We're witnessing the acceleration of the transition to a green, low carbon, and clean economy and the increase in demand for transition minerals such as nickel, lithium, cobalt, and copper. This skyrocketing demand is driving a wave of investment into new, expanded mining projects. These projects are promoted as "green" because they aim to supply minerals used for renewable energy technologies and electric vehicles.
En marzo del 2022, la activista Mirtha Villanueva y el campesino y líder comunitario Rosas Durán, quienes luchan en contra de las mineras en el norte del Perú, visitaron a integrantes del Parlamento Europeo para informarles sobre el impacto de la minería en sus comunidades y buscar la forma de detener la destrucción de sus territorios. Se trata de comunidades campesinas que están enfrentado situaciones similares a las que vivimos los Pueblos Indígenas y cuyas experiencias pueden ser de utilidad para hacer frente a los megaproyectos que nos amenazan.
El huerto familiar es una metodología para producir alimentos de forma sustentable y amigable con el medio ambiente. Además de proporcionar alimentos complementarios, plantas medicinales y aromáticas, condimentos y flores, un huerto puede ayudar a las familias a generar ingresos económicos adicionales, así como permitir a los pueblos y comunidades Indígenas el resguardo y transmisión de saberes sobre la siembra y la cosecha.
El huerto familiar es una metodología para producir alimentos de forma sustentable y amigable con el medio ambiente. Además de proporcionar alimentos complementarios, plantas medicinales y aromáticas, condimentos y flores, un huerto puede ayudar a las familias a generar ingresos económicos adicionales, así como permitir a los pueblos y comunidades Indígenas el resguardo y transmisión de saberes sobre la siembra y la cosecha.
El agua es un bien común imprescindible para la vida, sin embargo, muchos pueblos y comunidades Indígenas carecen de acceso a agua limpia y potable. Durante la pandemia de Covid-19, este vital líquido ha resultado aún más importante en la preparación de alimentos y medicinas, el aseo personal y el lavado constante de las manos, no obstante, para millones de personas este servicio es irregular o nulo, afectando principalmente a las mujeres Indígenas, que son las responsables del cuidado de la familia.
El agua es un bien común imprescindible para la vida, sin embargo, muchos pueblos y comunidades Indígenas carecen de acceso a agua limpia y potable. Durante la pandemia de Covid-19, este vital líquido ha resultado aún más importante en la preparación de alimentos y medicinas, el aseo personal y el lavado constante de las manos, no obstante, para millones de personas este servicio es irregular o nulo, afectando principalmente a las mujeres Indígenas, que son las responsables del cuidado de la familia.
¿Ha escuchado acerca del Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica?
En este programa preparado por Cultural Survival le compartimos información relevante sobre este convenio el cual involucra a los Pueblos Indígenas.
Escuche las entrevistas con Ramiro Batzin y Guadalupe Hernández, dos expertos en el tema que nos platicas a detalle sobre este convenio. Recuerde que este programa lo puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuira.
¿Ha escuchado usted sobre Guapinol? Es una comunidad campesina ubicada en la región de Bajo Aguán en el sector Atlántico de Honduras, una comunidad que está en lucha por la libertad de sus presos y está en contra de la empresa minera Inversiones Los Pinares, que ha contaminado las aguas del río Guapinol.
Lo invitamos a escuchar el segundo episodio de la serie “Guapinol Resiste”, donde escucharemos a Marina Rosa Portillo, defensora del territorio y madre de uno de los privados de su libertad por la defensa del río Guapinol.
Los pueblos y comunidades Indígenas del mundo administran o mantienen la tenencia de más del 25% de la superficie terrestre y sustentan alrededor del 80% de la biodiversidad mundial. En sus territorios hay selvas, bosques y otros ecosistemas que han sido resguardados desde tiempos ancestrales junto a cientos de variedades de plantas, hongos y animales. Este es el caso de la comunidad purépecha de Santa Fe de la Laguna, Michoacán, México, en cuyos bosques de propiedad comunal se conservan distintas variedades de hongos comestibles.
Un joven Wayúu que salió de su comunidad para estudiar en la capital colombiana, recuerda las historias que le contaba su abuela sobre cómo fue creado el mundo desde la visión de los pueblos Wayúu. Esta historia, narrada con dramatizaciones y efectos de sonido, nos llevará a esos recuerdos. Se trata del primer capítulo de la serie “Nuchonyu Juyá-Los hijos de la lluvia”, producida por la Red de Comunicaciones del Pueblo Wayúu, con el objetivo de recopilar las costumbres, tradiciones y creencias del pueblo Indígena Wayúu de Colombia.
