Graffiti brings Manaus's Indigenous roots to light. Murals recount the history of Indigenous people and honor their culture in the capital of Amazonas.
Indigenous Rights and Fights
Sadly, many indigenous peoples are struggling to maintain rights to their land and to the Earth resources they protect. Mining, logging, dams and deforestation for agricultural purposes are imposed by outside interests. Many indigenous activists have been violently attacked, criminalized and murdered and the threats are growing worldwide.
BBC News - Deforestation threat to Amazon indigenous areas if protected status changed - report.
BBC News - Over 1,700 environment activists killed in decade (report), environmental activist killed every two days.
Climate Law Blog - Indonesian Human Rights Commission's first human rights complaint on the impacts of climate change.
EcoWatch - Megadrought Threatens Navajo Lifeways, Drives Up Food Prices and threatening lifeways across the Navajo Nation.
Environmental Defense Fund - Indigenous Peoples Need a Seat at the Climate Table, who've stewarded tropical forests for generations.
Forest Declaration Platform - Sink or swim: How Indigenous and community lands can make or break nationally determined contributions. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Guardian -
Brazilian Forest Guardian - Rainforest activist from one of Brazil's leading Indigenous protection groups killed. ------------------------------------------------------------
Greenpeace - Protecting forests shouldn't mean murder, attacks against Indigenous communities in Brazil.
Hakai Magazine - For New Zealand Maori, an Uncertain Future as Fish Move Away, animals are heading for new areas.
Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center - Conflict, Militarization, Exploitation of Land and Resources, statements on human rights and peacemaking in indigenous zones.
Interfaith Rainforest Initiative - Uniting people of all faiths to end tropical deforestation, protecting rainforests and indigenous peoples.
Law Library - Introduction to Indigenous Peoples' Civil Rights, fights to obtain civil liberties from the nations that colonized them.
Mongabay - series: Indigenous Peoples and Conservation, journalistic stories exploring threats to indigenous peoples' territories, showcasing successful indigenous-led conservation initiatives.
NPR - A U.S. uranium mill is near this tribe. A study may reveal if it poses a health risk
NPR - Pacific Northwest tribes want to hold American leaders accountable and remove 4 dams on the Snake River.
NPR - The last member of a tribe in Brazil has died, pulling Indigenous rights into focus.
Planet Forward - Stewardship of our oceans should belong to the First Nations People, humanity engaged in fight for oceans' survival.
UN - Meet 13 Indigenous Young Indigenous Rights Activists, Indigenous youth have been leading the way online and offline
Wikipedia - Indigenous rights that exist in recognition of the specific condition of the Indigenous peoples.
YaleEnvironment360 - Amazon Defender Stands Up for Her Land and Her People: dam projects, illegal loggers and miners.
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