News - Livelihoods and Culture

Inter-ethnic Summit Brings together 25 Indigenous Nations to Strengthen Resistance

3rd Jun 2015
Government of Argentina refuses to meet indigenous peoples (Fionuala Cregan / Intercontinental Cry.org)


Kenya’s Maasai determined to overcome the challenges of drought and climate change

16th May 2015
Persistent droughts are undermining the self-sufficiency of Maasai communities in the Great Rift Valley and worsening their living conditions (Sarchi / The Ecologist)


Ecotourism Is Saving Tanzania’s Animals and Threatening Its Indigenous People

12th May 2015
For more than a century, the Maasai have been corralled into smaller pieces of land in order to conserve the environment and animals— making room for deluxe suites and armies of tourists. (Friedman-Rudovsky / Vice.com)


As climate talks belch hot air, activists are putting their lives on the line

21st Apr 2015
Artificial, self-important UN summits could not be further from the frontline of protest, where environmentalists are being killed at an alarming rate. Of those killed, a shockingly high proportion, 40%, were indigenous people. (Andrew Simms / Guardian.com)


Guarani communities win eviction reprieve in Brazil

3rd Apr 2015
Three Guarani Indian communities in central Brazil have been given a glimmer of hope that they can remain on their ancestral lands, after legal rulings overturned or suspended orders to evict them (Watson / Survival).


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