Muchos sucesos y situaciones que involucran a los Pueblos Indígenas están pasando alrededor del mundo. ¿Sabe cuáles son?
Como parte del derecho a la información, Cultural Survival le presenta este noticiero con notas relevantes de Norte, Centro y Sur América, África y Asia, el cual puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.
Música de introducción:
- “Burn Your Village to the Ground” de The Halluci Nation. Usado con permiso.
Redacción:
- Shaldon Ferris, Khoisan, Cultural Survival, Sudáfrica.
Los idiomas Indígenas en el mundo son tan importantes para que las personas puedan comunicarse entre sí , pero también para que puedan proteger su cultura, identidad y existencia.
Cultural Survival durante 3 días llevo a cabo la conferencia virtual "Restauración y protección de nuestros idiomas y paisajes" con el fin de visibilizar y discutir con líderes, lingüistas, educadores y profesionales Indígenas expertos en el tema de idiomas sobre los avances y desafíos en cuanto al uso, revitalización y protección de los idiomas Indígenas a nivel global.
Thought leaders and environmental activists from all over the world have come together at the 26th UNFCCC Conference of Parties, in Glasgow, Scotland, in an effort to unite in the battle against climate change, and to share ideas of how Western science and Indigenous Knowledge can come together for the common good of mankind. Indigenous Peoples from Ecuadorian Amazon, Chad, Alaska, Sweden, Indonesia and Australia, Russia, the USA, and many other places are making sure that Indigenous voices are heard at COP26.
Cultural Survival’s Lead on Brazil, Edson Krenak of the Krenak Peoples was at COP26, joining Indigenous delegations in making sure Indigenous voices are heard and listened to in the fight to combat climate change.
Produced by Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) and Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Soundclip: Edson Krenak at COP26
Image: Edson Krenak
Music: "Anania2" by The Baba Project, used with permission
El Comité de Ordenamiento Territorial Integral de Cuetzalan, conocido popularmente como “COTIC”, es una organización nacida en las comunidades Indígenas de la región de la Sierra Norte de Puebla, México. Su objetivo es, como su nombre lo indica, el ordenamiento del territorio como un instrumento para la defensa del mismo ante la amenaza de la minería y otros megaproyectos.
Los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo cuidan y respetan las riquezas naturales que existen sobre la tierra, como los nacimientos de agua y los grandes ríos, pues reconocen que sin el agua no es posible conservar la vida de ningún ser vivo.
Lamentablemente este cuidado no es el mismo por parte de las grandes empresas que invaden los territorios, más bien son quiénes se apropian ilegalmente de los ríos provocando escasez de agua y daños en los bienes naturales e impactos irreversibles del medio ambiente.
Comunicadores Indígenas de Colombia informaron a Radio de Derechos Indígenas, la alarmante situación que viven Pueblos Indígenas del Cauca, Colombia, este 22 de abril 2021, día en el que se conmemora a la Madre Tierra. Grupos armados de procedencia aún desconocida, disparan sin humanidad a la Minga que ejerce control territorial hacia adentro en Sath Tama Kiwe.
In this podcast we interview Craig Beckett who together with eleven other walkers are journeying close to 500 kilometers by foot in order to bring awareness to about oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Craig Beckett
Image: Save the Okavango
Music: "Whispers" by Ziibiwan, used with permission
Music: "Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe Called Red - used with permission.
Humanity NPC travelled to the home of Rooibos Tea in Wuperthal, South Africa, to talk to the Indigenous people there about the origins of the tea, and how it had been in their families for generations. This podcast also discusses the benefit sharing agreement, which promises that a benefit of the sales of the tea will go to the Indigenous Khoi and San people of the region and what it means to the people of Wuperthal.
Produced by Humanity NPC
Music by Collin Fredericks
Funded by OXFAM South Africa
Image by Tristen Taylor
World Tourism Day is commemorated each year on 27 September in order to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political, and economic value. This year, tourism has been among the hardest hit of all sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the theme of the 2020 edition of international day is "Tourism and Rural Development." Undoubtedly, the tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. One out of every 10 jobs in the whole world is in the tourism industry and 30 percent of the world revenue comes from tourism.
