rights group
2015-12-06 06:29:57| Beverages - Topix.net
Coca-Cola is under fire for an advertisement unveiled in Mexico, focusing on the indigenous Mixe community, that some believe struck a racist, colonialist and offensive tone. The ad features a group of model-like white teens driving to a remote community of Totontepec in the country's southern Oaxaca state, where they build a Christmas tree in a town square and begin handing out bottles of Coke.
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Proposed law may remove indigenous land rights in Brazil
2015-12-02 13:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Maria Valdenice Nukini believes it's her duty to protect her ancestral territory in northern Brazil and raise awareness of the role indigenous communities play in protecting nature. That's why she recently traveled 4,700 kilometers from her isolated reserve in the northern state of Acre to Rio de Janeiro to protest oil and gas exploration that may take place near her community, located on the border with Peru. "Brazil is so big and there are so many other places to look for gas. Why do they want...
On forests, UN & indigenous people are worlds apart
2015-12-02 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: On the cold tarmac of the UN tent city, indigenous dress clashed with a blur of business attire as Amazonian Indians milled around a mock Eiffel Tower. With facial markings and feather headdresses, these were some of the few to gain accreditation to a climate summit on Paris` heavily-policed margins. They had travelled thousands of miles to have their voices heard. Negotiators from 195 nations are grappling to clinch a new global climate agreement by the end of next week. But the COP21,...
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