41. Protected Areas. Protected Against Whom? Guyana Guyana Conservation International accused of gross disrespect to indigenous peoples. honduras honduras Only the fury of nature? http://www.wrm.org.uy/subjects/PA/protected.html

Protected Areas Protected Areas. Protected Against Whom? by Oilwatch and World Rainforest Movement This publication has been jointly produced by Oilwatch and the World Rainforest Movement for dissemination at the Seventh Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity which will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-20 February 2004. The book contains information disseminated in different formats by both organizations and most of the articles have been previously published in the electronic bulletins of Oilwatch ("Resistance") and the World Rainforest Movement's Bulletin. The level of detail and analysis in the articles varies greatly, as a consequence of the nature of the bulletins, which are intended to serve as a tool, both for individuals and organisations acting on a local level and for those working on an international scale. However we believe that they can all serve to generate a better understanding on the complicated issue of protected areas. We have not included the numerous sources of information on which the various articles were based, due to a lack of space. However, those who are interested in accessing these sources may do so either through the WRM web page (entering the "bulletin" area and looking for the year and month corresponding to the article in question) or through the Oilwatch web page.

42. News Briefs From Living Traditions; Abya Yala Fund CONPAH is a confederation of Native peoples of honduras, a national umbrellaof indigenous peoples communities and organizations, including four main http://ayf.nativeweb.org/news1.htm

living traditions Abya Yala Fund Newsletter Spring 1999 Indigenous Peoples NEWS BRIEFS Chile Hurricane Mitch Relief Effort Ecuador Mexico Return to living traditions English Home

43. Press Release - Americas: Indigenous Peoples -- Second-class Citizens In The Lan In honduras, numerous indigenous leaders have been killed over the past set up a programto investigate killings of indigenous and black people in previous http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/2002/americas10112002.html

Previous Page Amnesty International . You may download and read it. You may not alter this information, repost or sell it without permission. If you use this document, you are encouraged to make a donation to Amnesty International to support future research and campaigning. Please contact your nearest AI office Americas Indigenous Peoples Second-class Citizens in the Lands of Their Ancestors AI Index: AMR 01/006/2002 Publish date: 11 October 2002 Ten years ago, on the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the first Europeans in the American continent, the descendants of the continent's indigenous peoples vocally reclaimed their rights and identity. Today, they remain among the most marginalised and poorest communities, discriminated against and often exposed to grave abuses of their fundamental rights, Amnesty International said today. The statement came on the eve of the day known as Columbus Day, Día de la Raza or Native American Day in which several countries in the Americas celebrate the continent's multicultural heritage. "More than half the countries on the continent recognize the multicultural character of the state and guarantee indigenous rights in their constitutions and legislation. However, this is in stark contrast with the reality faced by the vast majority of indigenous people from Canada, through Central America, down to the very tip of Chile and Argentina, who are often treated as second-class citizens," Amnesty International said.

44. NewIndigenousPeople Land and Resource Protection in Central and South America Belize / Nicaragua/ honduras Indian Law Resource Center. indigenous peoples, Mother Earth and http://www.iucn.org/themes/pmns/OldWebsite/New PMC/NewIndigenousPeople.html

Participatory Management Clearinghouse Home About PMC The PMC Network: related projects and sites The PMC Partners ... WETLANDS OTHER ECOSYSTEMS Forests Marine / Coastal areas Mountains Drylands OTHER TOPICS Biodiversity / Traditional Knowledge Economic Incentives Equitable Benefit Sharing Gender ... Protected Areas REGIONS Africa Asia Australia / Pacific Europe ... North America SPECIFIC TOOLS IN: Collaborative Management Community-Based Management Search INDIGENOUS PEOPLE An Aboriginal Criterion for Sustainable Forest Management NAFA - National Aboriginal Forestry Association and The Institute On Governance Aboriginal-Forest Sector Partnerships : Lessons For Future Collaboration NAFA - National Aboriginal Forestry Association and The Institute On Governance Ancient Futures : Learning from Ladakh Helena Norberg-Hodge - ISEC - The International Society for Ecology and Culture Developing IUCN/WWF Principles and Guidelines on Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas : Issues, Challenges and Follow-up

