The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
… It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness … each other got here. There's a mixed bunch of people from all sorts of lives" , Nick says. …
In law, the Shuar Arutam People of Ecuador's Amazon control their ancestral forests. But the government has allocated more than 38% of their territory to large-scale mining, and a gigantic hydroelectric dam is about to be built. Peaceful resistance has been met with a violent military occupation against a People whose only demand, set out in this Open Letter, is peace and justice.
… violent attacks on Ecuador's Shuar Arutam People! Governing Council of the Shuar Arutam People | 24th January 2017 Comment Ecuador Indigenous Peoples Mining Human Rights Corporations …
Massacres like that reported to have taken place recently in the Amazon are sadly neither new nor uncommon. For uncontacted tribal peoples, the colonial era continues, as bandits and extractive industries, abetted by a corrupt government, inflict violence and plunder on them. LEWIS EVANS puts this brutality into context, and examines potential solutions.
… Uncontacted people are still being massacred in the Amazon … Evans | 15th November 2017 Comment Indigenous Peoples Amazon Brazil Human Rights Massacre … new nor uncommon. For uncontacted tribal peoples, the colonial era continues, as …
The real nature of war and its impacts on people and environment can only be understood through its ecology, surgeon Gus Abu-Sitta tells Andre Vltchek: the causes of conflict, the dynamics that sustain it, the corporate and strategic interests bent on its perpetuation, the deliberate destruction of health provision, and the repeating cycles of infection, injury, poverty and human misery which have become a permanent reality for uncounted millions.
… The real nature of war and its impacts on people and environment can only be understood … part of the world is clear: they bring you people from the war zones, torn to pieces, … state leads to conflict What happens to people in war zones? And what is a war zone, …
For 80 years Australia's Aboriginal peoples have called for land rights and sovereignty, writes Harry Hobbs. And for 80 years they have been ignored or brushed aside. But now delegates meeting at Uluru have issued a 'statement from the heart' demanding constitutional reform to empower Indigenous people to take 'a rightful place in our own country'. Their call must be heard!
… Australia's time to recognise indigenous peoples' sovereignty Harry Hobbs UNSW | 26th May 2017 Comment Australia Indigenous Peoples Human Rights The Land Politics … For 80 years Australia's Aboriginal peoples have called for land rights and …
Who are the best guardians of forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their environment for millennia. But to be able do so, they must first be accorded rights to their historic lands and resources, both in law and in practice. Among the countries leading the way, Mexico. Among the laggards, Kenya and India.
… forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who rely on them Prakash Kashwan … | 26th April 2017 Comment Indigenous Peoples Conservation Forests Mexico Kenya … writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their …
On the one side, the Guarani people and the entire panoply of international and Brazilian law asserting the rights of indigenous peoples to their lives, lands, and way of life. Against them, the entrenched economic and political power of farmers, ranchers, loggers and others exploiting the wealth of the Guarani's soils, forests and waters. Right now the power of money is winning every time. Only with international pressure can the Guarani emerge victorious.
… land rights and justice for Brazil's Guarani people Lewis Evans | 24th May 2017 Activism Brazil Indigenous Peoples Law Human Rights Politics lucio.jpg On the one side, the Guarani people and the entire panoply of international …
Survival International has accused the WWF of failing to listen to and protect indigenous communities from abuse when operating in Africa. WWF denies the claims. Now Survival has abandoned a formal complaint and is turning to the public for support. STEPHEN CORRY, the director, explains why
… contributing to the mistreatment of tribal peoples , and it was admitted under the … either to apply its own policy on indigenous peoples , or to abide by the OECD guidelines , … has been given to projects on indigenous peoples’ lands, and construct systems to …
Impunity reigns in the Amazon, write Joe Sandler Clarke & Sam Cowie, and the indigenous peoples of the forest are the big losers as they suffer repeated killings and land grabs. Big cuts to Funai, the agency meant to protect Brazil's indigenous tribes, have encouraged land barons to expand their land holdings into indigenous territories and murder any who resist.
… Energydesk | 7th June 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Brazil Land Grabs Politics Forests … Clarke & Sam Cowie, and the indigenous peoples of the forest are the big losers as … increase in the number of indigenous people and environmental activists killed over …
Displaced from their ancestral land, the Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo have faced years of instability. A new eco-village offers hope to the community, but fulfilling basic needs while still respecting cultural identities is a delicate balance. KATIE DANCEY-DOWNS reports
… from their ancestral land, the Batwa people of the Democratic Republic of Congo … lived side-by-side for centuries, the Batwa people were forced out of the forest in a bid … more than a bare minimum amount of food. Many people in this position are exploited, due to …
As the Brexit negotiations begin, a coalition of grassroots food and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to develop a more progressive food policy in advance of leaving the EU. Scotland is already in the process of adopting national food policies and is currently developing a ‘Good Food Nation Bill', while England has yet to make any progress
… A People's Food Policy - grassroot food and … and farming organisations today launch ‘A People's Food Policy' calling for England to … make any progress Today sees the launch of A People's Food Policy - a groundbreaking …
It's election time and the race is on for public support, writes Eduardo Goncalves. So why on Earth did Tory leader Theresa May come out in favour of foxhunting - an activity loathed or disliked by over 80% of voters - at this crucial time, offering MPs a free vote on repealing the Hunting Act? Now let's put pressure on our candidates to keep the law against this cruel, archaic pastime.
