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Brazilian Decree Seen as Damaging to Indigenous Land Rights

20 January 2017

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RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil has announced changes to the procedure for demarcating indigenous lands in a move campaign groups fear will weaken the land rights of communities facing mounting pressure from illegal logging and big agricultural operations.


Under the decree, demarcation of indigenous lands will be decided by the Ministry of Justice rather than the National Indian Foundation (FUNAI), a government body set up to carry out policies relating to Brazil's 900,000 indigenous people.


Guatemalan Activist Killed Protesting Hydroelectric Project

20 January 2017

Date: 18 January 2017


Source: Telesur


A peaceful demonstrator was shot dead during a protest in an Indigenous community.


An activist was killed Tuesday in Guatemala during a clash between protesters and police at a demonstration led by Indigenous community members who oppose the construction of a hydroelectric plant in San Mateo Ixtatan, a municipality in the country's western highlands.

In the fight for climate justice, indigenous people set the path – and lead the way

19 January 2017

Date: 19 January 2017

Source: The Guardian

Many believe the fight to combat climate change hinges on the aligned interests of capital and state. Give the Elon Musks of the world enough time and resources and they will innovate us out of impending climate catastrophe. Get the G20 in a room and they will hammer out a deal and create regulations to enforce it. Or so the thinking in some circles goes.

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