The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation donates 20 million dollars for environment protection
The grants are destined to more than 100 organisations committed to protecting biodiversity, safeguarding indigenous people and combatting climate change.
Brazil, uncontacted indigenous people murdered by gold miners
Around ten members of an uncontacted indigenous tribe, one that has had no peaceful contact with mainstream society, have been killed by illegal gold miners in the Brazilian Amazon. The alleged attack took place last month along the Jandiatuba River, close to the border with Peru and Colombia. The crime came to light after the perpetrators were overheard in
Teixchel, indigenous women in Guatemala weave to fight exclusion
The challenges that indigenous Maya women currently face in Guatemala are complex and numerous but if we had to sum them up in one word, it would be exclusion. This according to Rosalia, a 33-year old associate artisan at Teixchel, a sustainable weaving association in San Pedro La Laguna, on the shore of Lake Atitlán, that uses exclusively nontoxic eco and
2016 was the deadliest year ever for environmental activists
Lo scorso anno oltre duecento ambientalisti, quasi quattro ogni settimana, sono stati assassinati in tutto il mondo. Lo rivela il nuovo rapporto di Global Witness.
Guatemala, Maya women fight to defend indigenous textiles from the fashion industry
An organisation that unites over 1,000 mainly Maya women in Guatemala has expressed alarm that indigenous handicrafts, textiles called “huipiles” in particular, are under threat because underpriced industrial fabrics appropriating indigenous patterns have flooded the Guatemalan market, depriving many native women of their main source of income. Read more: Down to Xjabelle, the fashion collection by a young designer with Down
Why indigenous communities are essential to prevent forest fires
According to a study presented in Guatemala, granting the rights to land to rural communities contributes to reducing the risk of forest fires.
The status of the world’s native peoples: what was said at the UN Forum on Indigenous Issues
Over 1,000 indigenous peoples’ representatives from the North Pole to New Zealand reflected on the progress and challenges in safeguarding indigenous rights during the 16th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held at the international organisation’s headquarters in New York between the 24th of April and 5th of May. Calling for concrete action,
The Mayan calendar explained, how to find guidance in ancient wisdom
The ancient Mesoamerican civilisation of the Mayans worked out a common denominator linking planets’ cycles, human gestation cycles and the life cycles of maize. In other words they designed a calendar system broken down in 20 periods of 13 days, each with special flavour to it, linking the heart of heaven, the human heart and
Ládio Veron. The Guaraní Kaiowà people could soon be wiped out
In Brasile la situazione per i guaraní, il popolo indigeno più numeroso del Paese, è drammatica, privati delle loro terre ancestrali e assassinati impunemente dai proprietari terrieri.
New Zealand, Maori’s sacred river gets same legal rights as a human being
Il fiume Whanganui, ritenuto sacro dai Maori, ottiene dopo una lunghissima battaglia legale personalità giuridica.