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Strife with indigenous groups could derail Ecuador’s drive to be a mining power
By Alexandra Valencia, Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) – Conflicts with indigenous communities have stalled operations at Ecuador’s San Carlos Panantza copper mining project, which the government of President Lenin Moreno had long pointed to as an example of mining sector expansion that would generate $40 billion in export revenue over the next decade. Many now view the…
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Historic inquest conclusion that air pollution contributed to death
In a ruling today a coroner has made legal history by concluding that air pollution was a cause of the death of Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah. This is the first conclusion of its kind. The coroner also identified failures to bring air pollution below legal limits and failures to provide information about the risks of air pollution…
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Juukan Gorge inquiry: Rio Tinto’s decision to blow up Indigenous rock shelters ‘inexcusable’
Parliament committee says miner must negotiate a compensation deal with traditional owners and ‘ensure a full reconstruction’ of the caves A parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves has delivered a scathing report criticising the actions of Rio Tinto and calling for the Western Australian government to put a stop to the destruction of…
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Greenpeace: 10,5 juta ha lahan Papua diberikan untuk investasi berbasis lahan
Jayapura, Jubi – Juru Kampanye Hutan Papua Greenpeace Indonesia, Nicodemus Wamafma mengatakan 10,5 juta hektare hutan di Papua telah diberikan kepada investasi berbasis lahan. Lahan tersebut digunakan untuk perkebunan sawit, Hak Pengusahaan Hutan (HPH), dan Hutan Tanam Industri (HTI). Nicodemus mengatakan hal tersebut dalam webinar “Bisnis Investasi Serta Perubahan Hak Atas Hutan dan Tanah Masyarakat…
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UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature
Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed to humans via pangolins or another species. Environmental destruction such as land clearing, deforestation, climate change, intense agriculture and the wildlife trade is putting humans…
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Forest Policies and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Sustainable Forest Management
Indigenous peoples and forests are mutually constitutive. Certain natural forests have been developed as part of indigenous peoples’ territories. Previous studies show evidence of a long history of forest resource management by indigenous peoples globally (de Chavez, 2013; Poffenberger, 2000; Davis and Wali, 1994). Forests are essential for indigenous peoples’ survival as these pave the…
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Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests
by Patrick Galey More than a third of the world’s vanishing pristine forests are managed by indigenous peoples under threat from development and deforestation, scientists said Tuesday, calling for greater protection. As deadly bushfires ravage Australia’s east coast, a new assessment of how wild forests are maintained showed that indigenous people have tenure over 36 percent of…
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Plantain (Plantago major): Why It’s an Herb and Not a Weed, Uses, Benefits and More
Plantain is a common garden herb with healing properties. Although many people refer to plantain as a weed, it’s actually an edible medicinal herb with a number of health benefits. You can use plantain leaf as a poultice for insect bites, a plantain tea to improve digestion or soothe bronchitis, or a healing plantain salve for…
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Philippines passes law requiring students to plant 10 trees if they want to graduate
A new Filipino law requires all graduating high school and college students to plant at least 10 trees each before they can graduate. The law formalises a tradition of planting trees upon graduation, which is also hoped to simultaneously combat global climate change. The proponents of the law say the legislation could result in as many as 525…
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An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches science
An article I published last year in The Conversation and republished in Smithsonian Magazineabout Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and western science touched a nerve among some readers. My article discussed examples of Indigenous peoples having detailed knowledge of animal behaviour, coastal ecology and historical events that have only recently been “discovered” or verified by western scientists. Although the article was…