61. Indigenous Peoples And Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia, By Bruce E. Johans Ghana indigenous peoples Suffer Goldmining Tailings Spills; Guam The ChamorrosFace Military a Land Base Before it is Logged Away. honduras Murder Follows http://www.ratical.org/ratville/IPEIE/

back to ratville times rat haus Index Search ... ASCII text formats ) Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia by Bruce E. Johansen Professor of Communication and Native American Studies University of Nebraska at Omaha Contents Preface Introduction Argentina: Introduction The Kollas' Struggle for Land Tenure The Argentine Mapuche and Oil Contamination The Wichís' Opposition to Hydroelectric Development Australian Aborigines: Uranium Mining and Nuclear Testing Aboriginals Oppose Gold Mining in New South Wales Bangladesh: Gas Well Explosion Belize: The Mopan and Kekchi Oppose Industrial-scale Logging Biodiversity and Indigenous Environmentalism Bolivia: Indigenous Peoples, Logging Concessions, Oil Exploration, and Toxic Spills Botswana: End of the Line for the Khwe (Kalahari Bushmen) Brazil: Introduction The Toll of Dam-building on Indigenous Peoples Accelerating Deforestation in the Amazon Valley Chico Mendes and the Indigenous Rubber Workers The Apinaje, Kraho, Xerente, Tapuia, Awe, and Karaja, Logging, River Re-routing, and Fish Kills The Apurina, Paurmari, Deni, and Juma Protest Oil-and-gas Pipelines

62. Inter-American Development Bank indigenous peoples. 05/24/2004. IDB organizes 4th meeting of ConsultativeGroup for honduras. 05/12/2004. IDB approves $7 million loan http://www.iadb.org/NEWS/Display/TopicPR.cfm?Topic=Indigenous Peoples&Language=E

63. North And Central America - Rainforest Portal COPMAGUA Coordination of Mayan peoples Organizations of Guatemala Village Websiteabout an indigenous Miskitan village in La Moskitia, honduras. http://www.rainforestweb.org/Rainforest_Information/Indigenous_Peoples/North_and

Home Add a Site Gallery Take Action ... Indigenous Peoples North and Central America Rainforest News Action Alerts Protect an Acre of Rainforest Rainforest Information ... What You Can Do North and Central America Topics: First Nations North and Central America@ North and Central America Links: COPMAGUA : Coordination of Mayan Peoples' Organizations of Guatemala - COPMAGUA is a broad-based coalition of Mayan and Civil Society groups that work for the implementation of the Indigenous Rights Accord within the Guatemalan Peace Accords of 1996. Site in Spanish. Mocoron Village - Website about an indigenous Miskitan village in La Moskitia, Honduras. Native Americans and the Environment - Articles and online resources on the relationship between the environment and indigenous and first nations communities in North America. Home Add a Site Gallery Take Action ... Rainforest Action Network Web Development by Blue Mandala

64. Second Gathering Of Indigenous Peoples Of The Caribbean of 1993 the United Nations declared Year of indigenous peoples. THE GARIFUNA TRULYindigenous TO THE CARIBBEAN. of Belize, Guatemala, honduras, and Nicaragua http://www.nalis.gov.tt/Communities/HeritageLib-SymposiaOn2ndGatheringOfIndigeno

FEA TURE ADDRESS SYMPOSIA IN CONNECTION WITH THE SECOND GATHERING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE CARIBBEAN AUGUST 29 TO SEPTEMBER 5, 1993 JOSEPH PALACIO RESIDENT TUTOR U.W.I., BELIZE HELD AT THE INVITATION OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO COMMEMORATE 1993 THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARED YEAR OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES. INTRODUCTION First I express my own heartfelt gratitude to the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for staging this Second Gathering of the Indigenous Peoples of the Caribbean as aftermath to CARIFESTA V and in commemoration of 1993 the United Nations declared Year of Indigenous Peoples. I am also grateful to the Santa Rosa Carib community for their hospitality and wish them all success as they celebrate the 234 th Annual Santa Rosa de Arima Festival. THE GARIFUNA - TRULY INDIGENOUS TO THE CARIBBEAN Today I speak to you as a representative of the proud Garifuna nation. That nation numbers about 200,000 and is found in the Central American countries of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua as well as in the diaspora throughout North America. The Garifuna are unique in being both Amerindian and African and being equally proud of these two distinct roots.

