Blogposts tagged 'Indigenous People'

Stories from the Frozen North: Kaktovik, Alaska

Posted by bex - 2 November 2011 at 5:33pm - 3 Comments

Robert Thompson, a local guide in Alaska, explains how climate change is affecting his remote Alaskan community - and the spectacular Arctic wildlife.

Article tagged as: arctic, climate change, go beyond oil, indigenous people, oil, oil spills, polar bears

Deni celebrate their forest homeland in the Brazilian Amazon

Posted by paulo adario - 21 September 2011 at 4:40pm - 1 Comment

Biruvi Deni demarcating Amazon Deni lands to protect it from illegal logging with help from Greenpeace.

September 11, 2001 was not only a day of major tragedy in the US that changed the world we are living in, it was also a day of hope for the Deni. The Deni are an indigenous group living in semi-isolation in a very remote part of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest. At that time their land was sold illegally to a logging company without their knowledge.

Article tagged as: amazon, demarcation, deni, forest code, forest protection, forests, indigenous people, rainforests

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Threats and intimidation down Amazon way

Posted by jamie - 30 August 2007 at 2:48pm - 4 Comments

As the narrator of this startling video states, "working in the Amazon forest is not for the faint of heart." In the past, people from campaigning organisations have been bullied by land owners and workers, facing intimidation, violence, death threats and even murder.