For Indigenous Peoples, food security is necessary for health, and also to maintain a relationship with the earth and its resources.
What is also valuable for Indigenous Peoples is to consume culturally appropriate food. In this radio program, we speak to Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough and Carolina Behe, as we find out more about food sovereignty and food security amongst Inuit and Peoples in the Arctic.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris (KhoiSan)
Interviewees: Carolina Behe and Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough(Iñupiat)
Image: Berry picking. Photo by Chris Arend.
Music:
Governments or states make use of geographical boundaries to demarcate territories. Political entities come to agreements on which area belongs to whom. In some cases, borders are agreed upon by two countries, and in other cases it may have been suggested by a third party like an international conference. In many cases, borders are imposed on places, without taking into consideration the people who live in that area. In this program, we speak to Aslak Holmberg from the Saami Council in Finland, who tells us how borders have affected his life, as well as his environment.
Shannon Foster is a Sydney D'harawal Knowledge Keeper, educator, and artist. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. with the Center for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges at the University of Technology in Sydney. Drawing on traditional knowledge, Indigenous leaders have advocated for changes to current land management practices for decades to help limit anticipated future fire damage. Aboriginal people have a deep knowledge of their lands, and traditional burning practices can help prevent massive destruction.
Luiz Henrique Eloy Amado is an Indigenous attorney from the Terena Peoples’ village of Ipegue, Brazil. Eloy Terena, as he is commonly known, has first-hand knowledge on the situation of Indigenous Peoples in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest and an extensive experience on defending criminalized Indigenous grass-root leaders and representing Indigenous communities in land rights cases before Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court.
The 18th session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on the rights of Indigenous Peoples was held from April 22nd to May 3rd 2019. The theme for this year was Traditional Knowledge: Generation, Transmission and Protection.
We got a chance to speak via Skype to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Victoria Tauli Corpuz, on the meaning behind this particular theme and why it was chosen.
MUSIC
Lights in the Forest by Yarina.
Used with permission.
Indigenous peoples' day is about honoring indigenous resistance, and celebrating the contributions of indigenous peoples all over the world. In this newsletter we celebrate the activism of Antie Pua Case from Hawaii, and other activists around the world who fight to preserve our mountains, our rivers, our valleys, our Earth. The program ends with a song by Taino artist Brothery Mikey, who produced a song called "Like the Mauna", inspired by the Indigenous People of Hawaii's efforts to protect the sacred Mauna.
Indigenous Rights Radio Program on a case where the Newar indigenous community in Nepal obtained a victory in their legal battle against the government after about 7 years of continuous struggle.
Interviewees: Advocate Shankar Limbu
Music: Remember your children: by Solidummay.
Introductory Music: "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.
This year's theme for conversations at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues was "Indigenous Peoples Collective Rights to Lands and Resources". Victoria Tauli-Corpuz (Igorot Kankanaey, Philippines), UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous Issues, says that the theme connects to many important conversations happening now in the world, including the threat that extractive industries pose to resources located on Indigenous-owned territories.
Todos los 22 de abril desde el año 2009 Naciones Unidas conmemora a la «Madre Tierra», esta es una expresión común utilizada para referirse al planeta Tierra en diversos países y regiones, lo que demuestra la interdependencia existente entre los seres humanos, las demás especies vivas y el planeta que todos habitamos. Te presentamos este especial donde reflexionamos sobre la amenaza eminente que representa el cambio climático para la tierra que habitamos.
El agua es vida. El 22 de marzo de cada año, celebramos el Día Mundial del Agua para honrar la importancia crucial de este recurso para la vida y la cultura por todo el mundo. Las comunidades indígenas son sostenedoras de y sostenidas por el agua. Aprende más sobre lo que los grupos están haciendo para proteger esta fuente de vida en este anuncio corto.
The reduction in size of the Bears Ears National Monument by the Trump Administration runs contrary to the principles established in Article 26 of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We spoke to Braidan Weeks, the Communications Coordinator for Utah Diné Bikéyah, about the importance of Bears Ears, the unlawfulness of the actions taken by the Trump administration, and the advocacy currently underway to defend the monument led by the Tribes of the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition.