65. PAHO - HEALTH OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES - INFORMATION RESOURCES HSP/D. Doc. 49 —Health of the indigenous peoples References. HSP/HSO. 36—Situación de Salud de los Pueblos Indígenas de honduras. HSP/HSO Doc. http://165.158.1.110/english/hsp/hso_indig_infoR.htm

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66. PAHO HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES Belize honduras Mexico Chile El Salvador Guyana Panama Suriname Nicaragua, 0.15 4.8 forthe Creation of the Development Fund for the indigenous peoples of Latin http://165.158.1.110/english/hsp/hso_indig_resV_anxs.htm

ANNEXES (I, II, III) ANNEX I: WORKSHOP ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND HEALTH (Winnipeg, 13-18 April 1993) RECOMMENDATIONS: 1. In response to the alarming health situation confronting some Indigenous peoples of the continent, the workshop recommends that PAHO and the Member Governments take immediate action to identify the priority areas and the neediest populations, in order to then declare a state of emergency in specific areas or communities. This should lead to special and priority attention to health problems and the improvement of living conditions at the local level. It is necessary to define at the country level, in consultation with the affected populations, strategies and programs for intervention designed to address the most urgent health problems, as well as to plan medium- and long-term actions. 2. PAHO and the Ministries of Health should establish a surveillance system to track the living conditions and health status of Indigenous peoples. Specific methods and indicators, as well as epidemiological instruments, should be developed for assessing this situation continuously and systematically. Mechanisms should be established that will enable Indigenous peoples to participate in deciding the kind of information to be gathered and the use it will be given. 3. The development of health projects and programs in Indigenous communities should be based on maximum and appropriate use of local resources and on active and systematic community participation in the process of planning, execution, and evaluation of these activities. PAHO and the Member Governments should ensure that in the execution of health programs and projects in Indigenous communities direct coordination is established with these communities and with grass-roots organizations. These programs should help to strengthen the self-government and autonomy of the Indigenous peoples.

67. Introduction - The Human Rights Situation Of The Indigenous People In The Americ and institutions of the indigenous peoples, including their social investment inindigenous populations, work Costa Rica, Guatemala, honduras, Mexico, Paraguay http://www.cidh.oas.org/Indigenas/intro.htm

SITUATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PERSONS AND PEOPLES IN THE AMERICAS INTRODUCTION To date, the rights of indigenous persons and peoples have not been specifically regulated in the basic instruments that govern the inter-American human rights system. In effect, neither the American Declaration on the Rights and Duties of Man nor the American Convention on Human Rights and its additional protocols or other inter-American human rights treaties contain provisions that develop indigenous rights. Indeed it is unusualindeed inexplicableto note that the only international instruments (treaties) on indigenous rights that exist have been codified not by the international human rights organs, but specifically by the International Labor Organization (ILO). There are two relevant conventions: Convention 107 and Convention 169. Convention 107 concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and Tribal Populations and other Tribal and Semi-tribal Populations in Independent Countries (1957); and Convention 169 on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries (1989). Convention 169 is a revision of Convention 107, with a much more progressive approach to the indigenous peoples, in which the value of that which is properly indigenous is accorded priority, setting forth provisions on the elimination of discrimination; respect for the culture and institutions of the indigenous peoples, including their forms of government and customary law, with special attention to the provisions of criminal law; indigenous territories and lands; and form of social investment in indigenous populations, work, health, education, and culture.

68. Missionary To Help Honduras Agreement of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in honduras; Leo Valladares Solano,a Spanish Jesuit who coordinates a ministry with indigenous peoples in Yoro http://www.villagelife.org/news/archives/5-20-97_Hondurasmissionary.html

Missionary to Help Verify Agreement in Honduras Paul Jeffrey United Methodist News Service TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras An American missionary serving in Honduras will help verify an agreement between that country's government and a group of indigenous activists who ended a 10-day hunger strike here on May 14. Andres Thomas Conteris was named to a 10-person "Committee of Guarantors" during the final stage of negotiations between the activists and a team of government officials headed by President Carlos Roberto Reina. The accord was signed May 14 at the Presidential Palace in Tegucigalpa. The 3,000 protesters representing Lenca, Pech, Chorti, Tolupan and Garifuna indigenous communities, as well as black Afro-Honduran groups began their protest on May 5, camped out in front of the Presidential Palace. They were protesting the theft of indigenous lands by cattle raisers and large landowners in the west of the country. The activists also called on the government to investigate the assassination of two Chorti leaders during April. Conteris is appointed by the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries to work with the Christian Commission for Development (CCD) here. He serves as assistant for human rights issues to the commission's president, Noemi de Espinoza.

