(6) August 2013
Big deal for indigenous rights
A historic agreement was signed in South Africa between indigenous San and Khoi groups and the pharmaceutical company; it which acknowledges the San and the Khoi’s medicinal plant knowledge and confrims they are ‘legally entitled to a fair and equitable share of the benefits that result from the commercial development of the buchu plant’. (OSISA)
Civil society calls for vote on drilling in Ecuador’s Yasuní Park
The Ecuadorean government’s decision to allow oil drilling in the Yasuní National Park, one of the most biodiverse areas of the planet, has caused alarm among environmentalists and indigenous people, who are calling for a referendum on the issue. (Meléndez / IPS)
Se filtra un informe con planes para expulsar a bosquimanos de Botsuana de su tierra
Survival International ha tenido acceso a una serie de detallados planes de un consejo local de Botsuana occidental para el realojamiento forzoso de bosquimanos, a pesar de la reciente sentencia del Tribunal Supremo que prohíbe su expulsión forzosa y de las garantías ofrecidas por el Gobierno acerca de que dichos desalojos no se producirían. (Survival International)
Un rapport divulgue un plan d’expulsion des Bushmen du Botswana
Survival International s’est procuré un rapport détaillant le projet de réinstallation forcée des Bushmen à l’ouest du Botswana par les autorités locales, en dépit d’une récente décision de la Haute Cour interdisant leur expulsion forcée et l’assurance du gouvernement central qu’aucune expulsion n’aurait lieu. (Survival International)
Plans to evict Botswana Bushmen revealed by leaked report
Survival International has obtained detailed plans for the forced relocation of Bushmen by a local council in western Botswana, despite a recent High Court order prohibiting their forced eviction and central government assurances that no evictions would take place. (Survival International)
Rap video gives new life to Loreto’s Kukama language
The people of Nauta, Loreto don´t want their native language, Kukama-Kukamiria, to disappear. So to that end the NGO, Create Your Voice, teamed up with a local radio station, Ucamara, to record a song with hip hop and traditional rhythms sung by children to save the language from the brink of extinction (Diego M. Ortiz / Peru this Week)