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Native Americans find allies in fight for land rights

By: Kirk Johnson, The New York Times
Date: November 15th 2016
Source: ADN.com

The simmering standoff between the police and Native Americans and their allies who oppose a giant oil pipeline project in North Dakota is the most visible sign yet of an emerging movement that is shifting the debate about how public lands across North America should be managed.

Australia: NSW mayor criticised for calling Aboriginal land claims 'opportunistic'

By: Calla Wahlquist
Date: November 14th 2016
Source: The Guardian

Chairman of Glen Innes branch of Aboriginal Land Council says it’s ironic for a non-Indigenous person to describe any claim to land as ‘opportunistic’

The NSW Aboriginal Land Council has criticised the mayor of Glen Innes in the north of the state for describing a land claim application as “opportunistic”.

In Marrakesh, Amarakaeri People Say REDD+ And Rights Must Go Together

By: Kelli Barrett

Date: November 13th 2016

Source: Ecosystem Marketplace

Opposition to Oil Pipeline in U.S. Serves as Example for Indigenous Struggles in Latin America

By: Emilio Godoy

Date: November 11th 2016

Source: Inter Press Service

U.N. Supports Indigenous Land Rights in Mexico’s Mining Plans

By: Wendy Anders
Date: November 10th 2016
Source: Costa Rica Star

Indigenous peoples have disadvantages vis-a-vis governments and companies in consultations on projects that affect their communities, reported TeleSur TV this week.

Indigenous People Fight for Place at World Climate Action Table

By: hg-CM-egb

Date: November 8th 2016

Source: TeleSUR English

A growing body of research shows that Indigenous people and guaranteed rights to their land are critical factors in keeping carbon out of the atmosphere.

Thirst for coltan, gold threatens Venezuelan forests, indigenous lands

By: Jeanfreddy Gutiérrez Torres

Date: October 31st 2016

Source: Mongabay

Venezuela has invited foreign companies to play a leading role in developing the Orinoco Mining Arc, potentially opening 12 percent of the country to mining interests, and endangering forests, rivers, national parks and indigenous lands in the remote southeastern part of the nation.

Indigenous rights are key to preserving forests, climate change study finds

By: Jonathan Watts
Date: November 2nd 2016
Source: the Guardian

Guatemala’s indigenous people are at risk of losing their land

By: Esther Yu Hsi Lee

Date: October 10th 2016

Source: ThinkProgress

About 60 percent of the country’s population is comprised of indigenous people.

A cost-benefit analysis of securing indigenous land rights in the Amazon

By: Mike Gaworecki

Date: October 11th 2016

Source: Mongabay.com

A new report by the World Resources Institute (WRI) quantifies the economic value of securing land rights for the communities who live in and protect the Amazon rainforest for the first time.

Indigenous land rights fundamental to climate safety – Lord Stern

Forests and grasslands would store more carbon if communities’ rights were protected, according to research from the leading climate economist

Want to save the rainforest on the cheap? Give land to the indigenous, report says

By: Chris Arsenault

Date: October 6th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Communities that own the territory are more likely to conserve the forest than other land users

RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Giving indigenous people land title deeds is one of the most cost-effective ways to preserve South America's endangered rainforest, a research group said on Thursday.