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Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples: History, Recognition and the Austronesian Homeland

Discover Taiwan's Indigenous peoples, from the Austronesian homeland and Dutch and Qing rule to Japanese colonization and the Siraya's 2026 recognition.

#Taiwan #IndigenousPeoples #AustronesianPeoples #Siraya

https://bookofworldhistory.com/blog/taiwanese-indigenous-peoples-history-recognition-austronesian-homeland

People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/nature-land-defenders-self-defence-murder-organised-crime #IndigenousPeoples #WorldNews #Peru #Brazil #Environment #OrganisedCrime #Americas #AmazonRainforest #DrugsTrade #LoggingAndLandclearing #Colombia #Philippines

People protecting nature and land set up self-defence units amid threat of murder
By Jonathan Watts

Defenders of forests and rivers killed at rate of one every three days in 2025, with 85% of deaths in Latin America

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/16/nature-land-defenders-self-defence-murder-organised-crime

#Indigenouspeoples #Worldnews #Peru #Brazil #Environment #Organisedcrime #Americas #Amazonrainforest #Drugstrade #Loggingandlandclearing #Colombia #Philippines #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

Violence
* "Impact of colonisation on First Nations people far greater than previous estimates, research finds. Diseases and settler violence caused an estimated 2.06 million to die after the arrival of the First Fleet." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-15/extent-of-catastrophe-after-australias-colonisation-uncovered/107155538

* "Estimating the size of Indigenous populations in Australia before European colonial invasion is invaluable to truth-telling and reconciliation. Robust estimates of the population dynamics of pre-colonial Indigenous Australians are poor owing to lethal diseases, frontier and structural violence, and absence of systematic censuses.... We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and possibly distressing." >>
Williams, A.N., Tobler, R., Griffiths, B. et al. Large estimated size of the Australian Indigenous population before its extensive decline following colonial invasion. Nat Hum Behav (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-026-02571-9
#violence #StructuralViolence #EuropeanColonisation #invasion #SettlerSociety #FirstNationsPeoples #colonisation #IndigenousPeoples #TruthTelling

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

The Circle News: Planned Archives Closures Raise Alarm Over Tribal Records. “Tribal advocates argue that relocating these materials without consultation disregards the federal government’s trust responsibility and its nation-to-nation relationship with tribes. Some tribal governments and coalitions have requested greater transparency, while advocates are calling for congressional intervention […]

Government of Canada welcomes major new investment in sovereign AI infrastructure in Saskatchewan

New Canadian-led infrastructure project will help build secure and reliable computing capacity responsibly OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 14, 2026…
#Canada #BellCanada #digitalinfrastructure #energyproviders #GovernmentofCanada #Indigenouspeoples #infrastructure #Investment #ResponsibleDataCentreDevelopmentPrinciples #Saskatchewan
https://www.europesays.com/canada/209558/

‘The responsibility is real’: Council receives White Goose Flying report update at yearly Indigenous reconciliation-themed meeting

Ten years have passed since the City of Calgary vowed to take more concerted steps toward Truth and…
#Canada #Calgary #CalgaryCityHall #citycouncil #IndianResidentialSchool #Indigenouscommunity #Indigenousgroups #Indigenouspeoples #thecity #TruthandReconciliation
https://www.europesays.com/canada/209476/

‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
By Ruairí Casey, Lisa Mirella Corti, Maria Cristina Fraddosio and Abby Young-Powell. Photographs by Sara Aliaga Ticona

Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/14/bolivia-amazon-environment-climate-carbon-credit-market-indigenous-rights-hecker

#Bolivia #Conservationandindigenouspeople #Carbonoffsetting #Greenhousegasemissions #Amazonrainforest #Indigenouspeoples #Americas #Environment #Worldnews #Globaldevelopment #Treesandforests #Ethicalandgreenliving #Conservation #TheGuardian #RuairCasey #LisaMirellaCorti #MariaCristinaFraddosio #AbbyYoungPowellPhotographsbySaraAliagaTicona

‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
By Ruairí Casey, Lisa Mirella Corti, Maria Cristina Fraddosio and Abby Young-Powell. Photographs by Sara Aliaga Ticona

Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/14/bolivia-amazon-environment-climate-carbon-credit-market-indigenous-rights-hecker