45. Item Details Item Details. Title indigenous peoples and Poverty The Cases of Bolivia,Guatemala, honduras and Nicaragua. URL http//www.minorityrights http://topics.developmentgateway.org/poverty/rc/ItemDetail.do?itemId=335856

46. Welcome To The International Technical Assistance Homepage! indigenous peoples want to preserve their cultural identities by preserving nativeplant Reserve lacked legal boundaries, and the Government of honduras had no http://www.doi.gov/intl/itap/honduras.html

Honduras The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is the first and largest Man and the Biosphere Reserve (1980) in Central America. It also is a World Heritage Site (1982) and one of 22 sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger (1996). The Reserve is part of the largest contiguous undeveloped rain forest in Central America. The Reserve covers 815,000 hectares total. The indigenous zone, in which the U.S. Department of the Interior is working, is some 300,000 hectares. Four indigenous peoples the Miskito, Pech, Garífuna and Tawahka-Sumu – inhabit the Reserve. During the past 20 years, settlers from outside have forced many of these peoples from their traditional lands. This process has disrupted traditional economies and introduced a host of environmentally destructive land uses which have resulted in deforestation, environmental contamination and the trafficking of rare animal species. Indigenous peoples want to preserve their cultural identities by preserving native plant and animal communities, developing local economies, and curbing further settlement. When DOI began its work in 1995, the Reserve lacked legal boundaries, and the Government of Honduras had no institutional presence within the Reserve and no means of controlling illegal settlement or destructive land uses. DOI works to promote the conservation of biological diversity by direct actions in the indigenous zone of the Reserve and by helping the Government of Honduras to establish administrative controls throughout the Reserve. Since 1995, DOI has promoted:

47. Indigenous Peoples representing vital and prosperous cultures exist in honduras. the creation of theInter American indigenous Institute and the reality of these peoples is seen http://www.itpcentre.org/legislation/english/hondur-eng.htm

48. Bank Information Center USA: Amazon Alliance Proposal For A Consultation Process Nathan Pravia, Presidente Confederacion de Pueblos Autoctonos de honduras,CONPAH. Proposal for the IDB indigenous peoples’ Policy Consultation. http://www.bicusa.org/bicusa/issues/misc_resources/1409.php

BIC is not responsible for any 'sponsored links' that appear on this Google search. This Entry relates to : Misc Resources Amazon Alliance proposal for a consultation process for the IDB Indigenous Peoples Policy [disponible en español Amazon Alliance with Indigenous Peoples       1367 Connecticut Ave NW, Ste 400 Washington, DC 20036 March 24, 2004 Mr. Enrique Iglesias        Inter-American Development Bank Washington, DC Re: Proposal for Consultation Dear President Iglesias: We are very pleased that you will soon begin consultations regarding the indigenous peoples’ policy profile and strategic framework. As indigenous leaders of the Americas we congratulate you for initiating policy consultations rather than limiting the discussion to a strategic framework as originally planned.  We wish you every success in this important endeavor. We would like to state at the outset, however, that the consultation plan should be developed in agreement with representative indigenous peoples. In that spirit, please accept the attached proposal for the consultation process. Based on careful analysis of past consultations and of the methodology you have proposed we suggest an alternative methodology. Although it might take longer than you originally proposed, we believe that if you carefully plan this process from the beginning with indigenous participation at all stages you will obtain the best results. We estimate fifteen months minimum for the entire process.