En este programa te damos a conocer los efectos del cambio climático que sufren comunidades de Honduras y México, y te hablamos de cómo ellos están trabajando este tema en marco a prevención y sobrevivencia ante estos impactos. Recursos Cambio Climático, Artículo de Naciones Unidas Musicalización
"Canmandalla" de Yarina. Usado con permiso. Voces
A close relationship with local environments and ecosystems is more critical than ever in the face of a rapidly changing climate. This program features two perspectives from Indigenous communities that are practicing resiliency to global warming by adapting their traditional knowledge and science to put a changing climate into the context of their communities' history and lifeways.
INTERVIEWEES
Elizabeth Azzuz (Yurok), Cultural Fire Management Council
Jannie Staffansson (Saami), Arctic and Environment Unit of the Saami Council
Indigenous communities in Honduras have stewarded the Muskitia, a rain forest which includes one of the richest concentrations of biodiversity in the world, for centuries. Osvaldo Munguia is a representative of MOPAWI, an organization that partners with Indigenous groups to protect this UNESCO world heritage site from being overtaken by logging, mining, and forestry business interests.
MUSIC
"Remember Your Children," by Salidummay. Used with permission.
Introduction: "Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.
Lakes and forests in the Mt. Talinis area of the Phillipines are under threat from recent expansions of the energy industry. Apolinario Carino is working with the organization PENAGMANNAK, a federation of 17 Indigenous Peoples’ community groups, to pioneer community management strategies of reforestation designed to empower the Indigenous groups to shape the future of their lands. Apolinario hopes to share the knowledge that they have gained from these experiences in order to better combat climate change on a global scale.
Indigenous communities often hold invaluable knowledge about medicinal plants and healing practices rooted in the environment and resources of their traditional homelands. Anoop Pushkaran Krishnamma is working with the Kerala Kani Community Welfare Trust in partnership with Indigenous communities in India to record and preserve this knowledge, allowing for healing practices to be utilized by future generations.
George ‘Bic’ Manahira describes how his community established the
world's first community-run octopus, sea grass, and mangrove reserve in partnership with Blue Ventures, a UK-based NGO, in order to strengthen the traditional sea-resource-based livelihood of the coastal Indigenous communities in Madagascar. They hope to expand and improve on the model in collaboration with other Indigenous groups and leaders in the coming years.
The Kalinga Mission for Indigenous Children and Youth, led by Donato Bumacas, promotes values of biodiversity conservation, with the goal of poverty reduction. These values are upheld using Indigenous traditional knowledge systems andd technologies to conserve and maintain the local forests. Sustainable Indigenous agricultural technology is implemented, with the goal of passing these systems down to future generations, as this knowledge was passed down to them.
En la 16ª sesión del Foro Permanente de la ONU para las Cuestiones Indígenas, representantes del pueblo Sapara de la Amazonía ecuatoriana lanzaron una protesta contra compañías petroleras que están violando la soberanía de los Pueblos Indígenas y las directrices del consentimiento libre, previo e informado, que están protejidos bajo declaraciones de las Naciones Unidas.
ENTREVISTADOS:
Manari Ushigua, Presidente de la Nación Sapara
Gloria Ushigua, Presidente de Asociación de Mujeres Saparas
La soberanía de la Nación Sioux está amenazada por el Gobierno de EE.UU. y los intereses corporativos mientras el proyecto del Dakota Access Pipeline sigue avanzando. Rossy González (Maya Kakchiquel), productora de Radio de Derechos Indígenas, revisa la situación política de Standing Rock y su contexto histórico con unas activistas prominentes, y ofrece sugerencias sobre cómo las personas pueden apoyar a la Nación Sioux en su trabajo para detener la construcción del oleoducto.
Indigenous solidarity has coalesced into a powerful movement thanks to the activism and perseverance of Indigenous leaders from communities around the world. Indigenous leaders that are defending land, language, culture, and the environment face acute persecution, both from governments directly and from extrajudicial actors.
UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Vicky Tauli-Corpuz discusses the challenges faced by Indigenous peoples in protecting their claim to ancestral lands in the face of government-sanctioned landgrabbing in the name of conservation.
Music: Melodies of Nepal, by classical Instrumental band Sur Sudha
IRR Producer Shaldon Ferris reports on the official statement by Vicky Tauli-Copruz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, concerning the threat of the Dakota Access Pipeline to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe.
Indigenous Rights Radio Producer Shaldon Ferris interviews Vicky Tauli-Corpuz, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, about the Dakota Access Pipeline. Vicky describes the central tensions underlying the current conflict, and details the opportunities for recourse available to the Standing Rock Sioux tribe through both local and international governing bodies.
