Exploring Theme: "International Environmental Issues"

VOX – According to data from the Brazilian government’s Indigenous health service, in 2019 at least 113 Indigenous people were killed in the country, a majority of whom were “committed to the protection of the borders of their territories and fought against logging and mining.” The Guajajara Guardians patrol their reserve, Araribóia, on foot, and...

Arctic Circumpolar Council – The international circumpolar organization representing Inuit in Alaska, Canada, Chukotka and Greenland has sent a message of solidarity to Indigenous peoples living in the Amazon basin, and expressing concern for what the fires now burning in the region’s rainforests mean for the global climate system. “Transformation of the Arctic landscape, and...

Indigenous Group: Indigenous groups in Brazil Business: Government of Brazil Issue: Brazil’s government wants to enact rules that allow mining in Indigenous reserves which occupy 13 percent of the country’s territory Comment: March 13, 2019: Reuters – Mining Secretary Alexandre Vidigal de Oliveira Albuquerque’s remarks “that Brazil would seek to open indigenous reserves to mining”...

Indigenous Group: Assembly of First Nations Business: Member states of the United Nations Issue: This is the main forum to ensure States are accountable for commitments in the 2030 Agenda, which includes 17 sustainable development goals adopted by the United Nations. Comment: in September 2015. Treaty 6 Grand Chief Wilton Littlechild spoke to the work...

Business: Chevron Corporation Issue: Chevron’s attempt to avoid a $9.5B liability to rain forest communities for dumping billions of gallons of toxic oil waste and for ongoing violations of Indigenous rights. Chevron abandoned roughly 1,000 unlined oil waste pits after operating in the country from 1964 to 1992. Comment: Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and...