QEIIBP Master Class looks at Ethnobotanical Journey of Columbia’s Indigenous Peoples

Rivers are key to restoring the world’s biodiversity

Biodiversity is plummeting, but restoring rivers could quickly reverse this disastrous trend. By Alessandra Korap Munduruku, Darryl Knudsen and Irikefe V. Dafe / Independent Media Institute In October 2021, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will meet in China to…

IMPACT Justice concludes seminar on indigenous peoples in Guyana

From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — The Canadian-funded project Improved Access to Justice in the Caribbean (IMPACT Justice) hosted a seminar on the American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with the Indian Law Resource Center on October…

Review people venerated in public places

From Newsday T&T The Cross Rhodes Freedom Project (CRFP) is calling on Government to set up a commission to examine people who are venerated and memorialised, in public spaces, especially in the capital city of Port-of-Spain. Making the call on…

Guyana: 2017 ANSA Caribbean Awards in Georgetown

From St Lucia Times If it were not for the Caribbean Awards for Excellence, said Guyana vice-president Sidney Allicock, the Indigenous Peoples of Guyana, and the country itself might not be as well off as they are now. Speaking at…

ILO Director General: Delivering economic and social justice for indigenous and tribal peoples through decent work

This International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is the first to follow the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement on climate change . These extraordinary achievements have set the international community on a…