1. Indonesia: World Bank palm oil strategy is reckless, say NGOs

Frankfurt, Monday, 30th August. In advance of a major international meeting about World Bank investments in palm oil, a consortium of indigenous peoples’, oil palm smallholders’, and non-governmental organisations is demanding the World...

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2. Indonesia/Malaysia: FPP- Palm oil and indigenous peoples in South East Asia

Introduction: Crude palm oil (CPO) is a highly valued product that is traded on the international commodities and futures markets. Processed palm oil is used in a huge variety of products in cosmetics, foods, lubricants and also fuels, and overall ...

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3. Indian: Government Rejection Of Vedanta Bauxite Mine A 'Landmark Victory' For Indigenous Rights

25 August 2010: Amnesty International today described the Indian government’s decision to reject the bauxite mine project in Orissa’s Niyamgiri Hills as a landmark victory for the human rights of Indigenous communities.

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4. China-Taiwan: Recognizing the Pingpu

13 August 2010: In 1994, the UN General Assembly approved Aug. 9 as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. That date was chosen to commemorate the day in 1982 when the UN’s European Headquarters in Geneva held its first co...

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5. Malaysia: Conference on UNDRIP implementation and challenges

Organised by The Centre For Malaysian Indigenous Studies (CMIS), and Centre For Legal Pluralism and Indigenous Law, Faculty of Law, UM (CLPIL), Date: 9-10 November 2010 Venue: Faculty of Law, University of Malaya

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6. Korea: President of the Republic of Korea receives CBD Award for his contribution to biodiversity co

Seoul, 24 August 2010 – In recognition of his unique contribution to the preservation of life on Earth, Mr. Lee Myung-bak, the President of the Republic of Korea, was today presented with the CBD Award by Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of ...

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7. NE India: Zo Indigenous Forum submitted Memorundum to the Governor of Mizoram

Subject: Submission for the interest of the Zo Indigenous people, Your excelleny Sir, Greetings on behalf of Zo Indigenous Forum. Thank you for giving us your valuable time to have a meeting with us.

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8. Malaysia: Suhakam initiates inquiry on indigenous land rights

KUALA LUMPUR: The Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) will set up a public inquiry into indigenous rights issues in six months to find solutions to contentious matters.

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9. India: Systematic racial discrimination again

C. Lalremruata: During her first official visits to India on 23rd� March 2009, the High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Navi Pillay delivered an historic speech at the seminar of National Human Rights Commission in New Delhi urging the Gover...

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10. Malaysia: Trial of Ibans from Rumah Ranggong started at Kuching High Court

20 August 2010,KUCHING: The much anticipated trial of the residents of Rumah Ranggong longhouse against BLD Resources Sdn. Bhd., the Sarawak Land and Survey Department and the Sarawak Government got off to a lively start yesterday morning at the Ku...

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11. Malaysia: Hydroelectric dams pose threat to tribal peoples, report warns

Dams in Malaysia will force people off land and destroy hunting grounds, says Survival International. Giant hydroelectric dams being built or planned in remote areas of Malaysia will devastate tribal communities by forcing people off their land or ...

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12. India: Vedanta's very embarrassing silence

Peter Popham, 30 July 2010: Protesters demonstrate on Wednesday against the plan by Vedanta to mine for bauxite on a sacred mountain in the western Orissa region of India

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13. Overview of ICCAs

Indigenous and Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) are natural sites, resources and species’ habitats conserved in a voluntary and self-directed way through community values, practices, rules and institutions. Examples of ICCAs include indigeno...

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14. NE India: COPTAM suspends agitations till Aug 25

M Kaimuanthang, LAMKA, 17 August 2010: The Committee on Protection of Tribal Areas, Manipur (COPTAM) has decided to temporarily suspend all its agitation programmes till the 25th of this month after the state government promised that their demands ...

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15. India: Moving On to a 'Backward' Step

Ranjit Devraj, New Delhi, 18 August 2010:� Strident voices are rising against the Indian coalition government's move to identify people by their caste background in the ongoing census.

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