Indigenous Communities and Global Stewardship of the Planet It is pertinent to take note that massive loss of biodiversity and deepening of climate crisis already threatens life on the planet as never before; risk from increase in zoonotic diseases and rate of epidemics and pandemics resulting from destruction of wild habitats and the environment continues …
AIPP Secretary-General Gam A Shimray’s Keynote Address Read More »
Following the incidence of Covid-19, the phenomena of reciprocal commodities takes place among Indigenous Peoples of Thailand. This happens especially between the Indigenous Karen in the North and the sea peoples in the South, including the Northeastern peasants with altogether more than 10,000 kilos of their products. This is an exceptionally successful incidence leading to …
Indigenous Peoples are concerned by the fact that vital climate negotiations for the planet’s survival have been postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. While this may suit some governments, who are unwilling to do what it takes to make the Paris Agreement work, Indigenous Peoples are trying to build momentum in this stalemate period. …
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On September 14, 2020, the forest department forcibly cut down banana plants raised on a “grabbed” forestland under Dokhala range in Madhupur upazila, Tangail without serving any prior notice to the affected, according to a report by The Daily Star. A local forest department official was quoted as saying that they were conducting the drive …
In Ban Mae Jok, neither electricity nor internet/Wi-Fi are available, but 1,600 hectares of natural forest provide a much larger choice of consumable items than a giant supermarket. Even without electricity and mobile phone access, as well as the current local lock-down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the villagers of more than 50 households are …
The Forest as Community Supermarket for Karen Indigenous Peoples in Thailand Read More »
Huay Ee Khang Village in Mae Win Sub-district of Mae Wang District in Chiangmai is piloting an effort to use its community forest of 60 rai (9.6 hectares) to become an “Indigenous Women’s Forest” emphasizing varieties of plants for herbal medicine, dying cloth, and food crops. This idea aims to create a natural classroom for …
For many of Asia’s indigenous peoples, COVID-19 is exacerbating long-standing policies of marginalization.
Months into the crisis brought about by COVID-19 pandemic, the situation of the Indigenous Peoples, from north to south is slowly coming to light with the reports coming from different indigenous organizations and communities. As the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) was declared nationwide, the 15 million Indigenous Peoples (IPs), in the country are facing particularly …
BANGKOK, Thailand – When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Bangladesh, 27-year-old Chandra Tripura was paralyzed by feelings of fear and uncertainty. “For the first two weeks, I was kind of frustrated because I realized this will be tragic for us,” Chandra said. “If a country like China, which is developed, had to suffer for 3 months…Bangladesh, …
Indigenous youth find ways to help communities hit by pandemic Read More »
CIVICUS speaks to Gam Shimray, Secretary General of the Asian Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP), about the situation of Indigenous groups in Asia amid the COVID-19 pandemic. AIPP is a regional federation of Indigenous peoples’ movements in Asia that works to promote and defend Indigenous peoples’ human rights, including land rights and cultural rights. Because of …
ASIA: Under the pandemic, racism against Indigenous peoples has intensified Read More »