Beyond Australia’s failed referendum: Truth, treaty and voice in Victoria | Indigenous Rights News

Beyond Australia’s failed referendum: Truth, treaty and voice in Victoria | Indigenous Rights News

ByNews Polite

Melbourne, Australia – In October this year, a referendum to establish an Indigenous “Voice to Parliament” in the Australian Constitution was heavily defeated at the polls. Had the vote passed, an advisory group would have been established to make recommendations to the federal government to alleviate the social and economic…

Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote | Elections News

Indigenous advocates reject Chile’s new draft constitution ahead of vote | Elections News

ByNews Polite

For more than a decade, architect Julio Ñanco Antilef has campaigned to rewrite Chile’s constitution, a relic from when General Augusto Pinochet ruled the country as a military dictator. But now, as Chile prepares to vote on a new draft, Ñanco Antilef finds himself in a paradoxical position: hoping to…

Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets? | Indigenous Rights News

Can Indigenous inclusivity be the key to successful carbon markets? | Indigenous Rights News

ByNews Polite

Carbon markets, a popular mechanism used by global businesses and countries to offset their emissions, have been on the table during negotiations at the United Nations COP28 Climate Change Conference. In a year that has seen carbon markets under growing scrutiny due to reports of alleged scams revealing that only…

Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history | Indigenous Rights News

Indigenous advocacy leads to largest dam removal project in US history | Indigenous Rights News

ByNews Polite

Every fall, Barry McCovey, a member of the Yurok Tribe and director of tribal fisheries, takes his four children salmon fishing on the Klamath River, the second largest river in California. A strong salmon run normally nets his family 30 or 40 fish. It’s a supply big enough to last…

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

Panama celebrates court order to cancel mine even as business is hit | Mining

ByNews Polite

For more than a month, protests against Central America’s largest open-pit copper mine have held Panama in a state of siege. Roadblocks have caused gas and propane shortages. Many supermarket shelves have run bare. Restaurants and hotels have sat empty. But on Tuesday, protesters in Panama got the news they…

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

A Step Forward for Indigenous Peoples Rights — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Opinion by Ines M Pousadela (montevideo, uruguay) Tuesday, October 24, 2023 Inter Press Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 24 (IPS) – Brazil’s Supreme Court has delivered a long-awaited ruling upholding Brazilian Indigenous peoples’ claims to their traditional land. It did so by rejecting the ‘Temporal Framework’ principle, which only allowed for the…

In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

In Brazil, Indigenous Leaders and Youth Activists Fight To Protect Amazon — Global Issues

ByNews Polite

Indigenous leader and activist Vanda Witoto poses at her home in Manaus, Brazil, in October 2022. Credit: Michael Dantas/United Nations Foundation by Farai Shawn Matiashe (brasÍlia) Thursday, October 05, 2023 Inter Press Service BRASÍLIA, Oct 05 (IPS) – Raffaello Nava, a youth and student activist, has fled his home at the…