1. Newsletter XVII 2024 - April 21st to 27th - News+ Reform of the Climate Protection Act: One step forward, two steps back

    für Homosexuelle, etwa in Uganda. Ebenfalls weiter unter Druck geraten seien die so genannten Menschenrechtsverteidiger:innen, etwa Gewerkschafter*innen, Um­welt­ak­ti­vis­t*in­nen und indigene Gruppen. Viele Regierungen hätten 2023 die Meinungs- oder Versammlungsfreiheit eingeschränkt, Gewalt gegen Protestierende, etwa durch Waffen und Munition wie Gummigeschossen oder Blendgranaten habe...

  2. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    which is sacred to the natives, it is called Manoomin. In Ecuador, a cloud forest under which raw materials were to be mined sued in court against its deforestation and won. And indigenous peoples of several Pacific nations have recently granted legal entity status to whales. Whales have their own rights SPIEGEL: A type of rice is suing in court - that sounds strange at first...

  3. Newsletter XIV 2024 - March 31st to April 6th - News+ - It's not just Germany that is getting out

    The mining of hard coal has been associated with serious human rights violations and environmental destruction for decades. In Colombia, for example, Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities are most affected, which, in addition to forced relocations and water shortages, are also affected by the health consequences of the mines... * Ukraine War | Military service | War-weary Ukrainians are...

  4. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    Thanks to the new president, whose inaugural speech in the capital's central square was cheered by thousands despite the late hour, also went to the friendly nations and the indigenous authorities. The latter had defended the remnants of democracy in Guatemala with massive protests over 105 days, just as the international community was vehemently waiting for the swearing in of...

  5. Newsletter I 2024 - January 1st to 6th - News+ - The necessary change needs more support

    30 percent of taxes paid. Stournaras therefore wants to ensure that payments can only be made digitally in Greece so that every transaction is recorded... * Guatemala | land rights | Indigenous mining in Guatemala Indigenous people have a say in land use The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has granted land rights to an indigenous people in Guatemala. The judgment...

  6. Newsletter L 2023 - December 10th to 16th - News+ The tail wags the dog and those on the right lead us by the nose ring “Back to the Future”

    itself did not publish a press release... Nuclear power accidents by country#Germany Translation with https://www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version) December 15th Brazil | Indigenous | Land rights Parliament votes against indigenous protected areas The Brazilian parliament has made the designation of indigenous protected areas much more difficult. It overrode a veto by President Lula and...

  7. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    Bernardo Arévalo put obstacles in his way. He will still take office in January. HAMBURG taz | Even after more than sixty days of protests, the ability of Guatemala's indigenous authorities to mobilize remains unbroken. On Monday, tens of thousands protested around the Ministerio Público, the Attorney General's Office, and the Parliament in Guatemala City against the "Pact of the Corrupt"...

  8. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    current information. If you can help, please send a message to: nucleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de October 21st Brazil | land rights | Agricultural lobby President Lula prevents law against indigenous land rights With a veto, Brazil's President Lula has initially prevented indigenous territorial claims from being linked to a deadline in 1988. Indigenous representatives celebrate – agricultural and...

  9. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Accordingly, McKinsey wants to pay $230 million to American authorities to avert a civil lawsuit. A judge still has to approve the settlement. US districts, municipalities, schools, indigenous tribal communities and parents of children in detention had filed thousands of lawsuits against McKinsey. They accuse the consultants of working with pharmaceutical companies to develop strategies for aggressive...

  10. Newsletter XXXVIII 2023 - September 17th to 23rd - News+ A future that I dread

    the authorities to determine why this forest and meadow area should be protected, what measures are necessary and exactly how it can be managed... * Brazil | Indigenous | Agricultural lobby Historic success for indigenous people: Supreme Court in Brazil overturns controversial land law Brazil's Supreme Court upheld the rights of indigenous people by a clear majority...