49. Bank Information Center USA: Indigenous Peoples Letter To IDB Requesting Adoptio 9. Gregoria Flores honduras OFRANEH/CONPAA ofraneh@laceiba.com. 10. Lucia CaribbeanAntilles indigenous peoples Caucus caipc_Caribbean@hotmail.com. 18. http://www.bicusa.org/bicusa/issues/misc_resources/1205.php

BIC is not responsible for any 'sponsored links' that appear on this Google search. This Entry relates to : Misc Resources Indigenous Peoples letter to IDB requesting adoption of an indigenous peoples policy esta carta en español November 12, 2003 President Enrique Iglesias Inter American Development Bank 1300 New York Ave Washington, DC 20577 (English translation from original Spanish) Dear President Iglesias: Greetings on behalf of the indigenous representatives meeting at the OAS headquarters in Washington to participate in the Working Group of the Juridical and Political Committee of the Permanent Council of the OAS Responsible for Elaborating the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In this Working Group we are involved in precedent setting work in the inter-American system in which the states are sitting around the table with us, and we are working together and in good faith to elaborate international rules to respect and promote our human rights. We write to you to reiterate our concerns and requests expressed in the letter sent to you by indigenous peoples of the Americas on May 10, 2003. Now we want to express our profound concern about the lack of a response from your office during the last six months. We emphatically reiterate our request that the IDB adopt an indigenous policy, urgently and in consultation with the indigenous peoples of the Americas, to respect our rights, which continue to be affected by IDB projects and activities in the American hemisphere.

50. Patuca River Campaign The survival of indigenous peoples and their cultures is threatened. honduras needsadditional energy but it has other potential sites for small hydroelectric http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~alexagui/patuca/

The Patuca Dam Project has been put on indefinite hold. I wish to thank all of you who became involved in this campaign to fight what would have been a very destructive megaproject for the local indigenous people and ecosystems. Your concern and involvement did make a difference! Let's congratulate ourselves and keep a watchful eye on any future threats to this beautiful area. For more information you can read Honduras This Week's article: Harza pulls out of Patuca dam project , and Kevin Candee's (Harza's Vicepresident) letter to IRN citing the reasons for abandoning the project. Proposed dams threaten to destroy one of Central America's largest free flowing rivers through the largest expanse of rainforest north of the Amazon basin The Patuca River in Honduras is targeted for a hastily planned series of large hydroelectric dams by a consortium of United States corporations Ahuas Declaration (English) Clickable map of dam site area! Over the past year, plans for a series of very large hydroelectric dams on the Rio Patuca in the Mosquitia region of Honduras have progressed. The private developers are U.S. based Panda Energy International and Harza Engineering. The Patuca River Campaign has been formed by a coalition of concerned groups and individuals who oppose the wholesale destruction of peoples and the environment that the Patuca Hydroelectric Project would bring about. The project is on a fast time line, with a road to access the dam site being planned for construction in December, 1998 to access the site of a proposed 270 MW hydroelectric dam in the heart of the largest biological corridor in Central America. This dam would be the first of two or more hydroelectric dams on the Patuca River with a total installed capacity of at least 700 MW. The first dam, 105 meters high and 435 meters wide, would result in a network of roads and transmission lines in the pristine rainforest as well as a 100 kilometer long, half a km wide reservoir. These actions will open the biological corridor to logging activities, colonization and slash and burn farming, threaten the survival of endangered species, destroy the way of life for the Tawahka, Pech, and Miskito Indians living downstream, contribute to the proliferation of disease vectors (e.g., malaria), and produce significant greenhouse gases from decomposing organic matter in the new reservoir.

