Forests.org: Indigenous & Local Peoples Links (XML/RSS)
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http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/
(9 votes)
supports indigenous people and traditional populations of the world's rainforests in their efforts to protect their environment and fulfil their rights
Added: Feb. 05, 2001 | Rate It
http://www.forestpeoples.org/
(2 votes)
supports forest peoples’ rights to determine their own futures, to control the use of their lands and to carry out sustainable use of their resources
Added: May. 08, 2005 | Rate It
http://rareconservation.org/
protecting wildlands of globally significant biodiversity by empowering local people to benefit from their preservation
Added: Mar. 04, 2003 | Rate It
http://earthpeoples.org/
a circle of indigenous grandmothers, grandfathers, mothers, fathers, youth, leaders, activists, educators, as well as large and small organizations, working together to promote the natural and human rights of indigenous peoples
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.iied.org/pubs/pdfs/17052IIED.pdf
International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) describes the increased use of REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and degradation) procedures to preserve forests in Amazonia (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
http://www.rengah.c2o.org/
(3 votes)
contains information, photos and videos about Sarawak culture and major issues affecting their indigenous communities
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
http://www.amazonwatch.org/
(9 votes)
works with indigenous and environmental organizations in the Amazon Basin to advance indigenous peoples' rights and defend the environment from large-scale industrial development
Added: Jan. 12, 2001 | Rate It
http://www.amazonteam.org/
(1 vote)
works in partnership with indigenous people in conserving biodiversity, health and culture in tropical America
Added: Jan. 18, 2003 | Rate It
http://www.amazon-indians.org/
(1 vote)
provides photos, videos and maps of native indigenous people from the cultures of Amazon native tribes from the South American Amazon River Basin
Added: May. 12, 2007 | Rate It
http://www.bmf.ch/en/en_index.html
(2 votes)
supports the Penan tribe in Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo, and other indigenous peoples to protect the remaining virgin forest within their traditional homeland
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It
http://www.cwis.org/index.php
a research and education organization dedicated to wider understanding and appreciation of the ideas and knowledge of indigenous peoples and the social, economic and political realities of indigenous nations
Added: Nov. 08, 2004 | Rate It
http://www.cier.ca/index2.html
seeks to to build the environmental capacity of First Nations, and other Indigenous communities, and to work with or for these communities to come to the successful resolution of environmental problems
Added: Oct. 19, 2003 | Rate It
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico_Mendes
a Wikipedia article about Chico Mendes, a Brazilian labor leader concerned about the rubber plantation workers and the Amazonian forests, who was killed for his activist role
Added: Jan. 04, 2009 | Rate It
http://dte.gn.apc.org/
monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia, focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples of the 'outer islands'
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It
http://www.indianlaw.org/
legal advocacy for the protection of indigenous peoples’ human rights, cultures, and traditional lands so that Indian tribes and nations may flourish for generations to come
Added: Mar. 01, 2001 | Rate It
http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/
highlighting contemporary indigenous peoples' issues from around the world including cultures and religions, intellectual property rights, archaeology, art, health, resources, rights, and much more
Added: Feb. 05, 2008 | Rate It
http://www.treatycouncil.org/home.htm
indigenous peoples from North, Central, South America and the Pacific working for sovereignty and self-determination and the recognition and protection of their rights, traditional cultures and sacred lands
Added: Mar. 01, 2001 | Rate It
