1. NE India: RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT THE ONE DAY DISCUSSION ON OIL EXPLORATION AND DRILLING IN MANIPUR

JIRIBAM, 22 DECEMBER 2011, DECLARATION: We, the delegates of the One Day Discussion on Oil Exploration in Manipur, 22nd December 2011, Jiribam, affirm that our land and resources are our soul and lives; that it is also the source of our physical an...

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2. NE India: Arunachal cracks down on anti-dam movement by shooting school children

October 8, 2011: Personnel of the special task force (STF) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) shot at and injured nine students, including a girl, during the Durga Puja celebration in Roing town of Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. The injured w...

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3. Phillipines: Solon bats for IP-responsive mining law

12 September 2011, PRESS RELEASE: Citing the documented negative effects of mining operations on indigenous communities, Ifugao Congressman Teddy Brawner Baguilat is pushing for a new mining law that respects and protects the rights of indigenous p...

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4. Malaysia: Press Statment to stop portraying Baram Dam is approved of EIA and SEIA

29th August, 2011: STOP PORTRAYING THAT THE BARAM DAM HAS BEEN APPROVED AS THE FEASIBILITY STUDY INCLUDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (EIA) AND SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT (SEIA) HAVE YET TO BE COMPLETED MIRI, SARAWAK &ndas...

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5. China: The rough side of rubber

Janet C Sturgeon, 16 February 2011: Rubber plantations in Yunnan are destroying China’s richest biodiversity hotspot. But blaming small-hold farmers will not resolve the issue, writes Janet C Sturgeon.

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6. Philippines/Papua New Guinea: Mine closure/ Mine waste dumped

Philippines: Human Rights Commission Recommends Mine Closure 17 January 2011: Cultural Survival is celebrating good news with the Indigenous Peoples of Didipio in the Philippines! The Philippines Human Rights Commission has asked the government t...

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7. Indonesia: Bukit Asam to Build Two Coal Gasification Plants

Faisal Maliki Baskoro, 9 February 2011: In a bid to help meet growing demand for gas in the country, state coal miner Bukit Asam (PTBA) plans to build two coal gasification plants and explore coalbeds for methane, a top company executive said. ...

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8. Malaysia: Oil palm company fails to get natives evicted through court, status quo of natives maintai

MIRI – The Miri High Court on 28 January 2011 ruled that the oil palm company, Butrasemari Sdn. Bhd. do not have exclusive rights to the land known as Lot 97 Sawai Land District, located at Suai, Miri Division, therefore they do not have the ...

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9. Philippines: Congress looks into irregularities involving Mamanwas’ mining share

THE NATIONAL Cultural Communities committee of the House of Representatives has called to task the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples for its alleged involvement in irregularities concerning the royalties due to the Mamanwa indigenous people...

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10. Philippines: Romblon’s indigenous community cries foul on mining project

ROMBLON, Jan. 24, 2011—The indigenous Ati community in Romblon’s Odiongan town has rejected a mining company’s claim that it had consented to a mining exploration in the community’s ancestral domain.

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11. NE India: Meghalaya’s mining policy

It is at least three years since the Supreme Court directed the Government of Meghalaya to come up with a mining policy after the Court heard a public interest litigation filed by environmentalists from the state. Much has been spoken about this po...

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12. India: Amnesty International Welcomes India decision not to expand alumina refinery

Press release, 21 October 2010: Amnesty International today welcomed the Indian government's decision to reject plans for the expansion of an alumina refinery by a subsidiary of UK-based Vedanta Resources,in the state of Orissa.

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13. Philippines: CPA Supports Baguilat Call for Mining Moratorium and Respect of Indigenous Peoples’ F

The Cordillera Peoples Alliance welcomes and supports� Ifugao Representative and Chair of the House Committee on National Cultural Communities� Teodoro Baguilat Jr.’s call for a moratorium on pre-mining and mining activities to stop...

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14. NE India: Joint Action Committee on Khuga Dam Project unsatisfied against Manipur over Khuga Dam

Bruce K. Thangkhal, New Delhi, October 13: The full-swing beautification drives of Khuga Dam in order to possibly inaugurate by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on October 26 propelled the Joint Action Committee flown into the capital recently to ...

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15. NE India: Rally against Tipaimukh Dam held in Aizawl

Aizawl, 29 September 2010: A protest rally against Dams in Mizoram was on� September 28 here in the state capital of Mizoram by people from Sinlung Hills areas in Mizoram. The rally was organized by Sinlung Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Orga...

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