69. Diplomacy Monitor: Indigenous Peoples 05/10/2004 Dated 05/10/2004 Cached World Bank honduras WORLD BANK Affairs GUATEMALAELECTA EN VARIAS COMISIONES DE NACIONES indigenous peoples Indexed 05 http://www.diplomacymonitor.com/stu/dm.nsf/issued?openform&cat=Indigenous_People

70. Please Help Us To Serve You Better Today there are young Indian lawyers in Brazil, in honduras, in Nicaragua, workingon protecting indigenous peoples under principles which only a few short http://www.indiancountry.com/?1052749337

71. SBMJ allowed us to appreciate the traditions of medical practice that have long providedcures to ailments that have stricken the indigenous peoples of honduras. http://www.studentbmj.com/back_issues/0203/life/25.html

Hey gringo Caught between two worlds Planning your electiveHonduras Let's talk about sex Filtering guinea worms in Sudan The Glostavent ... Email this article to a friend Caught between two worlds Tin Do and Natasha Marston went to Honduras and spent time working with the indiginous population, the Lenca Indians. They learnt about many of the problems unique to indigenous people and talk about some of them here We went to Honduras to provide healthcare services and learn about the medical situation, as members of a delegation of medical students with Witness for Peace. We expected to see poor patients with minimal access to health care, a dearth of medical supplies, and the medical consequences of Hurricane Mitch. The Lenca Indians are an indigenous group of people that we provided care to. We felt that we'd got more than we bargained for; we saw desperation among normally docile women, who shoved their children towards us and pushed aside friends and neighbours for an opportunity to express their concerns about their children's health as well as their own. Medical clinics were often staffed with one inadequately trained healthcare worker in charge of the health of an entire community.

72. Diego Cevallos, Indigenous Women Disappointed With OAS the aspirations of all indigenous groups, said Mauricia Castro, from honduras. quicklyafter the United Nations declared a decade of indigenous peoples in 1993 http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/41/124.html

Documents menu Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 16:08:31 -0500 (CDT) From: rich@pencil.math.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel) Organization: PACH Subject: RIGHTS-LATAM: Indigenous Women Disappointed with OAS Article: 65077 To: undisclosed-recipients:; Indigenous Women Disappointed with OAS By Diego Cevallos, IPS, 21 May 1999 MEXICO CITY, May 21 (IPS) - Women representatives of 14 Latin American indigenous communities meeting up to Friday in Mexico said they were disappointed that a draft declaration on native rights remained at a standstill, after more than a decade of debate in the Organisation of American States (OAS). Bogged down in endless rounds of discussions, corrections and objections by governments, and with a low level of participation by indigenous representatives, the OAS draft document should be reformulated and expanded to include gender issues, agreed the participants in the Continental Forum of Indigenous Women of the Americas. Attended by indigenous leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, Costa Rica, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela, the gathering ran Tuesday through Friday in the city of Patzcuaro, some 300 kms west of the capital. The OAS draft declaration should be submitted to a regionwide consultation process, because as it stands it fails to represent the aspirations of all indigenous groups, said Mauricia Castro, from Honduras.

73. Expressions Of Honduras honduras is home to a wide range of ethnic and indigenous peoples includingthe Pech, MayaChortí, Miskito, Lenca, and Garífuna. http://www.stanford.edu/group/arts/honduras/

Honduras is home to a wide range of ethnic and indigenous peoples including the Pech, Maya-Chortí, Miskito, Lenca, and Garífuna. While each group maintains its own vibrant cultural traditions, "Expressions of Honduras" focuses upon the Garífuna or Garinagu, an AfroCaribbean peoples of mixed Amerindian and African origins. Explore the following links and discover the intriguing art, culture and history of the Honduran Garinagu! Note: "Expressions of Central America " is an innovative, educational tool to help K-12 teachers and students uncover the rich artistic, cultural and historical heritage of underrepresented Central American peoples. "Expressions" is supported by the U.S. Department of Education and developed by the Stanford Center for Latin American Studies and the School of Education'sLearning, Design, and Technology Program (LDT).