… that an issue on which around 8 out of 10 people in the country are agreed is being … have carried out an annual survey asking people if they want the various forms of … it can get. In the latest poll (2016), 84% of people in England and Wales said they want the …
Award winning documentary maker Bruce Parry has raised the money to direct his first independent film. He wants to tell the story of the Penan indigenous tribe - so we can learn the secret of interconnected living. But should we believe him, asks BRENDAN MONTAGUE in Part II of this exclusive interview.
… behind me, material scientific mindset of people who I very much looked up to who were … world view even though I was living with people, and telling the world that I'm living with these people, and looking at the world through their …
Communities across Papua New Guinea oppose the theft of their land for logging and palm oil operations made possible by the corrupt practices of local officials and foreign companies.
FRÉDÉRIC MOUSSEAU reports
… the clans and the tribes who live on it. Most people live in small communities of a few … as the world's top exporter of tropical wood. People's resistance to the theft of their land … natural landscape and describe the impact on people's livelihoods. They also recount the …
The OECD is pursuing a complaint that WWF has funded abuses against the indigenous forest-dwelling Baka or 'Pygmy' peoples of Cameroon, after determining that its human rights guidelines do apply to WWF owing to the 'commercial nature' of its conservation activities.
… WWF has funded abuses of Cameroon's forest peoples Chris Lang Conservation Watch | 12th January 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Forests Conservation Cameroon Africa … indigenous forest-dwelling Baka or 'Pygmy' peoples of Cameroon, after determining that …
The opposition of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric development in their ancestral forests has triggered a full-scale military occupation of their lands in the Amazon cloud forest, writes Jake Ling, accompanied by a surge in state-sponsored murder and violence - for which Chinese and Canadian mining companies must share responsibility.
… | 24th January 2017 News Ecuador Indigenous Peoples Mining Human Rights Corporations … The opposition of Ecuador's Shuar People to large scale mining and hydroelectric … private residences and arbitrarily detain people without warrants or evidence. Under 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
… News Species Shift Climate Change Indigenous Peoples Resilience … has never been more important and Indigenous Peoples are showing the way Shifts in the … role knowledge held by the world's indigenous peoples has to play in conservation and …
Last week's decision by the Romanian government to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for Rosia Montana, a historic Carpathian mountain village under threat of gold mining, is a massive victory for campaigners after a hard 15-year struggle, writes Alexandru Predoiu - one that has united farmers, city-dwellers and new-age protestors against cultural and ecological destruction.
… filled with protest events calling for people in Bucharest, Cluj and other major … on social media hadn't succeeded in drawing people into the streets. But they were soon proven wrong, as tens of thousands of people showed up to support this small village …
At the start of September 6000 people from across Europe gathered at Ende Gelände in Germany, to shut down Europe’s largest coal mine in a mass act of civil disobedience. LINDSAY ALDERTON shares a little of what she experienced there.
… 405441.jpg At the start of September 6000 people from across Europe gathered at Ende … I was anticipating, and they’re laying into people with their batons without hesitation. … face of all credible science, more and more people are being forced to step up and take …
British firms lie deep at the heart of the Dakota Access Pipeline controversy, writes Amy Hall. Barclays, HSBC and the Royal Bank of Scotland have lent $800m to Energy Transfer Partners and its subsidaries, London-based Commercial Bank of China has loaned $120m, and RBS $250m, while HSBC and Barclays own over $110m worth of shares in project partner Phillips 66.
… 2017 News Oil Energy USA Finance Idigenous Peoples dapl-cut.jpg British firms lie deep at … me was the impact of the tar sands on the people and their land. Why wasn't something … consumption, there's money to be made and the people in the way are poor and not white. From …
Everyone is talking about rewilding at the moment. The debate around it is shaking up the conservation sector and public interest in it is huge, with a growing movement of people advocating the restoration of our degraded ecosystems. But what does it really mean to rewild? And how would you go about doing it if you actually have some land?
… in it is huge, with a growing movement of people advocating the restoration of our … to rewilding. The course aims to inform people about the basic principles and … and ecological restoration, and enable people to understand how they might apply them …
Europe’s biggest climate innovation network gives young people the chance to develop business ideas that tackle climate change. Might a business approach offer solutions for dealing with climate change to the next generation, asks ARTHUR WYNS
… How young people are tackling global warming - one … Change Business Innovation Training Young People climatekic_people_web.jpg Europe’s biggest climate …
Ruthless conservation policies at India's Kaziranga reserve claimed 20 lives in 2015 alone, writes Bhaskar Vira. Now, after a BBC film revealed the grim reality of life for local people, the BBC itself is in the firing line - banned from all India's tiger reserves for five years. Successful conservation must build bridges with communities - not fight them!
… Rhinos Tigers India Media Indigenous Peoples village.jpg Ruthless conservation … revealed the grim reality of life for local people, the BBC itself is in the firing line - … park in north-eastern India, rangers shoot people to protect rhinos . The park's …
Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development, create jobs and yield taxes to pay for schools and hospitals, write Ricardo Navarro & Sam Cossar-Gilber. But the reality was a nightmare of polluted water, stolen farmland, corporate violence, and murder. After a long campaign, El Salvador has just become the first country to ban all metal mining.
… Mining was imposed on the Salvadoran people as a dream industry to aid development, … of this decades long struggle is proof that people can take on corporate interests and win. This is the story of how the people of El Salvador took on mining giants. …