#Bolivia #Conservationandindigenouspeople #Carbonoffsetting #Greenhousegasemissions #Amazonrainforest #Indigenouspeoples #Americas #Environment #Worldnews #Globaldevelopment #Treesandforests #Ethicalandgreenliving #Conservation #TheGuardian #RuairCasey #LisaMirellaCorti #MariaCristinaFraddosio #AbbyYoungPowellPhotographsbySaraAliagaTicona

‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
By Ruairí Casey, Lisa Mirella Corti, Maria Cristina Fraddosio and Abby Young-Powell. Photographs by Sara Aliaga Ticona

Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/14/bolivia-amazon-environment-climate-carbon-credit-market-indigenous-rights-hecker

#Bolivia #Conservationandindigenouspeople #Carbonoffsetting #Greenhousegasemissions #Amazonrainforest #Indigenouspeoples #Americas #Environment #Worldnews #Globaldevelopment #Treesandforests #Ethicalandgreenliving #Conservation #TheGuardian #RuairCasey #LisaMirellaCorti #MariaCristinaFraddosio #AbbyYoungPowellPhotographsbySaraAliagaTicona

‘Carbon fever’ threatens hard-won Indigenous rights in Bolivian Amazon
By Ruairí Casey, Lisa Mirella Corti, Maria Cristina Fraddosio and Abby Young-Powell. Photographs by Sara Aliaga Ticona

Leaders in Pando region denounce opaque deals over carbon credits as government and companies rush to monetise Amazon rainforest after 2024 ruling

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/sep/14/bolivia-amazon-environment-climate-carbon-credit-market-indigenous-rights-hecker

#Bolivia #Conservationandindigenouspeople #Carbonoffsetting #Greenhousegasemissions #Amazonrainforest #Indigenouspeoples #Americas #Environment #Worldnews #Globaldevelopment #Treesandforests #Ethicalandgreenliving #Conservation #TheGuardian #RuairCasey #LisaMirellaCorti #MariaCristinaFraddosio #AbbyYoungPowellPhotographsbySaraAliagaTicona

TD LAUNCHES $150 BILLION FIVE-YEAR COMMITMENT TO ACCELERATE CANADA’S INVESTMENT SUPERCYCLE

TD will deploy its resources, capabilities and scale to boost key sectors of the Canadian economy, across energy,…
#Canada #EnablingIndigenous #financingactivities #Indigenouspeoples #sectorsoftheeconomy #TDBank #TDBankGroup #TDEconomics
https://www.europesays.com/canada/208638/

PMPI Condemns the Violent Dispersal and Arrest of Kasibu 11 and Denounces the Expansion of Large-Scale Mining Exploration in Nueva Vizcaya

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/09/pmpi-condemns-the-violent-dispersal-and-arrest-of-kasibu-11-and-denounces-the-expansion-of-large-scale-mining-exploration-in-nueva-vizcaya/

Land‑Ready Agriculture Proposal for the Alabama‑Coushatta Tribe

The tribe’s forested reservation in Polk County sits at the edge of the Gulf‑Coast food corridor, a two‑hour drive from Houston’s seven‑million‑person market.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #CoushattaTribe #AL

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The Guardian: Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’. “The impending construction also threatens to mar or destroy an untold number of these millennia-old rock art murals that stand in the coming wall’s path. The slated construction includes 165 miles (266km) of four-to-six-foot-tall vehicle barriers and patrol roads […]

Invisible poison: living with mercury pollution in the Colombian Amazon – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/aug/10/mercury-pollution-in-the-colombian-amazon-in-pictures #Pollution #GlobalDevelopment #AmazonRainforest #Colombia #IndigenousPeoples #Deforestation #Mining #Americas #Conservation #Environment #TreesAndForests #WorldNews

Invisible poison: living with mercury pollution in the Colombian Amazon – in pictures
By Luis Bernardo Cano in Leticia, Colombia

Rainforest communities face a silent crisis as mercury from gold mining contaminates their food and water

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/aug/10/mercury-pollution-in-the-colombian-amazon-in-pictures

#Pollution #Globaldevelopment #Amazonrainforest #Colombia #Indigenouspeoples #Deforestation #Mining #Americas #Conservation #Environment #Treesandforests #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LuisBernardoCanoinLeticia #Colombia

Australia’s trade in human flesh: blackbirding - follow the money...

"Between 1860 and 1906 up to 62,000 Pacific Islanders were shipped to Australia to work primarily in sugar cane and cotton farming.."

