🥇 ¡Nemonte Nenquimo: Una de las 100 personas + influyentes del mundo, según @TIME!
El mundo sigue reconociendo la #ResistenciaWaorani. Estamos orgullosos de ratificar nuestra lucha, eligiendo la vida y no el petróleo 🐯🍃
#TIME100 : https://t.co/v6gnWJiRdT
🎨 Marlene Solorio
Article about how the post-2020 global #biodiversity framework that drive to protect 30 percent of the planet could dispossess millions.The framework should strengthen the rights of traditional forest guardians, not undermine them.
#indigenousrights
https://t.co/T44uX05LTF
#OnThisDay 1991, ILO Convention 169 came into force.
It protects tribal peoples’ rights to
-Own the land they live on
-Make decisions about projects that affect them
-Equality & freedom
States around the world flout it. If you fight for this law, you fight for their rights.
(1/7) I wrote about my experience as a young Indigenous journalist. There have been many times when I’ve felt like giving up. It’s so comforting to see all of the BIPOC journalists sharing their experiences & making emerging reporters feel less alone.
https://t.co/6GtIwsbOS6
Sámi campaigners delivered a petition with 37,200 signatures, calling on the Finnish government to stop mining licenses in reindeer herding area.
#indigenous#Sámi#Finland#eikaivoksiakäsivarteen
https://t.co/lPoi4statO
Survival of #Indigenous communities at risk as #Amazon fire season advances and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro continues to slash funds from IBAMA, Brazil’s environmental agency. https://t.co/ahIucZnkjm via @Mongabay
NGOs and experts warn that United Nations drive to increase global protected areas could lead to severe human rights violations. https://t.co/Gi3VEuYZ0l via @Survival
Land and #EnvironmentalDefenders have been the first line of defence against #climate breakdown. Despite evidence of the crucial role they play, many businesses, financiers and governments fail to safeguard their work.
https://t.co/MQLWk1Al5X
RT IYIL2019: RT @UN4Indigenous: .@UNFCCC's Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples Platform launched a call for submission of policies, practices and good examples of #IndigenousPeoples' participation. Deadline 1 Sept!
Submit & learn more (search for …
"Despite challenges indigenous women continue to play an important role in addressing the challenges related to the #covid19" @ANuorgam Chair of the UNPFII
Join the UNFPA event on Indigenous Women and COVID19 now 👉https://t.co/XrzUHNsx2g
#weareindigenous
“The widespread discrimination in health care that translates into disrespect of #indigenous peoples must end.” — @Atayeshe
🎥 Watch the live conversation to see #WhatsNext4Women: https://t.co/aF50sXSj4D
#WeAreIndigenous
Most of the gold mined illegally on Yanomami land is exported to India.
Dario Yanomami appeals to the Indian people not to buy the Blood Gold that's fuelling his people's genocide.
#MinersOutCovidOut#ForaGarimpoForaCovid
Sign: https://t.co/PaRXX3Cajt
Realizing the rights of #indigenouspeoples means ensuring their inclusion and participation in #COVID19 response and recovery strategies. Indigenous peoples must be consulted in all efforts to build back stronger and recover better.
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
https://t.co/3vGMTcS4NA
Indigenous people are 3 times more likely to live in extreme poverty than non-indigenous populations.
We need to address the inequalities faced by #IndigenousPeoples around the world!
https://t.co/RhNImZKItH #WeAreIndigenous#IndigenousPeoplesDay
On InternationalDay of the World's #IndigenousPeople, 9th of Aug: #UN chief spotlights indigenous peoples’ resilience in face of #COVID19#pandemic
https://t.co/3jWl02MEFF
In #Brazil. In an open letter to the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, artists, celebrities, scientists and intellectuals urge Brazil’s leaders to take immediate action to save the country’s indigenous peoples from a Covid-19 “genocide". https://t.co/9G35ckC9w1
Indigenous peoples have filed a lawsuit against #Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy @RecNaturalesEC & others for worst oil spill in decades. Please RT to stand with indigenous communities & @DDHH_Alianza@AFrontlines@Confeniae1 to demand #JusticefortheAmazon https://t.co/Z96QWCzItA