Forests.org: Indigenous & Local Peoples Links (XML/RSS)
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Rainforest Foundation, The -- UK editor's pick popular
http://www.rainforestfoundationuk.org/
(11 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
Bruno Manser Fonds - News editor's pick
maintains the biodiversity in threatened tropical rainforests campaigns for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests
Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It
Forest Peoples Program editor's pick
(3 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
Protests in Peru editor's pick
http://amazonwatch.org/peru-protests.php
presents news items chronicling the conflict between indigenous people and the Peruvian government over land management in the Peruvian Amazon
Added: Jun. 20, 2009 | Rate It
Rare - Inspiring Conservation editor's pick
protecting wildlands of globally significant biodiversity by empowering local people to benefit from their preservation
Added: Mar. 04, 2003 | Rate It
Survival International editor's pick
http://www.survivalinternational.org/
(1 vote)
supports tribal peoples Worldwide through public campaigns that help them protect their lives, lands and rights
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
World Rainforest Bulletin editor's pick
http://www.wrm.org.uy/bulletin/134/viewpoint.html
September, 2008 issues focusing on the dangers of monoculture tree plantations
Added: Oct. 28, 2008 | Rate It
About Sarawak (Rengah Sarawak) popular
(3 votes)
contains information, photos and videos about Sarawak culture and major issues affecting their indigenous communities
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It
Amazon Watch popular
(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
Adaptation of Forests and People to Climate Change
http://www.iufro.org/download/file/3580/3985/Full_Report.pdf
International Union of Forest Research Organizations assesses the strategies needed to maximize the effectiveness of adapting forests and people to climate change (pdf)
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
Amazonian Indians Native Tribes Photos and Videos
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
Biological Diversity and Indigenous Knowledge
http://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/rp/1997-98/98rp17.htm
(1 vote)
a paper from the Australian Parliament's library which discusses the importance of recognition and protection of Indigenous peoples' knowledge, innovations and practices relating to biodiversity
Added: Feb. 16, 2001 | Rate It
Bruno Manser Fonds, The -- Association for the people of the rain forest
http://www.bmf.ch/en/en_index.html
(3 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
Cabeceras Aid Project
http://www.cabeceras.org/cabecerasindex.htm
(1 vote)
provides humanitarian aid to geographically isolated indigenous peoples of the Amazon Basin
Added: Feb. 08, 2001 | Rate It
Center For World Indigenous Studies
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
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
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
Chico Mendes
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
Commodity Colonialism: A Case Study of Cargill's Palm Oil Operations in Papua New Guinea
http://ran.org/fileadmin/materials/comms/mediacontent/reports/Case_Study_PNG.pdf
a report from the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) that describes the way that the Cargill Corporation has ensnared generations of small landholders into working their land as indbted laborers (pdf)
Added: Nov. 13, 2009 | Rate It
Deforestation and Malaria in Mâncio Lima County, Brazil
http://www.cdc.gov/eid/content/16/7/pdfs/09-1785.pdf
a report from the CDC that analyzes the data to determine if there is a relationship between the incidence of malaria and the extent of deforestation (pdf)
Added: Apr. 09, 2011 | Rate It
Down to Earth, International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia
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
Earth Peoples
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
Earth Peoples Blog
http://earthpeoples.org/blog/?page_id=296
a blog to promote the natural and human rights of indigenous peoples
Added: May. 11, 2009 | Rate It
End of the Hinterland, The: Forests, Conflict and Climate Change
http://www.rightsandresources.org/documents/files/doc_1400.pdf
from the Rights and Resources Institute, a report that takes stock of the current status of forest rights and tenure globally, assesses the key issues and trends of 2009, and identifies key questions and challenges that we will face in 2010 (pdf)
Added: Feb. 28, 2010 | Rate It
Forest Peoples Programme
http://www.forestpeoples.gn.apc.org/
advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the peoples who know them best
Added: Dec. 01, 2011 | Rate It
Forests Monitor
http://www.forestsmonitor.org/
(3 votes)
working to bring about changes in forest management that foster equity and justice for indigenous populations
Added: Dec. 02, 2011 | Rate It
