Parliament committee says miner must negotiate a compensation deal with traditional owners and ‘ensure a full reconstruction’ of the caves A parliamentary inquiry into the destruction of 46,000-year-old caves has delivered a scathing report criticising the actions of Rio Tinto… Read More... "Juukan Gorge inquiry: Rio Tinto’s decision to blow up Indigenous rock shelters ‘inexcusable’"
UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies
Governments around the world should all declare a state of climate emergency until the world has reached net zero CO2 emissions, the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has told a summit of world leaders. At least 38 countries have already… Read More... "UN secretary general urges all countries to declare climate emergencies"
Greenpeace: 10,5 juta ha lahan Papua diberikan untuk investasi berbasis lahan
Jayapura, Jubi – Juru Kampanye Hutan Papua Greenpeace Indonesia, Nicodemus Wamafma mengatakan 10,5 juta hektare hutan di Papua telah diberikan kepada investasi berbasis lahan. Lahan tersebut digunakan untuk perkebunan sawit, Hak Pengusahaan Hutan (HPH), dan Hutan Tanam Industri (HTI). Nicodemus… Read More... "Greenpeace: 10,5 juta ha lahan Papua diberikan untuk investasi berbasis lahan"
UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature
Human damage to biodiversity is leading us into a pandemic era. The virus that causes COVID-19, for example, is linked to similar viruses in bats, which may have been passed to humans via pangolins or another species. Environmental destruction such… Read More... "UN report says up to 850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature"
Medics pay price as researchers say half of Indonesia could be infected with coronavirus
Indonesia has added a grim new statistic to its COVID-19 fatality rates that are already among the highest in the world — a high ratio of doctor deaths amid warnings the country’s health system may not be able to cope… Read More... "Medics pay price as researchers say half of Indonesia could be infected with coronavirus"
We Stand with Jeremy Corbyn
“In defence of decency, and for the future of socialism in Britain and around the world.” We, members of the Progressive International, stand with Jeremy Corbyn as a genuine internationalist and inspiration to progressive forces around the world. Jeremy Corbyn… Read More... "We Stand with Jeremy Corbyn"
40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction
Race against time to save plants and fungi that underpin life on Earth, global data shows Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Two in five of the world’s plant species are at risk of extinction as a result of the destruction of… Read More... "40% of world’s plant species at risk of extinction"
Bernard Narokobi – leader, legislator, poet
GREGORY BABLIS PORT MORESBY – In 1995 when Bernard Narokobi was Papua New Guinea’s minister for agriculture, he, Bart Philemon and Jerry Nalau voted against prime minister Julius Chan’s proposed bill for an organic law on provincial and local level… Read More... "Bernard Narokobi – leader, legislator, poet"
Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO
Experts call for legislation and trade deals worldwide to encourage green recovery Damian Carrington Environment editor @dpcarrington Pandemics such as coronavirus are the result of humanity’s destruction of nature, according to leaders at the UN, WHO and WWF International, and the… Read More... "Pandemics result from destruction of nature, say UN and WHO"
Forest Policies and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Sustainable Forest Management
Indigenous peoples and forests are mutually constitutive. Certain natural forests have been developed as part of indigenous peoples’ territories. Previous studies show evidence of a long history of forest resource management by indigenous peoples globally (de Chavez, 2013; Poffenberger, 2000;… Read More... "Forest Policies and Indigenous Peoples’ Traditional Knowledge and Practices on Sustainable Forest Management"
Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests
by Patrick Galey More than a third of the world’s vanishing pristine forests are managed by indigenous peoples under threat from development and deforestation, scientists said Tuesday, calling for greater protection. As deadly bushfires ravage Australia’s east coast, a new… Read More... "Indigenous peoples key to saving threatened forests"
The World’s Best Forest Guardians: Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous and local communities manage almost a quarter of the world’s lands—and that means they care for an astonishing 80 percent of Earth’s biodiversity. And no one stewards the land better: Research shows that Indigenous peoples achieve conservation results at least equal… Read More... "The World’s Best Forest Guardians: Indigenous Peoples"