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Theres nothing more refreshing than standing in a cool, summertime rain shower. Or bathing in the warm sunlight on a crisp spring day. Or inhaling the cool autumn air, fresh with the scent of turning leaves and pine needles. These things — rainwater, sunlight, air — have long been assumed to be not only free,…
Survival International: thanks to you, a decade of success
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Message sent out by Survival International to their subscribers: As we enter the new decade, we’d like to thank you for your support for tribal peoples over the last ten years. Here are just a few of the highlights: Land of Awá nomads protected Following a 20 year Survival campaign, the Brazilian authorities mapped out…
Moves to stop ‘global warming’ are devastating tribal people
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Measures to stop global warming risk being as harmful to tribal peoples as climate change itself, according to a new report from Survival. The report, `The most inconvenient truth of all: climate change and indigenous people’, sets out four key `mitigation measures’ that threaten tribal people:
Ainu keeping traditional culture alive
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“The thing that hurt most about being Ainu was the self-loathing — I was negative about myself and thought I was ugly,” says Mina Sakai, the leader of the Ainu Rebels, a dynamic music ensemble of young Ainu performers.
Indigenous Herders and Small Farmers Fight Livestock Extinction
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Our non-interference with traditional culture approach is supported again by news that at least one indigenous livestock breed becomes extinct each month as a result of overreliance on select breeds imported from the United States and Europe, according to the study, “The State of the World’s Animal Genetic Resources,” conducted by the UN Food and…
Seed Savers News
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Until recently, tribal people in remote areas were largely unaffected by the depredations of agribusiness. This is changing and Seed Savers organization could be a good way for people to keep up with the latest developments and work with others to protect themselves. The following article has some background on the problems and some good…