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Aboriginal elders suspend Rio Tinto site survey over heritage concerns

Environment 2 years ago

Aboriginal elders suspend Rio Tinto site survey over heritage concerns

There has been much less public outrage about this incident compared to three years ago, when Rio Tinto destroyed rock shelters at Juukan Gorge in the same region which had showed evidence of human habitation stretching back 46,000 years.

No land for Mentawai women (part 2)

Community 2 years ago

No land for Mentawai women (part 2)

In Mentawai, the amount of a bride’s dowry depends on the number of brothers or uncles she has. The more male relatives she has, the higher her dowry. If the groom cannot afford to pay her dowry on his own, then his family must chip in. This is how the land given as a bridal dowry remains an asset belonging to the groom’s family.

Brazil top court rejects time limit on Indigenous land claims

Americas 2 years ago

Brazil top court rejects time limit on Indigenous land claims

The court said 9 of its 11 justices rejected the deadline because it countered constitutional guarantees on Indigenous rights to ancestral lands.

Indigenous communities, climate change and hypocrisy

Academia 3 years ago

PREMIUM
Indigenous communities, climate change and hypocrisy

There are three main causes of the marginalization and exclusion of indigenous communities: globalization, neocolonialism and neoextractivism.

Let’s invest in indigenous peoples and local communities

Academia 3 years ago

Let’s invest in indigenous peoples and local communities

In Indonesia and around the world, indigenous peoples and local communities (IP and LC) are on the front lines of the fight to save our planet.

ASEAN Summit and the future of sustainable development in Labuan Bajo

Academia 3 years ago

PREMIUM
ASEAN Summit and the future of sustainable development in Labuan Bajo

In the community’s view, the government’s decision to bring in private companies to the Komodo National Park is just another strategy to relocate them outside the park.

A long and winding road to enforce law against Lukas Enembe

Academia 3 years ago

PREMIUM
A long and winding road to enforce law against Lukas Enembe

It is ironic when the government in Jakarta ask Papuans, including Lukas, to follow the law, but at the same time practices tyranny and injustice in the easternmost territory.

We have an opportunity post-COVID to rebuild sustainably

Academia 4 years ago

We have an opportunity post-COVID to rebuild sustainably

The international community has to work together to help communities better prepare to withstand and recover from disasters.

COP26: Silver lining for indigenous peoples and local communities

Academia 4 years ago

PREMIUM
COP26: Silver lining for indigenous peoples and local communities

Asia must be willing to demonstrate leadership in keeping the global heating target of 1.5 degrees within reach.

None of us is safe until all of us are safe

Academia 4 years ago

None of us is safe until all of us are safe

There is, of course, a parallel in the complacency that characterized some of the world’s COVID-19 responses and the global response to the climate emergency, as well as in the man-made systems at the heart of both crises.

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