Namibian Genocide: Need to discuss, engage and bring about meaningful responsibility & culpability, says J M Moosa
Centre for African Studies (JNU) professor talks about implications of graves and artefacts being found on Shark Island, a notorious …
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Progress towards protecting indigenous territories slow, say experts
Though the Indigenous Peoples have a crucial role in protecting land, they receive less than 1% of climate finance
World Heritage Day 2024: Survival accuses UNESCO of being complicit in illegal eviction, abuse of indigenous people
Survival report lists six World Heritage Sites which it claims are on stolen Indigenous land; Kaziranga in Assam on list
Simply Put: ‘I’ for indigenous, ‘E’ for Extinct
Quarter of the Amazon at point of no return, says new report; still possible to save remainder
Some 66% of the Amazon is subject to some type of constant or permanent pressure
A new project aims to document India’s customary laws
Documenting customary laws is a step towards community-led conservation
The era of mega hydropower in Brazilian Amazon appears over
Statements by Brazilian government officials indicate major shift in policy
How to conserve and increase the world’s marine protected areas
DTE coverage of the Fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress in Canada
Chileans reject proposed constitution promising rights to nature, indigenous people
Only 6 of Chile’s 346 electoral districts voted in favour of the new constitution
Strength from perpetual grief: How Aboriginal people experience the bushfire crisis
Any bushfire recovery policy must be culturally sensitive to the aboriginal people
Droupadi Murmu’s village in Odisha celebrates her win with fanfare
Many question if her win will alleviate plight of tribals in country
‘Autosomal DNA’ used to confirm living descendant of Sitting Bull
Unique identification technique not used till now is based on non-gender-specific DNA
What do tribal groups like the Soligas and Yeravas eat?
Loss of habitat and knowledge could adversely impact diets of tribal communities living in Western Ghats
DTE Coverage: Highlights from 76th World Health Assembly
Progress at event on WHO funding, indigenous health, drowning, hazardous chemicals
Protect indigenous rights to save Amazon forest, urge leaders at COP28
Amazonian Indigenous leaders will be calling for urgent action to protect their rights, end industrial mining to pave way for Brazil COP
Amrit kaal for adivasis? What Union Budget 2023-24 does not say about tribal communities
The vision highlighted in the budget speech does not match ground realities
As told to Parliament (February 11, 2021): No ban on petrol, diesel cars in near future
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Communities make oil giants pay for pollution
Indigenous people of Nigeria, Peru take on oil giants; BP pays for its pollution
Reluctant funding
Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost
US seeks strict scrutiny of World Bank lending to hydroelectric projects
External evaluation process to ascertain effectiveness of lendings recommended
The San people of southern Africa: where ethics codes for researching indigenous people could fail them
Researchers need to scrutinise such codes’ inherent and complex challenges. They also need to put collaboration at the heart of their work
Boomerangs, spears and rocks: The story of Pemulwuy who challenged colonial Sydney
As Australia’s First Nations reflect after a bruising ‘Voice To Parliament’ referendum, they can take heart from the Bidjigal …
Anxiety, angst and anger in the High Arctic
As world powers race to extract the wealth of the melting Far North, the devastating impact on its ecology and indigenous peoples requires a …
US national allegedly killed by Sentinelese tribesmen in the Andamans
John Allen Chau had gone to North Sentinel island, hitherto out of bounds for visitors, reportedly for preaching the Gospel to the tribe
Will Jair Bolsonaro destroy the Amazon and its Indians?
It remains to be seen whether Brazil’s President-Elect will act on his pre-poll statements vis-à-vis Amazonia and its natives. …
