December, 2007

• Underreported Struggles #9, December 2007

  

  December 31, 2007  1,668 views 2 comments Share

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  In keeping with the patterns relayed in previous months, December was a time filled with both wanted and unwelcomed events. On the positive side, government officials in India acknowledged the Narmada dam was illegal; and in Canada, the Ontario Government announced they will be returning Ipperwash Park to the Chippewa. Elsewhere, in Australia, the Kuku [...]

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• All that Glitters is not Gold

  

  December 30, 2007  1,558 views 0 Comments Share

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  "All that Glitters is not Gold" is an informative and disturbing 6-minute video that looks at the Olympic Dam in Australia, the site of the world’s largest known uranium deposit. Currently, BHP Billiton wants the federal and state government to approve a plan to bring 40 million tonnes of the radioactive ore to the surface [...]

  Filed Under Australia • business • gold • mining • toxins • uranium • video

• Moving Mountains

  

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  "Moving Mountains, " is a film produced by the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights) which examines the toxic legacy of large-scale mining in the Philippines. The primary focus in the following 10 minute clip is on the region known as the Cordillera. Home to over a million settlers and indigenous people, the Cordillera is [...]

  Filed Under business • Indigenous Peoples • land • mining • Philippines • struggles • toxins • video

• Criminalized for Defending Nature

  

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  The World Rainforest Movement's Bulletin for December features an article by Guadalupe Rodriguez, a Campaigner for Tropical Forests and Human Rights, which discusses the ongoing criminalization of anyone opposed to the exploitative activities of transnational corporations in Ecuador. The article also discusses "the First Summit of Communities Criminalized for Defending Nature", which was held on [...]

  Filed Under business • Ecuador • Indigenous Peoples • land • struggles • unity

• Colombia to fumigate ‘illicit’ crops without consent

  

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  According to a recent article on Narco News, Colombia's Anti-Narcotics Police will soon begin fumigating illicit crops inside of the country’s Indigenous Territories. Though not publicly known until November 24, on October 8, the National Narcotics Council approved the new fumigation plan--alleging the government first engaged in a consultation process with the affected communities (which [...]

  Filed Under business • Colombia • environment • Indigenous Peoples • struggles

• Yucca Mountain Needs Your Help

  

  December 24, 2007  2,348 views 1 comment Share

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  Black Mesa Indigenous Support has sent out an urgent call for people to help protect Yucca Mountain. Located 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, the Mountain range is located on Shoshone territory as defined in the 1863 Treaty of Ruby Valley. The US government however refuses to acknowledge the treaty and is currently planning to [...]

  Filed Under ALERT • environment • Indigenous Peoples • land • reports • Sacred Sites • Shoshone • sovereignty • struggles • toxins

• Penan Headman Kelesau reported missing

  

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  A group of Penan from the Upper Baram region of the East Malaysian State of Sarawak have reported Headman Kelesau Naan has vanished without a trace. He was last seen on October 23, 2007. According to a media release by Bruno Manser Fonds, "The Penan leader, who was in his 70s, was last seen on [...]

  Filed Under business • Indigenous Peoples • Malaysia • Penan • struggles