Gustavo González, ZNet/ IPS News
The "war on terror", identified in Amnesty International's annual report as a new source of human rights abuses, is threatening to expand to Latin America, targeting indigenous movements that are demanding autonomy and… more »
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by lorenz on May 12, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Native American, anthropology (general), websites • 2 comments »
(via my site statistics) FieldNotes is a brand new anthropology blog, the first entry was written only two weeks ago by its author Thomas ‘Tad’ McIlwraith, PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of New Mexico, in Albuquerque, N… more »
by lorenz on May 4, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Us and Them, Asia, Andaman & Nicobar societies
The belief that the so-called Western civilisation represents the final goal of human evolution, the idea that we're on the top of the evolution is still alive - both among journalists and anthropologists as the coverage of the tsunami disaster has shown… more »
IPS News
Scientists involved in the Genographic Project will go in search of the genes of indigenous communities worldwide in a bid to decipher the puzzle of how ancient peoples were disseminated around the planet. Negative experiences in the past, cu… more »
by lorenz on Apr 22, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, ecology nature, Saami, Arctic / Northern Regions
Six Degrees, Finnland
Greenpeace have set up a Forest Rescue Station in Finnish Lapland to stop the logging of forests used as natural pastures by Sami reindeer herders. This action also highlights outstanding disputes concerning the land rights of th… more »
by lorenz on Apr 20, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, ecology nature, inuit, Arctic / Northern Regions
APCanadian Inuit leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier won the 2005 Sophia environment prize Wednesday for drawing attention to the impact of climate change and pollution on the traditional lifestyles of the Arctic's indigenous people and others. Ms. Watt-Clou… more »
by lorenz on Apr 13, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, culture traditions, Asia, development empowerment, ecology nature
ZNet
Despite their small numbers, the Sakhalin aborigines are standing up to multinational energy companies that are developing oil and gas deposits on the island. On March 25-26, representatives of the Nivkh, Orok, Evenk, and Nanai peoples of Sakhali… more »
by lorenz on Apr 11, 2005 in indigenous people / minorities, Asia, development empowerment, ecology nature
IPS News
A new dam funded by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB ) and hailed as a windfall for Laos may end up doing more harm than good to one of the world's poorest nations and its vulnerable farmers, several independent development… more »
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