74. GTZ - Indigenous Peoples - International Instruments: ILO-Convention 169 The signatory governments are under the obligation to consult the indigenous peopleson all legal and administrative measures that concern them, with honduras. http://www.gtz.de/indigenas/english/international-instruments/ilo169.htm

Indigenous Peoples Home Introduction German DC Other donors ... International Instruments ILO Convention UN Instruments OAS Declaration DC approaches Service Glossary Contact ... GTZ Home The ILO Convention 169 In the past ten years there has been great progress with regard to the international discussion on the importance of indigenous peoples. Starting point for all international documents, declarations and agreements, as well as concepts of other donors on indigenous and tribal peoples, is Convention 169 of the International Labour Organization (ILO) of 1989. The Convention represents the only international policy to date that concedes indigenous peoples their right to a territory of their own, to their culture and to their language which is binding by international laws. It furthermore obliges the governments that signed the paper to commit to the minimum standards in the implementation of these rights. ILO Convention 169 is based on the revision of the ILO Convention 107 of 1957 (Convention Concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and other Tribal and Semi-Tribal Populations in Independent Countries, ILO Convention 107, 1957), which was very strongly oriented towards integration. Growing criticism from indigenous peoples and also from inside the ILO and other UN organizations made it necessary to review the convention.

75. LWF News - Indigenous Peoples Participants In LWF Assembly Amplify Global Concer of the Salvadoran Lutheran Synod, representatives of indigenous peoples from Bangladesh,Bolivia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greenland, honduras, India, Papua http://www.lutheranworld.org/News/LWI/EN/1307.EN.html

The navigation bar requires JavaScript. To activate JavaScript please modify your Internet browser options. The Lutheran World Federation Lutheran World Information Indigenous Peoples Participants in LWF Assembly Amplify Global Concerns Call to Join in Common Journey on the Path of Healing WINNIPEG, Canada, 31 July 2003 The Assembly in its Message on July 30 acknowledged that the Indigenous Peoples feel "powerless and voiceless regarding self-determination, access to education, health care and job opportunities." It declared land rights as "fundamental to the survival of Indigenous Peoples and their cultures," and called on LWF member churches to "continue to recognize and support the basic human rights of Indigenous Peoples" all over the world. Lutheran churches were also urged to "acknowledge and seek the presence of Indigenous Peoples" within their churches, "affirm Indigenous Peoples as equal partners" and "challenge paternalistic patterns" which keep Indigenous Peoples out of participation in life and decision-making. There are about 300 million Indigenous Peoples in more than 70 countries worldwide who seek recognition of their identities, ways of life and right to traditional lands and resources, according to the Assembly of First Nations, an organization representing 700,000 indigenous Canadians living in 633 communities in rural and urban areas.

76. Indigenous Peoples And Poverty : The Cases Of Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras And N Title indigenous peoples and poverty the cases of Bolivia, Guatemala,honduras and Nicaragua. Personal author Feiring, Birgitte et al.. http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/Library/books.nsf/0/8c598a6fd3fb763e41256dcf0048d164?Op

77. IMADR/ Indigenous Peoples And WCAR Day of the World s indigenous People, the human Amnesty International wrote that``native peoples continue to It specifically named honduras, Brazil, Colombia http://www.imadr.org/durban.news.indigenous.html

Indigenous Peoples and WCAR Compiled by IMADR Webmaster News No.1 News No.2 News No.3 News No.4 ... U.S. and WCAR Note: IMADR Webmaster is solely responsible for the compilation of these news files. DECLARATION OF THE NGO FORUM 03 September 2001 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 140. Indigenous Peoples live in every region of the world, including the Arctic, Africa, Russia, the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Pacific amongst other areas, and everywhere they suffer gross discrimination and marginalization. The belief in the inferiority of Indigenous Peoples, in addition to the lack of consultation on matters that effect them, remains deeply embedded in the legal, economic and social fabric of many States and has resulted in the dispossession and destruction of Indigenous territories and resources, political, religious and social systems. 141. Indigenous Peoples continue to suffer the loss of their territories and resources, the destruction of their cultures, and violence directed at their peoples. Indigenous women and children, in particular, endure multiple forms of discrimination. This dispossession, violence and discrimination constitute flagrant violations of our human rights in contravention of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 142. Indigenous Peoples are peoples within the full meaning of international law. Indigenous Peoples have the right to self-determination by virtue of which they freely determine their economic, social, political and cultural development and the inherent right to possession of all of their traditional and ancestral lands and territories. The knowledge and cultures of Indigenous Peoples cannot be separated from their unique spiritual and physical relationships with their lands, waters, resources and territories.