  11. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    States | Fossils | Pipeline environmental protection Last chance against the oil company Dakota Access pipeline in the USA: fight in a crucial phase. Objections to opinions can be submitted The indigenous peoples of North America continue to fight against the oil and gas industry and to protect life on earth. There is currently renewed pressure on the US government, which is...

  12. Newsletter XXXV 2023 - August 27 to September 2 - News+ Historic victory: Ecuador becomes the first country to say no to oil

    counteracts irreversible tipping points. Almost 60 percent of voters voted in a binding referendum against oil drilling in the so-called Block 43 of the national park, which is home to indigenous tribes - such as the Tagaeri and Taromenane, two of the last communities in the world to be in voluntary isolation - as well Hundreds of bird species and more than a thousand tree species...

  13. Newsletter XXXIV 2023 - August 20th to 26th - News+ The sun will shine for another 4,5 billion years

    Referendum in Ecuador: Oil exploration in the Amazon voted out The majority of people in Ecuador vote to protect the Yasuní National Park. It is a groundbreaking vote – and not just for the indigenous people. HAMBURG taz | Until election day, Pedro Bermeo was traveling with the YASunidos activists throughout Ecuador to campaign for a Sí. A yes to the protection of the Yasuní National Park and to the end...

  14. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    February 2007, the Nigerien Movement for Justice and attacked several military targets in the northern region of Niger in 2007 and 2008. Their demand for collective rights as indigenous peoples arises from the suppression of their rights as nomads, first during the colonial period and later by the independent state of Niger, which represented the interests of the former colonial power...

  15. Newsletter XXXII 2023 - August 6th to 12th - News+ Hiroshima - The asphalt will burn. Chaos will reign

    military nuclear accidents, atomic bomb attacks, nuclear waste and depleted uranium ammunition. It is dedicated to those whose lives have been affected by the nuclear industry: the indigenous peoples whose homes have been turned into nuclear deserts by uranium mining, the "downwinders" of more than 2.000 nuclear weapons tests, the survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear weapons attacks, and...

  16. Newsletter XXIII 2023 - June 4th to 10th - News+ Politics with poison, hate speech and propaganda

    stands, are even more than big. The term of office of the ultra-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro had devastating effects on the Amazon region. Bolsonaro disempowered environmental protection and indigenous authorities and formally called on Brazilians to illegally acquire land in the Amazon. The consequence: thousands of gold diggers, loggers and cattle farmers settled in the region...

  17. Newsletter XVII 2023 - April 23rd to 29th - News+ Faulty SPD, self-deception at 1,5 degrees and war as a climate destroyer

    and be on land that connects areas of semi-natural wilderness for species to move from one to the other. [...] Indigenous societies should also be included in global protection management. Pörtner believes this is extremely important. "Indigenous groups must be granted their traditional rights of sustainable use. This includes the very...

  18. Newsletter VIII 2023 - February 19th to 25th - News+ Mönch von Lützerath: Sympathetic figures of the climate movement

    one on which I published my first video about coal mining in Colombia. From there it is even exported to Germany. All of this is happening at the expense of the indigenous peoples, whose relatives are victims of displacement, disappearances and killings. They didn't sink into the mud. Did supernatural powers help you walk across the mud?

  19. Newsletter V 2023 - January 29 to February 4 - News+ Je suis mud monk

    This includes "both the use of traditional energies and the possibility of generating renewable energies." Population fears sell-out In Alfarcito, the indigenous people are very critical of this argument. Argentina is in a weak position because it needs money. Flores fears even a sell-out. In his opinion, they live here from and with nature, for...

  20. Newsletter XLIX 2022 - December 08th to 14th - News+ Umwelthilfe makes proposals for the rapid development of European photovoltaic production

    "Montréal 2022": The great extinction and the climate Energy and climate compact: Declaring almost a third of the earth a protected area could serve climate protection and biodiversity. Why Indigenous Peoples Have Concerns. The 15th World Nature Conference has entered its second week of negotiations in Montreal, Canada. What is being negotiated is nothing less than measures to preserve biodiversity...

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