51. Culture peoples of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent, the British captured and executed theirLeaders, and deported 2,148 indigenous People from Saint Vincent to honduras. http://www.uctp.org/LostPeoples.html

Culture Lost Island Peoples Found: The South North South and Trans-Caribbean Contacts From the early periods, long Before the Europeans Came, the Caribbean Islands Indigenous Peoples provide the gate-way to American Culture. The very manifestation of their existence has for the most been dismissed by the uninformed. Looking around, one will find: [Lower Creek Nation] of South Carolina; Seminoles of Florida and New York; Narragansetts of Connecticut and New England; Wampanoag of Southern Massachusetts and Tuscaroras of New York and Pennsylvania; among others. The People that has emerged today in the Lesser Antilles are a mixture of all of the above, now referred to as the Bethechilokono [Peaceful People]. While the south-north migration is well documented; the nature of the north-south and trans-Caribbean forced expulsions, need be acknowledge. Trans-Caribbean Phase I On 23 December 1511, King Don Fernando of Spain issued a declaration, which authorized the enslavement of Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean Basin. "Therefore, by these presents, I give permission and authorization to any and all persons going to my orders to the islands and the mainland of the Ocean Sea discovered up to now, as well as to any other islands, that may be discovered, to make war on the Caribs of San Bernando, San Xoan, Isla Fuerte, Cartagena, Varis Islands, Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Grenada, Barbados, Tobago and Trinidad.

52. Honduras/People - Encyclopedia Article About Honduras/People. Free Access, No Re República de honduras Native Americans (also Native North Americans, American Indians,Amerindians, or Red Indians) are indigenous peoples and descendants of http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Honduras/People

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Honduras/People Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Demographics The term demographics refers to selected characteristics of a population (age and income distribution and trends, mobility, educational attainment, home ownership and employment status, for instance) for purposes of marketing, marketing research, opinion research and the study of consumer behaviour. Demographic variables Marketers often group consumers into segments based on demographic variables. The most frequently used demographic variables are: Click the link for more information. of Honduras Honduras is a nation of northern Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala and El Salvador, to the south by Nicaragua and the Pacific Ocean and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Belize (formerly "British Honduras") is some 75 km away across the Bay of Honduras at the two nation's closest points. República de Honduras Click the link for more information. About 90% of the population is mestizo Mestizo Port Mestiço ) is a term of Spanish origin describing peoples of mixed European and Amerindian racial descent. The feminine form is

53. Get Involved is an organization of indigenous Lenca peoples from the departments of Intibuca,La Paz, Lempira and Santa Barbara, located in western honduras, bordering El http://www.cohre.org/inbody01.htm

COHRE will only place the names of grassroots groups here if we have had direct and sustaining working relationships with them, attesting to their credibility, effectiveness and democratic nature. The Civic Council of Indigenous and Popular Organizations in Honduras (COPINH) COPINH is an organization of indigenous Lenca peoples from the departments of Intibuca, La Paz, Lempira and Santa Barbara, located in western Honduras, bordering El Salvador. COPINH is dedicated to legalizing ownership for indigenous peoples of ancestral lands, and promoting community-controlled development and defending their economic, cultural, civil, political and social rights. It has representation in 700 communities in the area, many of which are inaccessible by road. National Context Honduras, similar to other Central American countries, experienced serious and systemic violations of political and civil rights at the hands of a US-backed military regime during the 1980s and 1990s. The presence of military bases of the US-backed Contras and of the US Army contributed to the militarization of Honduras and the maintenance of a discriminatory, unjust "development" economic order. Today, the general human rights situation of the marginalized majority - and of the indigenous people in particular - is characterized by:

54. Hands On: Turtle Power - Honduras honduras/favorite.htm Provides information on ecotourism in honduras, includinginformation on lodgings, ecotours and the indigenous peoples who live there. http://www.tve.org/ho/doc.cfm?aid=1299&lang=English

55. Honduras This Week Online Environmental -- Environmental NGOs Rehabilitate La Ce is going to be the next president of honduras. Most Hondurans European Economic Communityproject Wetlands, Biodiversity and indigenous peoples, Brus Laguna http://www.marrder.com/htw/special/environment/60.htm

