The idea of a 'good, or even great, Anthropocene' as promised in the Ecomodernist Manifesto is purely delusional, writes Derrick Jensen. Worse, it underlies a narrative in which the wholesale destruction of nature and of sustainable indigenous societies is repackaged as a noble mission - one whose ultimate purpose is the complete alienation of humans from the planet that spawned us.
The Ecomodernist Manifesto is a program for genocide and ecocide Derrick Jensen | 10th November 2015 Comment Society Natural World Ecocide Indigenous Peoples passenger-pigeon-cut.jpg The idea of a …
A British lawyer has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court, writes Kevin Ponniah, alleging that a wave of violent land-grabbing that has displaced 770,000 people has been carried out by Cambodia's ruling elite, and that it amounts to a crime against humanity.
… Cambodia land-grabbing is 'crime against humanity' Kevin Ponniah Phnom Penh Post | 21st … elite, and that it amounts to a crime against humanity. A British lawyer has asked the … over the past 14 years as a "crime against humanity" . The complaint filed in The Hague …
Forest-dwellers in Buriram province involved in a land dispute with the Thai government have been forcibly evicted, intimidated, arrested, held without charge, and dumped on a site unfit for human habitation with no water supply.
Thailand army forcibly evicts six forest villages HRW | 23rd July 2014 News Forests Indigenous Peoples Thailand Law Human Rights buriram-village-cut.jpg Forest-dwellers in Buriram province involved …
A new movement has been launched at COP21 in Paris to give legal effect to the rights of nature and communities, writes Hal Rhoades, providing effective protection against the gross environmental damage and human rights violations that accompany extractive industries from mining to oil development and agri-business projects, and which underlie climate change.
COP21: call for international treaty on rights of nature and communities Hal Rhoades | 8th December 2015 News Law Human Rights Ecocide COP21 Climate Change Mining Indigenous Peoples shuar-cut.jpg A …
Climate change has species on the move, with major consequences for biodiversity and human communities write TERO MUSTONEN and HANNIBAL RHOADES. Building resilience has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way
Ecologist Special Report: From fish to forests and conflicts to coffee...how humans are affected by climate-driven species shifts Tero Mustonen Hannibal Rhoades | 20th April 2017 News Species Shift …
The intimate connection between landscape and religion is at the center of Native American societies, writes Rosalyn R. LaPier, and a key reason why thousands of Native Americans and Indigenous peoples from around the world have traveled to the windswept prairies of North Dakota. There is no excuse for the ignorance and disrespect of corporations, and government.
… however, are not always set aside from humanity's use. Some sacred places are meant …
Last week the environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres was murdered by gunmen in an early morning attack on her home which may have been carried out by or in collusion with state agents. Now her friend and colleague Gustavo Castro, himself wounded in the attack and the only witness to Berta's murder, has been detained for questioning.
Berta Cáceres: her fight for human rights in Honduras continues Verenice Bengtsson | 8th March 2016 Comment Honduras Central America Human Rights Indigenous Peoples Law …
Women of an 'untouchable' caste in village India are rebelling against a life of cleaning human ordure, poverty and relentless discrimination, writes Amy Braunschweiger. Among them is Lalibai, who inherited her 'job' at the age of 12 - but has just helped to organise a protest march of 10,000 women across 18 states.
India: Women free themselves from a life of cleaning human excrement Amy Braunschweiger HRW | 3rd September 2014 Activism India Indigenous Peoples Waste Society lalibai-cut.jpg Lalibai. Photo: …
The Indigenous Peoples of North America are the survivors of a multi-century genocide that was still being deliberately waged in the 1950s and has still not stopped today, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz told Stephyn Quirke. But the fightback is on, and for the world to overcome both genocide and ecocide, the indigenous struggle must grow to encompass the mass of humanity.
… struggle must grow to encompass the mass of humanity. It's been said that education is … struggle is for the survival of all humanity You emphasize in your book that the … their own survival, but also the survival of humanity, of all life and sustenance. They …
The US Congress has outlawed the use of aid to Ethiopia to evict tribal peoples in the SW of the country - where violent expulsions are under way to clear land for cash-crop farming.
Congress over-rules USAID to protect abused Ethiopian tribes The Ecologist | 12th February 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Ethiopia Africa Farming Land Grabs USA omo-2.png The US Congress has outlawed …
A 'slow genocide' is unfolding in Ethiopia - one driven by greed rather than hatred. With Chinese and World Bank finance, massive dams and plantations are robbing the Omo Valley's 500,000 indigenous people of their land and water. The UK 'sees no evil'.
20 years after Rwanda - Ethiopia's 'slow genocide' in the Omo Valley Human Rights Watch | 7th April 2014 News Land Grabs Ethiopia Africa Finance Indigenous Peoples omo-water-women.png A 'slow …
'At the time of filming, 100 percent of the youth in Australia's Alice Springs detention centres were Aboriginal.'
