A 28-year-old social entrepreneur has created an innovative solution to help rural folk artists in India create sustainable livelihoods and preserve the country’s richest oral heritage.Read the full article
Ainu Indigenous leaders are aware that their ancestral knowledge is endangered: “We are being wiped out. In 30 years, we will all be Japanese”.Read the full article
The international community gave itself ten years to protect biodiversity effectively. In 2020, the situation is catastrophic. The year 2021 must be the turning point in the fight to protect species and to combat climate change, with the adoption of a new global [...]Read the full article
Beyond its health repercussions, the coronavirus pandemic is making it even harder for Indigenous people in many parts of Asia to defend their civil and land rights, with governments and companies taking advantage of the pandemic to brush them [...]Read the full article
Living in conditions that are often more precarious than the rest of the population and with much higher health risk factors, Indigenous peoples around the world know that their very survival is on the line if the coronavirus reaches their [...]Read the full article
“Given that we have a federal government that has labelled itself as ‘feminist’, we’ve been hoping that this will be the period in which a National Action Plan on Violence Against Women happens. We’re still waiting.”Read the full article
Renewable energy companies are repeating the same business practices for which the fossil fuel industry has been criticized – practices that are very far from being clean.Read the full article
The sheer scale of the fires consuming the Amazon rainforest during 2019 has brought the idea of the Amazon being collectively managed by the international community back to the fore. But the notion of ‘internationalising’ this region is by no means [...]Read the full article
“Our union members should not be afraid, they should continue to fight for their rights. We know we have the backing of international solidarity and this will protect us as long as we continue our work in our union.”Read the full article
The current political upheaval in Bolivia threatens to undo the reforms undertaken by Evo Morales over the last 13 years, as well as the economic turnaround promoted by the former president.Read the full article
Several indigenous groups have accused major fashion brands of copying their designs without compensation and causing serious harm to their cultures.Read the full article
The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project is raising tensions and pushing the country even further away from its climate commitments.Read the full article
