News - Community Organising
Brazil’s Indigenous Demand ‘No More Dams’
26th Jul 2013
The fight continues between the Brazilian government pushing to bring another hydroelectric dam to the Tapajós river basin in the Brazilian Amazon and the indigenous Munduruku people who live there. (Luciane Salles / Global Voices)
Indonesian Court Ruling Gives Land Rights Back to Millions of Indigenous
19th Jul 2013
On May 14 Indonesia’s constitutional court ruled to modify the language of a 1999 law, effectively placing millions of hectares of previously government-controlled forest land back into the hands of indigenous peoples. (First Peoples Worldwide)
Guatemala cracks down on anti-mine protests
3rd May 2013
Guatemala's government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings in four townships east of the capital Thursday following several days of violent clashes between police and anti-mining protesters. (AP)
Communality as a way of life and resistance
1st Apr 2013
The indigenous Zapotec cultural system of living in harmony with nature coincides with the Andean concept of Good Living. (Latinamerica Press)
Indigenous women fight climate change
15th Mar 2013
Ancestral knowledge and wisdom are applied to confront changes to farming calendars. (Latinamerican Press)
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