Laws in other countries recognise ‘rights of nature’. But even trees sacred to Indigenous Australian communities have no special protection.
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The deep politics of racial division is at play when governments position mining as in the public interest, with Indigenous land owners obstructive of that interest.
Huwã Karu Yuxibu, the cultural centre of the Huni Kuin indigenous group in the Amazonian state of Acre, was destroyed by fire in August.
An ambitious new train would link resorts like Cancun to inland ancient ruins and colonial towns. That means laying rail across 932 miles of dense jungle, pristine beach and indigenous villages.
The winter of 2018-19 claimed 200 reindeer in Svalbard, Norway, according to a recent census.
Indigenous peoples safeguard biodiversity better than any other group. But in 2018, 164 were killed defending the environment. It’s time for us to heed their knowledge, and protect their future.
The MMIWG report didn’t address the poverty that has had such a devastating effect on First Nations. Encouraging active participation by the Indigenous in the Canadian economy is a win-win for everyone.
An anthropologist who’s researched the dispossession of Native Americans and their enduring connections to ancestral places sees the value in asking ‘whose land are you on?’
We now have a proven model for supporting self-determined building on Aboriginal homelands. The next question is how can its reach be extended?
An Indigenous-led initiative to acquire partial ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline could be a step towards reconciliation.
There are exciting synergies between western science and indigenous knowledge. Surprisingly, the success of our Australian predator conservation research was due entirely to its multicultural nature.
The U.S-Mexico border runs through Native American territories. A wall would further divide these communities, separating children from schools, farmers from water and families from each other.
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PhD student of law, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Post doctoral fellow and Conservation Ecologist, Macquarie University
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Associate Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong
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Senior Fellow, Development Geography, The University of Melbourne
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Darug custodian. Assistant Manager Blue Mountains Aboriginal Culture & Resource Centre. Adjunct Fellow, Department of Geography & Planning, Macquarie University, Macquarie University
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ARC Industry Fellow, Adelaide University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, UCL
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Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Executive Director of the Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane University; King's College London
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Professor of Environmental Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London