Human Rights Watch film festival Marianne Brooker | 25th February 2020 News Thought Leaders Human Rights BFI Film Festival Indigenous Peoples screenshot_2020-02-25_at_00.27.59.png 'At the time of …
USAID, the UK's DFID and the World Bank are among those covering up for severe human rights abuses against indigenous peoples in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, inflicted during forced evictions to make way for huge plantations, writes Will Hurd. Their complicity in these crimes appears to be rooted in US and UK partnership with Ethiopia in the 'war on terror'.
US, UK, World Bank among aid donors complicit in Ethiopia's war on indigenous tribes Will Hurd | 22nd July 2015 News Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Ethiopia UK USA Farming Development …
The Arhuaco people eat meat, but still have much in common with vegans.
The right to life Ana Ilba Torres Torres David Rodríguez Goyes Gunkeywia Torres Chaparro | 3rd April 2020 News Resurgence & Ecologist Veganism Food And Farming Indigenous Peoples Colombia …
The orangutans of Southeast Asia make a fantastic symbol of endangered rainforests, writes Liana Chua, rousing public opposition to palm oil companies and their bulldozers. But this story of good versus evil omits the essential human dimension. To save the rainforests and their great apes, we must make forest peoples a key part of the conservation narrative.
… not least because they reveal the complex humanity of Bornean and Sumatran populations. …
WWF’s support for 'fortress conservation' has led to serious human rights abuses for indigenous peoples, writes Lewis Evans, and nowhere more so than in Cameroon, where the Baka are considered trespassers and poachers in their own ancestral forests. A formal complaint against WWF's behaviour is now in process.
Why Survival International has made a formal complaint to the OECD against WWF Lewis Evans | 6th March 2016 Comment Africa Cameroon Natural World Human Rights Indigenous Peoples …
Community leaders from Colombia, the Philippines and Uganda have been in London challenging attendees of the Mines and Money Conference. HANNIBAL RHOADES, TATIANA GARAVITO and SEBASTIAN ORDONEZ report.
Environmental and human rights defenders challenge 'Mines and Money' Conference Hannibal Rhoades | 12th December 2017 Activism Mining Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Investment …
For 16 years the Thai government has ignored the plight of a community where toxic lead mine waste is causing severe chronic poisoning - defying both a 2013 court order, and its international obligations. It's just one of many toxic sites across Thailand that need to be cleaned up - but the government's main concern is to encourage further industrialisation.
Thai communities poisoned by illegal lead mine waste The Ecologist | 22nd January 2015 News Thailand Mining Waste Toxics Indigenous Peoples Law klity-creek-tooth-brushing-cut.jpg For 16 years the …
Indigenous Peoples are often the victims of nature conservation, according to a new report by Vicky Tauli-Corpuz presented to the UN this week, as they are expelled from lands they have inhabited for millennia. One reason, she told Joe Eisen, is that indigenous territories are precisely the places where biodiversity is best preserved - thanks to the protective, nurturing presence of their traditional owners.
Vicky Tauli-Corpuz: 'The better protected areas are those where indigenous peoples live!' Joe Eisen Conservation Watch | 19th October 2016 Comment Indigenous Peoples Conservation Un Human Rights …
An illegal road on India's Andaman Islands has already opened up a 55,000 year old tribe to disease, sexual abuse and the theft of their resources. But instead of closing the road, local politicians are upgrading it with two new bridges.
Andaman tribe threatened by illegal 'human safari' road upgrade The Ecologist | 15th July 2014 News Indigenous Peoples India Transport Development andaman-roadside-cut.jpg An illegal road on India's …
Systematic, acute, malicious discrimination in access to water in the West Bank and Gaza, combined with massive resource theft, is operated by the occupation authorities and the private water company Mekorot, writes Ayman Rabi on UN World Water Day.
… Water apartheid in Palestine - a crime against humanity? Ayman Rabi | 22nd March 2014 News … recognised for what they are - crimes against humanity. The perpetrators must be punished …
Why so few Russian representatives at the UN's World Conference on Indigenous Peoples? Officials prevented activists - some opposing Arctic oil development - from leaving the country, damaging passports and detaining them so they missed their planes.
Russia: officials block indigenous leaders from UN Assembly The Ecologist | 26th September 2014 News Indigenous Peoples Russia Human Rights Oil Arctic russia-indigenous-siberia-cut.jpg Why so few …
Revenues obtained from the often illegal extraction and supply of commodities such as timber and diamonds are directly bankrolling corrupt regimes and armed insurgency groups, and fund the purchase of weapons and other contraband goods that perpetuate cycles of conflict.
Trade in precious minerals and timber continues to fuel violence and conflict across the globe The Ecologist | 1st June 2008 News Conflict Resources Violence Armed Intervention Human Rights …