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Guiana : no extension for the Montagne d'or project

As consultations on the renewal of the Montagne d’Or company concessions are being held from November 18 to December 14, 2018, the Or de question collective invites the government to draw conclusions from the public debate around the mine and refus...

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A Chiapas Community  is becoming self-sufficient

The San Jorge community comprises 135 inhabitants. It is situated 5 km from El AguaceroNational Park, which forms a biological corridor with El Ocote Biosphere Reserve (REBISO). As the heartland of the Zoque people, it is an area of historical s...

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In support of the Khushi association in Nepal

The Himalayan valleys of Nepal are home to more than sixty ethnic groups of a remarkable diversity. Among them are the Magars, Gurungs, Tamangs, Shepang, Bothia, Thakali, Rais and Sherpas.The difficulties of everyday life force many families from the...

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The Yawalapiti record their culture

In 1943, the Brazilian government mounted the Rocandour-Xingu expedition, whose goal was to establish contact with several Indian groups living in the central region of Brazil. This mission was assigned to the Villas Boas brothers who, for the next f...

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Justice for the Krenaks

Three years ago in Brazil, the failure of the Mariana mine waste dam, owned by Samarco (a consortium of multinationals comprising the Brazilian mining giant Vale and the Anglo-Australian company BHP Billiton), led to the release of tens of millions o...

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A secular school for the Naga village of Thangnoknui in Burma

The Nagas live in the mountains along the India-Myanmar border. Long scarred by conflict between supporters of Nagaland self-governance or independence and the governments of India and Myanmar, and by the fratricidal conflicts between warring fa...

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Shipibo forest threatened by a road in Peru

Bulldozers tear open a gash of red soil, which runs like a trail of blood through the jungle of Ucayali. Heavy construction machinery is hauling in, spreading and compacting sand and gravel dredged from nearby rivers. This is the foundation for a new...

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Stop fracking in Bolivia

A few weeks ago, your government announced with surprising enthusiasm the existence of so-called unconventional gas reserves that should be exploited using the controversial and destructive fracking technique. The findings were reported by the compan...

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