78. Aboriginal Planet - IT And Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas Chile, Columbia, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, honduras, Mexico, and andradio have contributed to the assimilation of indigenous peoples, but we http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/aboriginalplanet/archives/may2003/art2_main-en.asp

Français Contact Us Help Search ... About Us IT and Indigenous Peoples of the Americas shares his experience at the Forum The event attracted the attention of the United Nations. Fortunato Turpo Choquehuanca and Marcos Matias Alonso, two of the members of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues participated in the international session, noting how the issue of IT and Connectivity meshes with the economic and social development goals of the UN. Alain Clerc, from the UN World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS. see www.itu.int/wsis ) spoke of the importance that the WSIS attaches to participation by Aboriginal peoples in the Summit, which will take place in Geneva in December 2003. He invited Aboriginal peoples from Canada, the Americas, and around the world, to participate in the WSIS and help shape the coming Information society. Mr. Tony Belcourt, President of the Metis Nation of Ontario, speaks in the Overview Panel of the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Connecting and Networking Workshop. credit: Institute for the Connectivity in the Americas' (ICA) Latin American participants attended panels and workshops on the Canadian Aboriginal experience in areas such as Infrastructure, E-skills, Digital Content, and On-line economic development. But they also brought their own experiences to share.

79. Letter Of Indigenous Peoples To The World Bank Regarding The Extractive Industri PACIFIC. Na Koa Ikaika o Ka Lahui, Hawai’i. Pacific indigenous peoples EnvironmentCoalition, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Ofraneh, honduras. CELIAC, Mexico. http://www.treatycouncil.org/new_page_5244112111.htm

International Indian Treaty Council CONSEJO INTERNACIONAL DE TRATADOS INDIOS “WORKING FOR THE RIGHTS AND RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES" 10 March 2004 Mr. James Wolfensohn President World Bank Group 1818 H Street NW Washington, DC 20433 Fax: + 1 202 522 7700 jholden1@worldbank.org Dear Mr. Wolfensohn: Follow up and implementation of Extractive Industries Review (EIR) recommendations on indigenous peoples We, the undersigned indigenous peoples’ organizations, welcome the final report of the EIR and are writing to you as President of the World Bank Group to lead in the World Bank’s implementation of its recommendations on indigenous peoples. We especially endorse the EIR recommendations that deal with indigenous peoples because these are largely consistent with our own demands for reforms in the World Bank and in the extractives industry. We commend the eminent person Dr. Emil Salim for recommending appropriate measures to ensure that World Bank policies and projects effectively address the negative impacts of extractive industries on our peoples. Positive aspects of the EIR report The findings of the independent EIR Report corroborate the concerns that indigenous peoples have raised about World Bank-assisted extractive industry projects and their negative impacts on our territories, well-being and livelihoods. The report confirms that these industries have violated our fundamental rights and have a devastating effect on our lives, our territories and our cultures. The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, Dr. Rodolfo Stavenhagen, for instance, states that extractive industries are “

80. HONDURAS: Indigenous People Seek Political Asylum In Costa Rica honduras indigenous People Seek Political Asylum in Costa Rica.by Thelma Mejia TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 28 (IPS) Around 16 Lenca and http://www.oneworld.org/ips2/jul/honduras.html

IPS news reports appear daily in English, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. To subscribe , please contact us at: Africa Asia Caribbean Europe ... North America HONDURAS: Indigenous People Seek Political Asylum in Costa Rica by Thelma Mejia TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 28 (IPS) - Around 16 Lenca and Chorti indigenous people sought political asylum in the Costa Rican embassy here Monday, claiming persecution by the State and groups of landowners. The indigenous people took refuge in the diplomatic headquarters where Ambassador Manuel Carballo is now seeking a diplomatic solution to the request, said members of the Honduran Confederation of Indigenous Peoples (CONPAH). This is the first time indigenous people in Honduras have called for political asylum, a fact which deals a harsh blow to the Carlos Roberto Reina government. Eduardo Yanez, one of the CONPAH activists, said 16 indigenous people requesting asylum had been on the receiving end of political persecution from the State security forces and Guatemalan hitmen allegedly contracted by landowners in the west of the country in recent months. ''We are being persecuted and no one will safeguard our security, that's why our companions took the decision to seek political asylum. They are fearing for their lives and this doesn't seem to matter to anyone, least of all the government,'' said Yanez.

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