ENVIRONMENT Welcome to the Honduras This Week Online environment section, a permanent collection of articles related to the Environment in Honduras. Click here to return to the weekly version of Honduras This Week Online. New Indian-run NGO appears in the Mosquitia By WENDY GRIFFIN In the Department of Gracias a Dios, also known as the Mosquitia, 91 percent of the inhabitants speak a native language such as Miskito, Tawahka, Pech or Garifuna. Edgardo Benitez, the Tawahka Executive Director of CIDCA, believes it is time that indigenous peoples are co-executors of development projects in their area. CIDCA is the Independent Commission for Development and Environmental Conservation, headquartered in Tegucigalpa. Its goals are to promote, support, coordinate, and implement projects that protect, conserve and develop the native cultures of the Mosquitia and their environment. The organization also acts as a voice against projects that threaten these cultures and their environment. The non-governmental organization (NGO) came about because of a felt need for an organization run by native professionals who could articulate the desires of the people of the Mosquitia and turn these into financeable projects. These native professionals are trying to change the role of indigenous peoples in development projects, in response to previous bad experiences.

56. Honduras This Week Central America the rights of indigenous peoples. For several years the ILRC have been helping indigenouscommunities in the La Moskitia region of Northern honduras to stop http://www.marrder.com/htw/2003jan/central.htm

CENTRAL AMERICA Monday, January 27, 2003 Online Edition 4 Indigenous Nicaraguans sue President By ROBERT SPAIN This situation may have some ramifications for the numerous indigenous groups populating many areas of Central America, including Honduras. Their rights are often summed up by locals with the refrain “they have no rights.” All over the country, business opportunities take precedence over the rights of indigenous peoples. For several years the ILRC have been helping indigenous communities in the La Moskitia region of Northern Honduras to stop logging forays on their lands. These areas include parts of the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve - where it is already illegal to cut down trees - however it has not stopped the logging and colonization of the region. Should the action by the Mayangnga prompt Honduran peoples to launch their own suit, they have similarly little guarantee of results. Given that a Nicaraguan Ambassador is famously said to have defended his country’s imposition of a 35% import tax on Honduran products owing to the need to raise capital to fight land battles with Honduras in the Hague, one can only wonder what the internal financial repercussions will be from this - and similar - processes. For more Central American News, visit:

57. Wauu.DE: Society: Ethnicity: Indigenous People: Caribbean: News And Media: Newsp deals with Garifuna protests in honduras over the in the Recognition and Demarcationof indigenous Lands in Information Update from the Forest peoples Programme http://www.wauu.de/Society/Ethnicity/Indigenous_People/Caribbean/News_and_Media/

Home Society Ethnicity Indigenous People ... News and Media : Newspapers Search DMOZ-Verzeichnis: All Categories Categories Onlye Links: "Adventure Runs Deep in Puerto Rico's Underground" Tours of Camuy Cave Park in Puerto Rico and Taino cave paintings are described in this article by the associated Press featured at CNN.com. http://clinton.cnn.com/2000/TRAVEL/PURSUITS/OUTDOORS/07/07/cave.country.ap/index.html "Carib Politics 500 Years Later" An Article by Tracy Kim Assing, Sunday Guardian, Trinidad, Page 12. http://www.centrelink.org/caribpolitics.htm "Celebrate Our Carib Heritage" An article by Sandra Chouthi, Features Desk, Trinidad Express, Section 2, Page 1. http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Culture/Culture_CaribHeritage.html "Celebrating Garifuna Day" An article from the San Pedro Sun of Belize on the annual celebrations of Garifuna Settlement Day. http://www.sanpedrosun.net/old/98-431.html "Congratulations Arima! 112 Years as a Borough" An article from the Sunday Guardian of Trinidad that also includes the text of a speech by the President of the Carib Community of Arima, Trinidad, on the occasion of Arima's Borough Day. http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Places/places-Arima-112yrsasBorough.htm

58. Fight For Identity, Justice The Indigenous Peoples Of Ecuador Are Elsewhere, in Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala, honduras, Chile and Brazil, indigenouspeoples are struggling mostly by peaceful means to defend their http://www.commondreams.org/views/022100-105.htm