"...The Pacific Islanders came, they died, they were buried like dogs and more were sent for.” >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/10/sydney-sugar-industry-slave-trade-pacific-islanders-ntwnfb
#slavery #Blackbirding #SouthSeaIslander #IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #PastoralIndustry #sugar #cotton #plantations #PALM #books

Seasonal Food Clinics & Tribal Health Blueprint for Maine

The Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians could turn autumn surplus into a year‑round health asset. Two‑week harvest clinics would let members preserve produce, receive dietary counseling, and complete wellness screens, creating winter food boxes for elders and a data set for diabetes‑related cost reductions.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #MaliseetIndiansBand #AK

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Seasonal One‑Stop Health Intake for the Nulhegan Band

The Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation holds state‑recognized reservation land in Barton, Vermont, a rural corner of the Northeast Kingdom where the nearest hospital is often a thirty‑minute drive & public transportation is scarce.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #CoosukAbenakiNationBand #VT

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Honolulu Civil Beat: Kirstin Downey: Hawaiʻi’s Historic Sites Are At Risk As Regulations Crumble. “Native Hawaiian sites may be among those at risk, historic preservation experts said Thursday at a webinar organized by the National Trust for Historic Preservation because, like tribal lands, supporters seek to protect not just historic buildings but also historic or sacred landscapes. The […]

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

Unseen Japan: Hokkaido University Apologizes for a Century of Ainu Remains Research. “On July 27, 2026, Hokkaido University issued its first-ever proper apology for a prewar research program. The medical school collected and studied more than 1,000 sets of Ainu remains. The university expressed that the work ‘deeply wounded the dignity of the Ainu people.'”

Nevada Water Wealth: A Sovereignty Lever
Fort McDermitt sits on the Quinn River watershed, but its water rights are unquantified.
Tribal offices are siloed—resources, development, culture—so no unified plan.
Hostile state law and slow quantification lawsuits stall water security.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #NV

1/8

From Genocide to Justice: Iraq’s Reparations for Yazidi Survivors

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/from-genocide-to-justice-iraqs-reparations-for-yazidi-survivors/

The “#ForestGardens” That Could Help #Canada’s #FirstNations Reclaim Their Land

For 3,000 years, the Sts’ailes Nation cultivated and nurtured plants for survival. Now researchers’ work about those forest gardens is being used to support a legal land claim by Canada’s Sts’ailes Nation against the province of British Columbia.

by Worldcrunch May 22, 2024

Excerpt: "The people of the Sts’ailes Nation have lived for 3,000 years on the banks of the Harrison River in #BritishColumbia, its icy blue waters framed by mountains and fir trees.

Evidence of their long presence on this land is visible in the remaining crabapple and nut trees that were once part of the nation’s forest gardens. What’s left today are some gnarled trees and overgrown bushes hidden among other old forest growth of pines and spruce. But these gardens were once full of plants carefully selected and nurtured to provide an important means of subsistence.

Forest gardens were a method of agriculture in which practitioners cleared the land around or near villages, planted crops, and managed with agricultural methods like controlled burns and fertilization to increase the productivity of the plants. Traces of species like #PacificCrabapple, #BeakedHazelnut, #WildCherry, and others have been found in recent years — in some cases, still growing even more than a century after they were tended. They would have been selected for their nutritional value and, in some examples like the crabapple, long-term storage.

For anthropologists, ethnologists, and other scientists, the existence of these gardens belies the long-held hunter-gatherer theory that maintained that the region’s #IndigenousPeoples didn’t change and nurture their lands. Instead, experts now believe this method of #agriculture and land manipulation helped communities like the Sts’ailes thrive.

The traditional Sts’ailes territory of roughly 802,150 acres (324,620 hectares) — their current reserve is about 2,260 acres — was able to sustain its inhabitants through both good and difficult times because of its rich resources and the deep connection the community had to the land, said Kelsey Charlie Sr., who sits on the Sts’ailes Council, and whose traditional name is Teixweltel. The word lhemeqwatel, he said, 'means that you can get anything off of it, that it’s going to provide everything for you. And that includes those forest gardens and other cultivated things that they used for survival.'

Legal land claim

The land that was home to the Sts’ailes Nation is just one area where there is evidence that forest gardens were created and nurtured by communities of #FirstNations, the collective name given to most of Canada’s Indigenous peoples. While there is not a definitive catalog of the forest gardens, there are remains of them up and down the coast of British Columbia — some known, some still used by communities, some being rediscovered."

