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Amazon

BRAZILIAN SENATE DEFIES SUPREME COURT RULING ON MARCO TEMPORAL: PLACES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND AMAZON IN GRAVE DANGER.

The Brazilian Constitution of 1988, (Art. 231), grants Indigenous Peoples the right to land they have “traditionally occupied”, and since that date 761 territories have been claimed, although only 475 have been formally recognized and adjudicated. The ‘Marco Temporal’ concept (promoted by ‘Ruralist’ legislators who represent the interests of agribusiness,

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Climate Crisis

LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS, AGENTES EN LA LUCHA CONTRA LA CRISIS CLIMÁTICA

Jorge Basilago 26 septiembre 2023 https://www.opendemocracy.net/es/pueblos-indigenas-agentes-lucha-crisis-climatica/ La crisis climática es una realidad que ya nadie puede desconocer. Tampoco existe duda alguna acerca de la seriedad del fenómeno para la vida de los Pueblos Indígenas, explica José Proaño, Director de Programas de Land is Life para América Latina. “Todos seremos afectados

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Advocacy

THE MARCO TEMPORAL IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: LAND IS LIFE CONGRATULATES BRAZIL’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ON A CRUCIAL VICTORY

On Thursday September 21st, the Brazilian Supreme Court voted against the so called ‘Marco Temporal’, which would have forced the country’s Indigenous Peoples to demonstrate that any territories claimed as traditional, had been occupied by them prior to the Brazilian Constitution of 1988.  Court magistrate Carmen Lucia stated that Brazilian

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Declaration of the International Working Group GTI-PIACI Emphasizes the Urgent Need to Protect Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation

From December 5-9, representatives from Indigenous Peoples’ and civil society organizations from across South America gathered in Asunción, Paraguay, for the annual meeting of the International Working Group on Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact (GTI-PIACI). They gathered to analyze the current situation of the PIACI in

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