Home Newswire About Us Donate ... Archives Featured Views Printer Friendly Version E-Mail This Article Published on Monday, February 21, 2000 in the St Petersburg Times http://www.sptimes.com/News/022100/Worldandnation/Fight_for_identityj.2.shtml Fight For Identity, Justice: The Indigenous Peoples Of Ecuador Are United In Their Fight by David Adams LATACUNGA, Ecuador While produce is abundant, shoppers are scarce at the Saturday fair in this bustling town in the central Andean highlands of Ecuador. Market women in felt hats, from the indigenous Indian communities of Cotopaxi province, come here three times a week to sell their vegetables. They struggle to make a living at the best of times, but lately the women complain they have never had it so bad. "No one has any money. If this goes on, we are all going to die of hunger," said Laura Espin, a 55-year-old Quichua Indian selling parsley and coriander for 1,000 sucres (four cents) per bunch. Last month, thousands of indigenous men and women in traditional dress many carrying small children on their backs marched 55 miles across the sierra from Latacunga to the capital, Quito, to demand political and economic reforms. The government fell and the country's Harvard-educated president, Jamil Mahuad, was ousted from office.

59. Christopher Columbus 'executed' In Honduras - 10/14/98 hemisphere s indigenous peoples. A defense attorney appointed by the court arguedthat the trial was a ridiculous show , and blamed the poverty of honduras on http://www.layman.org/layman/news/news-around-church/columbus-executed.htm

Christopher Columbus 'executed' in Honduras By Paul Jeffrey Ecumenical News International Wednesday, October 14, 1998 Christopher Columbus Tegucigalpa, Honduras - History finally caught up with Christopher Columbus, October 12. After a Honduran jury, including two religious leaders, found the Italian explorer guilty of a series of crimes - ranging from theft to genocide - he was "executed" by two Lenca indigenous warriors who fired a dozen arrows into an image of one of the world's most famous explorers whose reputation has become a matter of debate and controversy in recent years. The mock execution took place on the 506th anniversary of Columbus' first landing in the Americas. "Lazy Indians" Convened by a local group, the Committee of Popular and Indigenous Organizations, the "trial" of Columbus was held in the country's capital, Tegucigalpa, in the courtyard of the national parliament, which was in recess for a public holiday to mark the anniversary. The prisoner, represented by a 2.4 meter high painting of the explorer in handcuffs, was brought before the jury and a crowd of about 2000 people. Indigenous leaders then read a long list of charges against Columbus, quoting descriptions of his actions written by his son Hernando. In all, Columbus faced 10 charges, including kidnapping, rape, slave-trading, invasion, murder, torture and genocide against the hemisphere's indigenous peoples.

60. International Workshop On Indigenous Peoples And Development Centre for Environmental and Forest Studies (Cameroon); ASIA Asia indigenous PeoplesPact; CENTRAL AMERICA Federation Indega Tawahka (honduras); NORTH AMERICA http://users.ox.ac.uk/~wgtrr/ollan.htm

International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Development Ollantaytambo, Qosqo, Peru 21-26 April 1997 We , the participant of the International Workshop on Indigenous Peoples and Development held at Ollantaytambo, Qosqo, Peru, from 21 to 26 April 1997: Considering the importance of cultural diversity and of Indigenous People's values and philosophies for a new paradigm for sustainable development; Considering the importance of Indigenous Peoples knowledge and practices for the maintenance and conservation of biological and cultural diversity for future generations; Considering the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Chapter 26 of Agenda 21 of the Rio Declaration, ILO Convention 169, the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Convention on Desertification, the Copenhagen Social Summit Declaration, Article 30 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other relevant international agreements and covenants that recognize the crucial role of Indigenous Peoples in Conservation and development; Considering that multilateral development banks, international development agencies, national and international non-governmental development organizations have programs and projects targeting Indigenous Peoples that are not widely known;

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