Read more:
https://worldcrunch.com/culture-society/indigenous-forest-gardens-land-claim/

#SolarPunkSunday #LandBack #StsailesNation #FoodForests #FoodSecurity #CulturalPreservation #IndigenousGardening #IndigenousHistory

Cultural Compact: Abenaki Arts Cooperative Boost

The Abenaki Nation can harness the state’s forest‑based craft scene by forming a tribal cooperative that aggregates orders for fibers, kiln services, and marketing tools, securing bulk discounts and shared logistics to link cultural production with sovereign land‑revenue.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #AbenakiNation

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Watershed Data Sovereignty as Tribal Sovereignty Infrastructure — A Proposal for the Klamath Tribes

The Klamath Tribes in southern Oregon command some of the most senior water rights in the Upper Klamath Basin, yet they lack the institutional infrastructure to turn those legal entitlements into economic or political power.

#Indigenous #TribalSovereignty #IndigenousPeoples #IndigenousEducation #4FabricsTheory #KlamathTribes #OR

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#Indigenous at the #UnitedNations Expose #AIDatacenters and Racially-Biased #Misinformation

By #BrendaNorrell, #CensoredNews, July 14, 2026

GENEVA -- "The mediocre, middle-of-the-road approach to #AI at the United Nations was countered by testimony today from #IndigenousPeoples pointing out that #ArtificialIntelligence is not a solution, and is doing great harm to Indigenous with derogatory misinformation and massive #datacenters that are poisoning the #land, #water and #air.

"#JaimieWilliams, #MiamiNation in #Indiana, speaking on behalf of the Society of Native Nations, at the U.N. Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, responded to the A.I. summary presented this morning. Williams said the summary does not reflect the true impact of artificial intelligence, particularly in the way the technology is powered.

" 'AI data centers are rapidly being constructed on the land of Indigenous Peoples without free, prior and #InformedConsent from us.'

" 'My people came out of the water, the #SaintJosephRiver in the southeast of #LakeMichigan, along that river there are several data centers,' she said, pointing out that Indigenous across #TurtleIsland share similar stories.

" 'These sacred waterways and lands are being used for A.I. data centers.'

" 'I was once convinced artificial intelligence could help my tribe build our language and culture, but AI is not a sustainable solution.'

" 'There is currently no available technology available to power A.I. without poisoning the water, drying up the rivers and causing further contamination in the territories of Indigenous Peoples, who are already disproportionately affected.' "

Read more:
https://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2026/07/indigenous-at-united-nations-expose-ai.html

#BigData #BigDataSucks #CorporateColonialism #WaterIsLife #LandIsLife #AirIsLife #ProtectTheSacred #USPol

I found this via @supersquirrel !

#IndigenousLands are crucial for #ClimateMitigation and #resilience.

Research shows their health is a direct result of #IndigenousStewardship.

"As the impacts of #ClimateChange continue to escalate, a growing number of climate scientists and policymakers cite Indigenous lands as a model for their rich #biodiversity and effective carbon storage. But that recognition has not always translated into space for Indigenous leaders in climate negotiations, access to #ClimateResilience funding, or enforcement of #HumanRights standards.

"That has been the case for decades. But the problems do not stop there. New research shows that approach overlooks the key role that Indigenous knowledge and culture can play in mitigating climate change. It also reveals a dangerous misconception that has taken hold in global climate discussions: the idea that Indigenous lands are so rich because they are remote or sparsely populated.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. The health of Indigenous lands and their ability to store vast quantities of carbon stem from the stewardship of the people who inhabit them.

"That’s the finding of research from Conservation International, which shows that traditional knowledge, community protocol, and Indigenous culture play a direct role in protecting forests, wildlife, and the environment. Sushma Shrestha, who is #Indigenous #Newar from #Nepal and the study’s lead author, said the research comes at a critical time.

" 'All of humanity relies on everything that #IndigenousPeoples have to contribute and offer in terms of their lands, in terms of carbon storage, in terms of biodiversity conservation,' she said.

"The study, released as a narrative report and a peer-reviewed study, explores how #IndigenousKnowledge and practices benefit the planet. It also found that all 43 of the surveyed communities are experiencing drought, extreme weather, and other adverse impacts from climate change. More than half are affected by #ExtractiveIndustries like #mining and #logging.