Credits:
Interview with Vicky Tauli-Corpuz
Production by Shaldon Ferris
onozcamos sobre Seguridad y Soberanía Alimentaria y lo que están haciendo las mujeres Indígenas para fortalecer este aspecto tan importante en la vida apoyadas por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) y el Centro para la Autonomía y Desarrollo de los Pueblos Indígenas (CADPI) que intentan incentivar la participación de las mujeres y comunidades indígenas en la toma de decisiones y formulación de Políticas Públicas que incidan en su Seguridad Alimentaria.
El programa ha constado de dos talleres de capacitación y un periodo de formación virtual de cuatro meses en el que los participantes han desarrollado investigaciones dirigidas para identificar los principales problemas y necesidades relacionadas con la tenencia de recursos en sus comunidades, cuyos resultados se presentarán en este encuentro.
We're here in New York City at the People's Climate March, marching alongside Indigenous communities from all over the world who have joined together to demand action towards solutions for climate change. Here are some words from Winona LaDuke, a long time leader of the Native environmental movement in the United States.
En nombre de Cultural Survival, Convergencia Wakib' Kej, y el Gobierno Ancestral Q'anjobal, Maria del Rosario Sul Gonzalez, Maya Kaqchikel de Guatemala, hace un pronunciamiento en contra de la criminalización de defensores y defensoras de derechos de los Pueblos Indigenas, sus territorios y recursos naturales.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
प्रत्येक मानिसको खाद्य अधिकार हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा अहिले नौलो विषय रहेन । तर आदिवासी जनजातिहरुको खाद्य अधिकारको विषय निकै महत्वपुर्ण छ । साथै चाख लाग्दो पनि । यो अहिले नौलो र एकदमै वहसको विषय बनेको छ । यो भागमा आदिवासीहरुको खाद्य अधिकारको अभियानमा लाग्ने आदिवासीका विज्ञहरु भारतका नेसफास नामक संस्थाका अध्यक्ष, फ्राङ रोए (जुनसंस्थाले भारतमा सन् २०१५ सेप्टेम्वरमा ईन्डिनिजियस टेरेमाद्रे भव्य रुपले आयोजना गरेको थियो), अमेरिकी आदिवासी अधिकारकर्मी विनोना लाडुक, ईन्डोनेसियास्थित जभरा नामक संस्थाका संस्थापक हेल्मन नाजिव लगायत अन्य विज्ञहरुको आदिवासी जननजातिहरुको खाद्य अधिकारका विषयमा उहाँहरुको आवाज सुन्न
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
The idea of every human being’s ’right to food’ is nothing new these days, however, looking specifically at this idea in relation to Indigenous Peoples is an exciting and important movement that is gaining steam fast, and rightfully so. International conferences, under the title Indigenous Terra Madre, have been held across the globe first in Sweden in 2011 and then India to explore topics related to Indigenous food sovereignty and better spread the vast agricultural knowledge that has been passed down through Indigenous communities for generations.
Este programa, el que incluye información actual para marzo del 2016, trata sobre la construcción del Canal Interoceánico de Nicaragua, presentando entrevistas, investigación, y declaraciones de líderes Indígenas y sus aliados y del gobierno mismo, y análisis de éstos dentro del marco de derechos de los Pueblos Indígenas.
Dayamani Barla, Indigenous tribal journalist and activist from Jharkland, India, discusses how Indigenous Peoples have been displaced from their traditional farming lands in the name of dams, mining and other development projects.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar and Jagat Dong from Nepal, for Cultural Survival after attending the Indigenous Terra Madre conference held in November, 2015 in Meghalaya, North East India.
Terra Madre means "Mother Earth" in Latin. The theme of the Indigenous Terra Madre conference was to celebrate the bio and cultural diversity that is the asset of Indigenous communities. The aim of this gathering is to share ideas, to come together, and be inspired or be warned, and to make people aware that our local food systems. It also seeks to build awareness that "the way we cooked in the past, and the wild plants around us are more important for our health than all the medicines we take.
The Slow Food movement was founded in Italy in 1986 to promote an alternative to fast food.
Analee Johnson, Sami, of Sweden, says that the Slow Food movement believes that the food we produce should be good, clean, and fair. She gives an example of marketing Sami traditional food of Reindeer meat.
Bibhudutta Sahu, of the North East Slow Food & Agrobiodiversity Society explains that local food is always the best, because mother nature has been kind enough to provide us what we need.
