Steven Donziger, a disbarred American lawyer who has been battling Chevron Corporation over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest for over two decades, has been sentenced to six months in prison on contempt charges.
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Australia returns world’s oldest tropical forest to indigenous owners
Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988, the Daintree National Park was handed back to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji people in a ceremony in the remote town of Bloomfield on Wednesday.
Indigenous Group Accuses Bolsonaro of ‚Genocide‘ and ‚Ecocide‘ at The Hague
A coalition of Indigenous organizations filed a complaint at The Hague on Monday accusing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro of carrying out an „explicit, systematic, and intentional“ assault on native peoples, pointing specifically to his systematic dismantling of environmental protections and aggressive campaign of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.
Brazil Passes Law To Reduce Gov‘t-Led Environmental Assessment
The new regulation leaves some of these projects completely exempt from environmental licensing, a major blow to conservationist groups who continue denouncing the devastation of the Amazon rainforest and the human rights violations of its Indigenous peoples.
Zwei indigene Anführer in Peru ermordet
Garcia, 28, vom indigenen Volk der Cacataibo habe die Aktualisierung der Landtitel beantragt, aber nach Angaben der ORAU weigert sich die regionale Landwirtschaftsdirektion von Ucayali systematisch, diesen Prozess abzuschließen.
Archeologists discover thousands of ancient rock wall paintings in Amazon forest
A team of British and Colombian archaeologists has reportedly discovered tens of thousands of rock paintings in Colombia believed to have originated around 12,500 years ago.
Malaysia’s Indigenous people question timber sustainability
Communities in state of Sarawak on Borneo say forest is being felled without their consent and still being certified as sustainable.
Guatemalan communities defend forest from narcotraffickers: Why that matters to the US
The answer lies on the eastern side of the reserve, where nine community concessions (so called because the Guatemalan government “conceded” the right to use the forest sustainably) have maintained a near-zero deforestation rate for more than 20 years, while creating bustling, local, legal economies built on sustainable forestry — while keeping organized crime at bay.
Selling Out West Papua
In West Papua, Indonesia, we investigate allegations of fraud and human rights abuses in billion-dollar land deals.
Amazonian Indigenous Chief Paulinho Paiakan Dies of COVID-19
Paiakan, leader of the Kayapo people, was best-known as the guardian of the Amazon, after heading several fights to protect the rainforest against the exploitation of its natural resources.
Indigenous Ecuadorean Organization Wins UN 2020 Equator Prize
The organization has been accompanying significant legal victories against extractivist companies and for the survival of original nations in Ecuador, including the triumph last year of the Waorani in a historical trial against oil firms.
“Amazon means life for our world. For us, as Indigenous peoples, it is our home,” the organization said.
Bolsonaro: ‘More and More the Indian Is a Human Being Like Us’
On another occasion, he also said that Brazil should have followed Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s example in dealing “efficiently” with Indigenous peoples in the United States.
Racism is considered a serious crime in Brazil and can carry a sentence of up to five years.
Brazilian tribes back manifesto to save Amazon habitat from Bolsonaro
The meeting in the village of Piaraçu on the Xingu river was called by Raoni Metuktire, the 90-year-old Kayapó chief who became an environmental campaigner in the 1980s with British rock singer Sting at his side.
Brazilian Indigenous Leaders Mobilize to Protest Amazon Mining
A four-day-long tribal meeting among the Brazilian Indigenous leaders has begun in the Amazon to protest far-right President Jair Bolsonaro‘s push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture.
Brazil‘s govt to propose oil exploration on indigenous land: media
However, many indigenous leaders have been vocal in their opposition to the government‘s plans. Prominent tribal chiefs, including Raoni Metuktire, have toured Europe to defend their territories from deforestation and development.
Sharp rise in Brazilian deforestation undeniable, says sacked research chief
The sacking of Galvao, a respected physicist and member of the Brazilian Academy of Science, sent shockwaves through the country’s scientific community.
‚Bolsonaro is Responsible for the Amazon‘ UN Rapporteur Says
„In practice, every time Bolsonaro fosters economic exploitation of indigenous lands through his speeches, he grants a free pass to economic and political interests wishing to exploit them,“ Tauli-Corpuz said. „Bolsonaro is directly responsible because the government has the responsibility of protecting its citizens‘ lives. And Brazil has signed all international human rights conventions.“
Ecuador’s Waorani Set to Save Their Amazon Homeland From Oil Industry
This comes as Moreno’s administration is planning to sell off seven million acres of rainforest territory, some of the most biodiverse on the planet, to the international oil industry. As non-governmental organization Amazon Frontlines, explains, if exploited, 70 percent of the oil would be shipped up to refineries in California, and eventually pumped at gas stations across the United States.
Brazil‘s Bolsonaro hands indigenous land decisions back to farm sector
Right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro issued a new decree on Wednesday putting decisions on indigenous land claims in the hands of the Ministry of Agriculture, four weeks after Congress rebuffed him on the move that is sought by Brazil’s farm lobby.
Brazil indigenous affairs official fired amid push to develop reservation land
The right-wing president alarmed anthropologists and environmentalists by planning to assimilate Brazil’s 800,000 indigenous people and open reservation lands to commercial development, even in the Amazon rainforest.
Brazil: Environment Agency Head Resigns After Bolsonaro‘s Trump-like Tweetstorm Attack
Suely Araujo, the head of Brazil’s environmental protection agency the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) resigned Monday after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro criticized the amount of money it spends to rent vehicles, his latest attack on the agency.
Indigenous Leader to EU: Sanction Brazil, Avoid Genocide
Brazil‘s president-elect, a former army captain, also raised the prospect of building hydro-electric power stations in the Amazon and a rail line through the heart of the rainforest that would greatly restrict water access and forcibly remove Indigenous communities.
Indigenous Environmental Defender killed as logging mafia targets tribe
It is not yet clear who killed him, but a powerful logging mafia has repeatedly targeted the tribe for its work protecting both its rainforest home, and the uncontacted members of a neighboring tribe, the Awá, who also live there, and face catastrophe unless their land is protected.