If you thought there was anything romantic about environmental activism or indigenous rights, think twice. Socialist ideas about nature - such as keeping water a public good - can get you facing charges of sabotage by a leftist government. In the land of the Incas, if you protect the pachamama ["Mother World"], you might just be a "terrorist". [...more]
New research shows rights-based approaches necessary and cost-effective; call for independent advisory and auditing to support UN action on climate change [...more]
Indigenous peoples have contributed the least to world greenhouse gas emissions and have the smallest ecological footprints on Earth. Yet they suffer the worst impacts not only of climate change, but also from some of the international mitigation measures being taken, according to organizers of a United Nations University co-hosted meeting April 3 in Darwin, Australia. [...more]
By working as a teacher in Australia's rural communities, Sinem Saban came to understand the forces that keep the country's Aborigines at a disadvantage to the rest of society. She is currently making a documentary about the treatment of the Aborigines at the hands of the government – specifically its drive to take ownership of their ancestral land and force them to pay rent as tenants. [...more]