Interviewees discusses the main challenges to food security for a rising global population. Dhrupad Choudhury of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, argues that Indigenous farmers are doing important work to tackle challenges the world is facing today due to climate change. Indigenous farmers have the building blocks of stress tolerant crops, as well as sustainable agricultural practices because they are dependent only on the resources available to them.
Dr. Winona LaDuke describes her practices experimenting with various types of maize.
Participants discuss what food sovereignty means for Indigenous Peoples. Speakers include Native American activist, and author Dr. Winona Laduke, and Dr. Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, Global Coordinator of the ICCA Consortium, and David Strelneck, Senior Advisor at Ashoka Foundation.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar and Jagat Dong from Nepal, for Cultural Survival after attending the Indigenous Terra Madre conference held in November, 2015 in Meghalaya, North East India.
Researcher Elizabeth Hacker describes research about how Indigenous individuals create their own frameworks to define "well-being" to counter Western ideas of well-being. She found three important concepts for Indigenous well being are, Meeting basic material needs; social harmony and sense of belonging; and cultural identity. Dev and Elizabeth discuss examples from her research in India and Kenya.
Dr. Daphne Miller from the University of California tells us that Indigenous Peoples who eat the diets of their ancestors are immune to many chronic diseases. Indigenous diets are also suited to local environments: farmers farm in a cycle, use different kinds of seeds, conserve water, engaging practices that are not only sustainable and organic but also regenerative.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar and Jagat Dong from Nepal, for Cultural Survival after attending the Indigenous Terra Madre conference held in November, 2015 in Meghalaya, North East India.
Cristina Coc, a Q'eqchi Maya woman of southern Belize, shares how Mayan groups in Belize have been fighting for their rights for over 30 years. After many meetings with the State, the Belize national court has acknowledged legal Indigenous rights to their land and affirmed that the government may not use, destruct, or occupy Indigenous land.
Statement from Special Rapporteur Vicky Tauli-Corpuz on the sustainable development goals proposed by the United Nations and how Indigenous Peoples' rights must be respected in order to solve climate issues such as deforestation.
Conservación de la tierra y el territorio es un derecho de Pueblos Indígenas que está violado en muchas partes del mundo. El mapeo territorial de tierra de Pueblos Indígenas es una estrategía para proteger territorio y tierra propios y conservar el ambiente allá. Esta es una entrevista con Henderson Rengifo, un líder Indígena de Peru, sobre su experiencia con un mapeo territorial.
Bestang Dekdeken discusses the problems with FPIC as it is currently enforced in the Philippines, for example, how mining coorporations and extractive industries are able to find loopholes in FPIC in order to carry out their projects.
Os estados devem obter Consentimento Livre, Prévio, e Informado antes de aprovar qualquer projeto de desenvolvimento que afetaria as terras e os recursos dos Povos Indígenas.
As comunidades Indígenas não devem permitir os governos nem as empresas a continuar de destruir suas terras e violar seu direito a Consentimento Livre, Prévio e Informado.
Santa Fe, Panamá. La coordinadora del programa de educación, Iris Sánchez comenta sobre la labor que ha realizado la cooperativa fundada por el activista desaparecido Héctor Gallego al igual que la labor que cooperativa desempeña en la comunidad entre ellas enseñar el cultivo orgánico a los campesinos de forma alternativa al uso de químicos.
En noviembre del 2013, un equipo de Sobrevivencia Cultural visitó a la comunidad de Nuevo Andoas en Loreto, Perú, para conocer la situación de grave contaminación medioambiental causado por la explotación petrolera en la región.
En noviembre del 2013, un equipo de Cultural Survival visitó a la comunidad de Nuevo Andoas en Loreto, Perú, para conocer la situación de grave contaminación medioambiental causado por la explotación petrolera en la región.
Aucune exploitation ne peut être faite sur nos terres sans appliquer au préalable l’article trente-deux de la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones. Ce droit affirme que les états doivent obtenir le consentement préalable, libre et éclairé des peuples autochtones avant que tout projet de développement, pouvant altérer les terres et les ressources des peuples autochtones, ne soit approuvé; notamment en ce qui concerne la mise en valeur, l’utilisation ou l’exploitation des ressources minérales, hydriques ou autres.
