Sentences with phrase «indigenous peoples living in the region»

Crude (Unrated) Eco-documentary about the $ 27 billion lawsuit filed against Chevron over its polluting the Amazon jungle and its displacement of indigenous peoples living in the region.

Additionally, not all Indigenous peoples live in regions where there are mining operations.

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Then came the baleful riposte, from some Arewa «youths»; who growled that should the Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB) be serious with its secessionist threat, then the Igbo, living and earning their living in the North, must quit that region by October 1 — or else!

For 12 years, I had the amazing experience of living with the Huichol people, an indigenous tribe that lives in the mountainous region of central...

The culture of the indigenous Huichol people, who still live in the region today, is a major focus of Alejos» programming; he can also organize Huichol weddings and special ceremonies.

Among the approximately 240 indigenous tribes and nearly one million indigenous people living in Brazil today, an estimated 7,535 of them belong to the Huni Kuin tribe, a shamanistic people residing in the western portion of the Amazon region.

A coalition of indigenous organizations from around the Amazon region released a joint statement of concern with some more details about the alleged incident, saying there were «3 survivors accounted for of approximately 80 Yanomami people who lived in the community Shapono in the Upper Ocamo [the Ocamor River is a tributary of the Orinoco].

This guidance document presents that climate change disproportionally affects the poorest and most marginalized communities living in vulnerable regions, among them indigenous peoples, whose livelihoods depend on natural resources.

The region locks up more than 100 billion tons of carbon — more than 11 years» worth of total greenhouse gas emissions from human activities; plays an important role in global weather circulation patterns, including delivering rainfall to Central America, the United States, and southern South America; supports perhaps a third of terrestrial biodiversity; and is home to the bulk of the world's remaining indigenous people still living in traditional ways.

Indigenous participation in caring for country and land and environmental management programs such as the WALFA offer opportunities for the government and industry to create and support real jobs for Indigenous peoples living in remote regions.

There were 6,958 Torres Strait Islander people living in the Torres Strait Indigenous Region (15 % of the total count of Torres Strait Islander people).

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda has joined with Indigenous People's Organisations from 15 countries in the Asia Pacific Region in a bid to breathe life into the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

In the 2016 Census, over half (59 %) of the people who identified as being of Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander origin lived in 10 of the 58 Indigenous RegionIn the 2016 Census, over half (59 %) of the people who identified as being of Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander origin lived in 10 of the 58 Indigenous Regionin 10 of the 58 Indigenous Regions.