1. Canadian and US aboriginal groups vow to block oil pipelines

An alliance of Canadian and US aboriginal groups vowed on Wednesday to block three multibillion-dollar oil pipelines that are planned to transport oil from the Alberta tar sands, saying they are prepared to take physical action to stop them. ...

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2. Mineral riches at stake in Greenland vote

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Greenland's underground wealth is at the forefront of the Arctic island's parliamentary election on Tuesday amid worries over a potential influx of Chinese labor and the environmental consequences of mining. &nbsp...

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3. Environmental Racism is Rearing it's Ugly Head Once Again

Bemidji, MN: On Friday, March 1st, in an unexpected move, President Obama’s U.S. Department of State released its draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline section that will cross the...

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4. COONAPIP, Panama’s Indigenous Peoples Coordinating Body, withdraws from UN-REDD

Panama - COONAPIP, the National Coordinating Body of Indigenous Peoples in Panama, has withdrawn from the UN-REDD process in Panama. In a letter to the UN, COONAPIP explains that UN-REDD “does not currently offer guarantees for respectin...

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5. First Nations keep their powder dry

CANADA - For an event that so concerned First Nations lands, last month's hearing session on the Enbridge Pipeline in Vancouver was notable for one thing: the absence of First Nations. Many people spoke, including engineers, former shipping ca...

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6. Coping with "New Normal" in Philippine Climate

BAGUIO CITY, Philippines (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – For years the indigenous Ivatan folk of Batanes islands in northern Philippines have learned to cope with strong typhoons, which have since become part of their lives ev...

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7. Amerindian village loses mining case

GUYANA - As the country’s mining section continues to expand and more persons seek their riches in the ‘gold bush’, Amerindian villages may soon be finding themselves before the courts more often than ever trying to defend t...

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8. GLOBAL MERCURY CONVENTION COMPLETED WITHOUT USING THE TERM “INDIGENOUS PEOPLES”

(Geneva, Switzerland) - A long-awaited Legally Binding International Treaty on Mercury, officially named the “Minimata Convention on Mercury” was adopted by States at the 5th International Negotiating Committee session on the morni...

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9. This ruling marks the latest erosion of Amerindian legal and customary rights over their lands

GUYANA - The Judge might also have looked across to the safeguarding of Amerindian rights in our National Constitution (preamble on page 26 and Article 149G on page 89), and in international conventions signed and ratified by Guyana, includin...

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10. Making the Green Climate Fund Respond to Indigenous Peoples' Needs

DOHA, Qatar, 30 November (Tebtebba Indigenous Information Service) – Even as they have to push for “full and effective participation” at the Green Climate Fund Board meetings and during climate negotiations, indigenous peoples...

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11. Sydney Allicock, North Rupununi, Guyana: Utilizing Traditional Knowledge and Science

A conservation and research organization in Guyana is teaming up with indigenous people to benefit the country's forest communities and provide insights into weather and climate change. In this AlertNet article by Johann Earle ("Merging ...

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12. Many Native Americans live next to power plants

MOAPA, Nev. | Beyond the ancestral hunting fields and the rows of small, sparse homes, the cemetery at the Moapa River Indian Reservation sprawls across a barren hill with the tombstones of tribal members who died young. �

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13. Artha Resources Gets Aboriginal Approval to Continue Argentina Exploration; Stock up 12.5% in Light

ARGENTINA - Artha Resources Corp. (AHC.V) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary in Argentina, Minera Crosby S.A, has received approval from the local Coyaguayma Aboriginal community to continue with exploration at the Pirquitas properties i...

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14. Salmon Pop. Risks Local American Indian Treaty Rights

WASHINGTON STATE -- As the habitat for salmon deteriorates, local American Indian tribes say the risk to the salmon population is a risk to the tribes’ treaty rights. �

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15. Indigenous whaling bids granted after 'racism' claim

Whaling quotas for indigenous groups in Alaska, Russia and the Caribbean were renewed at the International Whaling Commission (IWC) annual meeting. �

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