There are a reported 300鈥 350million indigenous people worldwide (WHO, 2007), 70% of whom reside in Asia. Loss of traditional lands, political and social marginalization, introduction to alcohol and other drugs of addiction, and reduced access to traditional food supplies have resulted in ...
"While the number of studies examining the impacts ofenvironmental pollutionuponindigenous peoplesis growing, most of this research is isolated and fragmented across disciplines andgeographic regions," says Dr.Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, from the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences,who led...
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Indigenous peoples worldwide are subject to marginalisation and discrimination, systematically experiencing poorer health than do majority groups. In Africa, poor health in the general population is widely recognised, but the consistently lower health position and social status of indigenous peoples are ...
“People try to take a person in the 15th century and try to mold them into a person in the 21st century, and it really doesn’t work that way,” he said. Locally, there’s an ongoing debate over imagery of Columbus and Indigenous peoples. In the North End, a statue ...
Large infrastructure projects such as dams have far-reaching impacts on ecosystems and river basins, and notably on the millions of people who must be resettled. Existing dams have displaced around 40-80 million people worldwide in the last fifty years (WCD 2000), most of whom are indigenous...
Nikki Cooley:We had over 2,400 registrants from all over the world. So we're really proud of that, because we believe that it's important that we bring those voices together on a platform that serves all people. Carla:To combat the threat of climate change and its already adverse eff...
Indigenous communities, nations, and people are cultural groups that exist in a variety of geopolitical and social settings, usually as a minority. UN officers estimate the number of indigenous populations to reach 300–370 million worldwide, or 5–7% of the total population of the world across...
The Inspection Panel was created in 1993 by the Board of Executive Directors of the World Bank to receive complaints submitted by people suffering harm allegedly caused by World Bank projects. This experience provides important lessons for both the Bank and for the global development community at la...
The date marks the day of the first meeting, in 1982, of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations. On this day, people from around the world are encouraged to spread the UN's message on the protection and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples. ...