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News ReleasesExpulsion of two Spanish journalists deals blow to freedom of expression2011-03-01 Reporters without Borders Spanish journalists Paco Gómez Nadal and Pilar Chato agreed under pressure to be repatriated yesterday, after being arrested during a demonstration by indigenous groups outside the parliament building... Neskantaga First Nation Battles American Mining Goliath Cliffs in Toronto Mining Court2012-07-06 The Neskantaga First Nation is taking their fight for proper First Nation consultation in the Ring of Fire to the Toronto Mining Court. Sources Select ResourcesColombia - indigenous defender murdered in gold mining frenzArticle 2015 The Ecologist An indigenous leader in Colombia's 'gold belt' has been killed by unknown gunmen as tensions grow between indigenous communities and outside gold mining interests, many of them linked to illegal armed... Connexions Library: Central America and the Caribbean FocusWebsite 2009 Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Central America and the Caribbean. Connexions Library: Native Peoples/First Nations FocusWebsite Connexions Information Sharing Services Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on first peoples and aboriginal issues. Corporate India Versus Indigenous PeopleViolent in the Name of Development Peebles, Graham Article 2013 Counter Punch The state has more or less abandoned rural people (70% of the population) and turned the countryside over to corporate India. Mineral extraction, dam building, infrastructure projects, water appropria... EnvironmentSources.comWebsite 2017 Sources Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... How the Colombia Trade Agreement Accelerates Human Rights AbusesU.S.-Colombia Mass Displacement Policy Succeeding Kovalik, Daniel Article 2012 CounterPunch The Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) would lead, indeed by design, to the immiseration and mass displacement of rural peoples, especially Indigenous and Afro-Colombian. The article explores the dis... India's Indigenous Peoples organise to protect forests, waters and commonsAchanta, Pushpa Article 2015 Ecologist India's neoliberal government is attempting the mass seizure of indigenous lands, commons and forests in order to hand them over for corporate exploitation with mines, dams and plantations. But tribal... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - October 30, 2014Refugees Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2014 Connexions Topic of the week is Refugees. Featured articles look at migration, counter-surveillance resources, farmers in Ghana fighting to retain the freedom to save their own seeds, and rebuilding communities ... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2015Sustainability, ecology, and agriculture Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions This issue features a number of items related to sustainability, ecology, and agriculture, including Vandana Shiva's article "Small is the New Big," the Council of Canadians' new report on water issue... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - August 21, 2015Canadian federal election, mining and the environment Diemer, Ulli (editor); Rickwood, Darien Yawching (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 Connexions Featuring the Canadian federal election, mining and the environment, failure of Syriza in Greece, refugees, veterans of India's struggle for independence. Panama's indigenous champion defies president's mining dealCanadian-Korean consortium plans 30-year gold, silver and copper project Helmore, Edward Article 2012 The Guardian In Panama the Ngabe-Bugle indigenous community fights to keep a Canadian copper mining company off their land. Rio Tinto's 'sustainable mining' claims exposedRio Tinto uses its sustainability reporting to bolster the argument that it is a responsible company and therefore entitled to a license to Ozkan, Kermal Article 2014 The Ecologist Global mining giant Rio Tinto markets itself as a 'sustainable company'. But serious failures in its reporting, and its attempt to hold an Australian indigenous group to ransom, reveal a very differen... Secwepemc Tribes Fight New Mines and Old Laws in British ColumbiaSmallteacher, Richard Article 2014 Corpwatch Indigenous activists burned down a bridge in British Columbia, Canada, to prevent Imperial Metals from starting a lead and zinc mine on the lands of the Secwepemc peoples. Local tribes say that the mi... Uranium Corporation of India Limited: Wasting Away Tribal LandsArticle 2009 CorpWatch Radiation and health experts across the world charge that toxic materials and radioactivity released by the mining and processing operations are causing widespread infertility, birth defects and cance... |
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