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Joint Statement of Network of Indigenous Women’s in Asia (NIWA) and Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
21st Jun 2020
A joint statement on the impact of COVID-19 on indigenous peoples in Asia
Disaster looms for indigenous Amazon tribes as COVID-19 cases multiply
16th Jun 2020
Indigenous communities in Brazil suffer from the virus on one hand and "genocidal" interlopers on the other, rights groups say. SOURCE : National Geographic
As Mining Continues During Coronavirus, Local Indigenous Communities at High Risk
3rd Jun 2020
Mining sites across the globe have become hot spots for coronavirus infections, threatening thousands of workers and indigenous and rural communities. SOURCE: Yale Environment 360
Dignified quarantine: indigenous strategies for containing COVID-19 in Indonesia
31st May 2020
SOURCE : Newmandala by Andre Barahamin
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro is devastating indigenous lands, with the world distracted
30th May 2020
COVID-19 is not the only thing indigenous people in Brazil have to worry about. According to this report, indigenous lands in the country are being devastated as the outside world has been distracted by the pandemic. SOURCE: The Conversation
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