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#indigenouspeoples

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Mongabay

Indigenous leaders from around the world converged in New York for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues from April 21 to May 2, 2025, discussing how states have, or have not, protected the rights of Indigenous peoples.

Conversations range from the environmental effects of extractive industries to climate change.

By Taylar Dawn Stagner
news.mongabay.com/2025/05/indi

Mongabay Environmental News · Indigenous youth at the U.N. share environmental setbacks and solutionsThis story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. For the last week, Indigenous leaders from around the world have converged in New York for the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, or UNPFII. It’s the largest global gathering of Indigenous peoples, and the forum provides space for participants to bring their issues to international […]
#News#Conservation#Environment
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Nonilex

In 2021, #Biden became the first American president to formally recognize #IndigenousPeoples’ Day, vowing to “honor America’s first inhabitants & the #TribalNations that continue to thrive today.”

But Biden did not rename the longstanding holiday, which is still officially known as #ColumbusDay. While several states & dozens of cities recognize the holiday as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, it is not considered a federal holiday, though there have been occasional efforts in Congress to make it one.

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Mongabay

The involvement of Munduruku people in illegal mining inside the Munduruku Indigenous Territory made Brazil’s efforts to stop it more complicated, federal officials said.

Munduruku sources told Mongabay that deception, abandonment by the state and a lack of alternative income sources are what push some Munduruku people to mine.

By Aimee Gabay
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/what

Mongabay Environmental News · What pushes Indigenous Munduruku people to mine their land in Brazil’s Amazon?This is part three of a series on the operation to evict illegal gold miners from the Munduruku Indigenous Territory. Read part one here and part two here. Part four and five are coming soon. Indigenous people recruited by illegal miners in Brazil’s Munduruku Indigenous Territory complicated government efforts to control the spread of illegal […]
#News#Mongabay#Environment
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Mongabay

Brazil’s Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution.

On the same day, the Federal Attorney General’s Office presented a draft presidential decree also excluding mining activities on Indigenous territories but allowing tourism and other activities led by Indigenous communities.

By Karla Mendes
news.mongabay.com/2025/04/afte

Mongabay Environmental News · After outcry, Brazil Supreme Court nixes proposal for mining on Indigenous landsBrazil's Supreme Court backed down and withdrew its proposal to open up Indigenous territories to mining and economic activities from a controversial bill that critics say violates the Constitution.
#News#IndigenousPeoples
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BellingenNSW

Colonial carceral legacies
Incarceration and "military-style patrols, surveillance and move-on measures" for some

"A victim of crime advocacy group has quickly risen to prominence in Queensland and has been consulted on sweeping changes to youth justice laws."
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/voi

"First Nations human rights experts lodge UN complaint over 'racist' tough-on-crime laws"
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/un-

"First Nations people in Australia are the most imprisoned people in the world."
theconversation.com/first-nati

"NT government-funded security patrol caught on camera kicking man in the head"
"Military-style patrols, surveillance and move-on measures."
abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/nt-

ABC News · The growing political influence of advocacy group Voice for Victims in QueenslandBy Alex Brewster
#HumanRights#incarceration#HyperIncarceration
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Thailand Watch

Vulnerable groups in SEAsia at mercy of #USAID freeze. “Weeks after…funding…was turned off, the #ManushyaFoundation has seen…critical functions halted or scaled back. Most at risk are…activists across #Asia that the organisation helps keep safe, a function…mostly hidden from public view... The foundation supports #environmentaldefenders, #climatejustice groups, #indigenouspeoples groups & political activists being targeted…across…#SEAsia, #Pakistan & #Mongolia.” | CNA channelnewsasia.com/asia/usaid

CNA'People will die': Vulnerable groups in Southeast Asia at mercy of Trump's USAID freeze as NGOs scramble for solutionsNon-profits in the region advocating for migrant workers, wildlife, LGBTQ rights and other causes are scrambling to find new funding sources after the Donald Trump administration in the United States suspended most of its foreign aid.
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Mongabay

More than 250 members of Indigenous and local communities gathered in Indonesia’s Merauke district to demand an end to government-backed projects of strategic national importance, or PSN, which they say have displaced them, fueled violence, and stripped them of their rights.

By Hans Nicholas Jong
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/indi

Mongabay Environmental News · Indigenous communities in Indonesia demand halt to land-grabbing government projectsJAKARTA — Hundreds of Indigenous people and civil society groups in Indonesia are demanding an end to government projects that have seized their lands, fueled violence, and stripped them of their rights. In the second week of March, more than 250 members of Indigenous and local communities affected by projects classified as being of strategic […]
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