Rural Land Struggles
No conversion of virgin forest to food estate in Merauke: Govt
Foreign investors from China, Korea and Singapore have expressed their readiness to invest in the projects to cultivate including paddy to supply for domestic demand.
Categories: Rural Land Struggles
Africa’s needs are great enough for both India & China: Tharoor
"Agricultural land owned by Indians in a foreign country with captive markets locally, and as an opportunity to export to India, is of interest to us," says Shashi Tharoor
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China looking to lease Kazakhstan land for agriculture
Despite government assurances, the possibility that China could possess Kazakhstani territory leaves many citizens skittish
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How to improve the rights of the seasonal workers in agriculture?
Press release Turin, 4th of February 2010 The Working group “seasonal workers, migrations and agriculture” of the European...
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Analysis: Buy land — they’re not making it anymore
Reports indicate that the Gulf States have acquired more than 150,000 hectares of land in Balochistan near Mirani Dam to begin mechanised farming.
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Nuclear Attack on the Yakama Culture
“It’s astonishing what man can do to try and kill his fellow man; but, yet, do very little to truly protect and preserve the unique people throughout this world.”
Yakama Nation cultural leader Russell Jim talks about the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in south-central Washington and the social, cultural, economic, and political issues that surround it. [...]
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Guatemalan Mining Re-Sister Crisanta Perez arrested by police
Crisanta Perez, a Maya Mam villager from the community of Agel, in San Miguel Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, was arrested by police for an outstanding arrest warrant that was laid against her in 2008, reports the maritimes-guatemala Breaking the Silence Network (BTS).
Crisanta had been in hiding for the past several months, due to several threats [...]
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Bitter Sweet or Toxic? Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution
Note: this is a revised version of my article, “Bitter Sweet or Toxic?” featured in this month’s issue of the Dominion, February 2010.
Bitter Sweet or Toxic?
Indigenous people, diabetes and the burden of pollution
WINNIPEG—Diabetes is now widely regarded as the 21st century epidemic. With some 284 million people currently diagnosed with the disease, it’s certainly [...]
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Underreported Struggles #34, January 2010
In this month’s Underreported Struggles: Philippine community blocks entry of large mining firm; First Nation begins blockade in northern Ontario; Malaysian authorities destroy homes in Iban village; US Dept. rules against native rights; Indigenous People in Algeria March for Autonomy
Jan 28th – Burma: Gold mining leads the way to Irrawaddy destruction – Several large companies [...]
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Wade Davis: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
In this talk, delivered at the Cowell Theatre in San Francisco, California, on January 13, 2010, the respected author and Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis takes us on a journey through the ethnosphere—and reminds us of our own cultural imperative as human beings. The Long Now Foundation’s latest monthly Seminar, Davis speaks for approx. 1 [...]
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Burma: Gold mining leads the way to Irrawaddy destruction
Several large companies are working “day and night” to mine for gold in areas that will soon be flooded by the infamous Irrawaddy Myitsone dam project in Burma’s Kachin State.
According to the Kachin News Group (KNG) there are seven companies working in the Irrawaddy “sacrifice zone”, an area the size of Singapore, including [...]
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Indonesia: Halt Mining that Threatens Indigenous Peoples
The Manggarai, Leragere and Kedang Indigenous peoples are calling on the government of Indonesia to halt all mining in East Nusa Province and conduct a genuine consultation process with communities affected by any ongoing and proposed mining projects.
One of these projects, a gold mine in Lembata, threatens to displace and severely undermine the livelihoods of [...]
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Wisdomkeepers by Harvey Arden
Harvey Arden speaks and reads at the Institute of Noetic Sciences in Petaluma, Ca
Harvey Arden is a former Senior Writer for National Geographic and Author of numerous books, including “Noble Red Man: Lakota Wisdomkeeper Mathew King”, “Travels in a Stone Canoe: The Return to the Wisdomkeepers”, and “Have You Thought of Leonard Peltier Lately?” [...]
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Dept. rules against native rights, says Eagle Rock isn’t sacred
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, has shamelessly and underhandedly given its final approval for Kennecott’s proposed Eagle Mine project, a nickel and copper sulfide mine on the Yellow Dog Plains.
In issuing the approval, the MDEQ overstepped the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s treaty rights, and dismissed a 2009 ruling by Administrative Law Judge Richard Patterson, [...]
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Philippine community blocks entry of large mining firm
The community of Anislagan on the island of Mindanao has successfully blocked the Philex mining company from entering their lands.
According to a press release from the Legal Rights and Natural Resources Center-Kasama sa Kalikasan (LRC-CdO), nearly the entire community gathered to greet Philex, the largest mining firm in the Philippines, with a makeshift checkpoint [...]
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Indonesia: Govt to set up three SEZs for agribusiness
The government is aiming to attract less than Rp 100 trillion (US$10.6 billion) in investment through the development of three special economic zones (SEZs) producing agricultural products this year.
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FAO/SDC/IFAD: Land, Investment and Development
Land Day will zero in on land and associated agro-industry related global challenges with a long-term rural development perspective.
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US Companies Favoring Efficiency Over Offsets
The average Nike shoe emits about 40 pounds of CO2 (http://www.greenbiz.com)
A few years ago, the latest green(wash) rage among the rich and famous was offsetting carbon emissions from air travel and energy use. Lately, this trend may be slowly reversing itself.Companies are beginning to see the problems inherent in offsets and are instead turning to improving energy efficiency. The latest companies to abandon the over-hyped offset are Yahoo! and Nike.
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Ethiopia's Hydro Plans Get Stuck in the Mud
Meles Zenawi and Italy's Foreign Minister inaugurate Gilgel Gibe 2
On Jan. 13, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Meles Zenawi inaugurated the Gilgel Gibe 2 scheme, the country's biggest hydropower project. "It is possible to speed up development without polluting the environment," Zenawi proudly declared as he cut the ceremonial ribbon. Yet this was wishful thinking.
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Ethiopia’s Newest Dam Suffers Tunnel Collapse Days After Inauguration
A critical water-passage tunnel in the newly inaugurated Gilgel Gibe 2 hydropower project in Ethiopia reportedly collapsed this week.
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