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1,000 Ata Manobo kids fail to enroll after DepEd closed IP school

7th Jun 2015
DepEd closes NGO-run school on accusations that it teaches the communist ideology and is strongly supported by the New People’s Army. (Philippines News Agency / interaksyon.com)

Inter-ethnic Summit Brings together 25 Indigenous Nations to Strengthen Resistance

3rd Jun 2015
Government of Argentina refuses to meet indigenous peoples (Fionuala Cregan / Intercontinental Cry.org)

Indonesia: President Jokowi extends the moratorium and announces a 4.6 million hectare land grab

20th May 2015
Last week, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo agreed to extend the country’s moratorium on new forestry concessions. Also last week, Jokowi visited Papua and relaunched the disastrous Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE). (Chris Lang / REDDmonitor.org)

Kenya’s Maasai determined to overcome the challenges of drought and climate change

16th May 2015
Persistent droughts are undermining the self-sufficiency of Maasai communities in the Great Rift Valley and worsening their living conditions (Sarchi / The Ecologist)

Ecotourism Is Saving Tanzania’s Animals and Threatening Its Indigenous People

12th May 2015
For more than a century, the Maasai have been corralled into smaller pieces of land in order to conserve the environment and animals— making room for deluxe suites and armies of tourists. (Friedman-Rudovsky / Vice.com)

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