Posts Tagged ‘Natural Resources’
The Sarayaku and the Inter-American System on Human Rights: Justice for the “Medio Dia” People and their Living Jungle
Mario Melo Cevallos, lawyer of the Kichwa people of Sarayaku, presents his version of the history of resistance and mobilization of the indigenous people before the State plans to exploit the oil that was in the heart of the Amazon.
Read MoreThe Pebble in the Shoe of Latin America
As the representative from Costa Rica expressed, participation “is the heart” of what brought them to the negotiation process.
Read MoreThe Amazons and the Chaco: Two Sides to the Same Coin
The Amazons and the Chaco are the frontier of oil exploitation, which has affected the health of the water and forests.
Read MoreHow Fracking and the Shale Gas Revolution Undermine Green Energy Development
The global South should avoid being drawn away from green clean energy sources by the false promises of natural gas and fracking.
Read MoreGoodbye river: The Dispute over Land, Water and the Rights of the Indigenous living near the Urrá dam
This books tell the story of the dam of Urrá through the central themes of violence and the dispute for land and the natural resources in Colombia.
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