A chaque saison, je m'inquiète de notre (mauvaise) récolte; nous n’avons plus assez de terres agricoles depuis que l'entreprise s’est installée dans notre communauté. C'est vrai, on a pris nos terres sans notre consentement préalable, libre et éclairé. Ce droit oblige toute entreprise ou gouvernement d'informer, de consulter et d'écouter les peuples autochtones avant d'exploiter leurs terres. Agissons donc pour responsabiliser cette entreprise.
Persona 1:
Ogni stagione mi preoccupo della nostra mancanza di
raccolto; semplicemente non abbiamo abbastanza terra
da quando la compagnia si è trasferita nella nostra
comunità.
Una serie de entrevistas con mujeres (y un hombre) sacadas durante la Conferencia Global de Mujeres Indigenas en Noviembre de 2013 en Lima, Peru.
En el pasado, las mujeres indígenas nunca habían visto limites de su territorio, pero ahora se encuentran en una situación difícil, demarcando su tierra y sumiendo concepciones del territorio. Estas mujeres quieren un cambio para que pare la explotación de la tierra, y para respetar la naturaleza y el territorio en que ellas viven.
Entrevistas sobre temas Indigenas desde La Segunda Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indigena, celebrandose en Tlahuiltotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico en Octubre, 2013.
Un comunicador popular mexicano explica la importancia de los medios de comunicación para concientizar y informar a las comunidades sobre los derechos humanos, migración, defensa del territorio, y otros temas.
Entrevistas sobre temas Indigenas desde La Segunda Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indigena, celebrandose en Tlahuiltotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico en Octubre, 2013.
Un activista del pueblo Mapuche en Argentina nos habla de su lucha contra la explotación minera.
Entrevistas sobre temas Indigenas desde La Segunda Cumbre Continental de Comunicación Indigena, celebrandose en Tlahuiltotepec, Oaxaca, Mexico en Octubre, 2013.
El papel que juega los medios de comunicación, especialmente la radio, en fortalecer la cultura indígena, defender su territorio, y educar a los pueblos sobre el tema de consulta previa.
El Estado debe obtener el consentimiento libre, previo e informado antes de aprobar cualquier proyecto de desarrollo que afecte las tierras y recursos de los pueblos indígenas.
El Estado debe obtener el consentimiento libre, previo e informado antes de aprobar cualquier proyecto de desarrollo que afecte las tierras y recursos de los pueblos indígenas.
Join us at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2013 in New York, as we interview youth leader Ta'Kaiya Blaney of the Sliammon FIrst Nation in British Colombia, Canada, about the right to Free, Prior, Informed Consent.
Join Cultural Survival as we interview Dayamani Barla, winner of the 2013 Ellen Lutz award for Indigenous Leadership, as we catch up with her at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York, May 2013.
Aprenda sobre el derecho de Consentimiento Libre, Previo, e Informado por medio de esta serie inovador de programas radiofónicos, listo para divulgación en emisoras de radio alrededor del mundo.
Varios ciudadanos indígenas expresan que los megaproyectos no deben ser presentes en sus pueblos porque tiene efectos negativos ambientales, sociales y culturales. La tierra se tiene que respetar. Las industrias extractivas traen mucha contaminación que afectan la forma de convivencia y es una amenaza para los pueblos indígenas.
Aprenda sobre el derecho de Consentimiento Libre, Previo, e Informado por medio de esta serie inovador de programas radiofónicos, listo para divulgación en emisoras de radio alrededor del mundo.
Es muy importante tener en mente el interés de los indígenas y no de las empresas. La posición del gobierno debe de ser de apoyar a su comunidad y educarla previamente con todos los efectos positivos y negativos que pueden traer la empresas. Todo esto debe de ser antes de dar una concesión de tierra para que el pueblo pueda tener el discurso adecuado sobre la presencia de la compañía en cuestión.
Aprenda sobre el derecho de Consentimiento Libre, Previo, e Informado por medio de esta serie inovador de programas radiofónicos, listo para divulgación en emisoras de radio alrededor del mundo.
Aprenda sobre el derecho de Consentimiento Libre, Previo, e Informado por medio de esta serie inovador de programas radiofónicos, listo para divulgación en emisoras de radio alrededor del mundo.
El Estado debe obtener el consentimiento libre, previo e informado antes de aprobar cualquier proyecto de desarrollo que afecte las tierras y recursos de los pueblos indígenas.
States should obtain Free, Prior and Informed Consent before approving any development project that will affect the lands and resources of Indigenous Peoples.