"Researchers interviewed 49 Indigenous leaders from six continents about how they steward their land, which ranged from the Amazon rainforest to East African savannas and Pacific Islands. They found that traditional management practices like avoiding #overfishing, maintaining sacred spaces, watching for fires and other threats, and direct resistance against extraction contribute to the remarkable health of Indigenous territory. Ninety-six percent of respondents said they had land set aside for special uses, like spiritual practices, that also benefit the environment by protecting those spaces and ecosystems. Shrestha stressed that although each Indigenous community is distinct, there are shared lessons the entire world can learn from.

" 'It’s a time where all hands need to be on deck,' Shrestha said. 'And collectively, actions need to be taken, and indigenous peoples have been doing this on their own for a very long time.'

"The study builds on years of research that shows, among other things, that the world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous lands and conservation efforts are more effective when they incorporate Indigenous autonomy and decision-making at every step."

Read more [includes some really good links to articles]:
https://sopuli.xyz/post/47753605

#SolarPunkSunday #SolarPunk #LandBack #CommunityMonitoring #Stewardship #TEK #IndigenousSolarPunk #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

The #Land Lord's Game

Oh, give me land, lots of land under starry skies above
Don't fence me in
Let me ride through the wide open country that I love
Don't fence me in...

* Australia's housing market >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-01/common-wealth-house-prices-land-resource-taxation/106852936

* Rentierism
describes an economic or political system where individuals, corporations, or even governments generate wealth by controlling and extracting "rents" from scarce assets, rather than by creating new products or services

* Financialisation
"is the process by which financial markets, institutions, and motives gain increasing influence over the broader economy, society, and corporate decision-making. It represents a shift from an industrial economy—where profits are generated primarily by producing goods and services—toward one driven by financial engineering, speculation, and wealth.

* Expansionism
Go West - Westward movement refers to the historic 19th-century migration of American settlers to the Pacific coast. Driven by "Manifest Destiny". Colonialism is the physical practice of establishing settlements and taking direct political control over a foreign territory,

* Nazis moving into foreign territories (eastern Europe) looking for "Living space" (Lebensraum)

* 'Boundaries bursting" #globalisation - Leaving the "safe operating space" of planet Earth.

Don't fence me in | Bing Crosby & Te Andrew Sisters (Lyrics) >>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G84dJHgLE-4
#land #ThePropertyGame #CommonWealth #housing #AffordableHousing #rentierism #inequality #extractivism #mining #housing #monopoly #speculation #wealth #expansionism #WideOpenSpaces #Europeancolonisation #SettlerSociety #PlantetarianBoundaries #ethnonationalism #xenophobia #IndigenousPeoples

Monoculturalism and Project Invisibility
Silencing dissenting Indigenous voices

"Project Invisibility is a sustained campaign to remove First Nations leaders from public boards and other senior government roles."

"We're going back to the [master] days, like you have your head bowed, you're too afraid to put your head up and speak your mind because you might be out the door."

"It means you'll have the same old Eurocentric version of the world in your policies, everything you're doing within government will be white, anglicised."

"They are eradicating, invisibilising us, and destroying our history and culture." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-20/langbroek-remains-silent-over-aboriginal-leadership-changes/106817420
#IndigenousPeoples #FirstNations #IndigenousVoices #TruthTelling #invisibility #culture #monoculture #monoculturalism #SettlerSociety #EuropeanColonisation #governance

#Desertification and #Drought Day 2026

June 17, 2026

#Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. #Restore.

"This year, #Kenya hosts the global observance of Desertification and Drought Day in partnership with #UNCCD under the theme 'Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.'

"The global observance will highlight the central role of the world’s rangelands in #ClimateResilience, food and water security, #biodiversity conservation and the cultural identity of #pastoralist and #IndigenousCommunities. Kenya’s leadership reflects its ongoing efforts to address #LandDegradation, strengthen drought resilience and support communities living in #dryland and rangeland areas.

"UNCCD Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad said: 'We thank the Government of Kenya for hosting Desertification and Drought Day 2026 and for shining a spotlight on the world’s rangelands. These landscapes are vital for food, water, biodiversity and climate resilience. Kenya’s leadership comes at a crucial moment, as rangelands face increasing pressure worldwide. By recognising their value, respecting their traditional stewards and restoring rangelands back to health, we can strengthen the livelihoods of two billion people.'

"Rangelands cover more than half of the world’s land surface yet remain among the most undervalued ecosystems. They face increasing pressures from climate change, land degradation and competing land uses. Up to half of all rangelands are already degraded or at risk, jeopardizing food and water security, climate resilience and rural livelihoods.

"Coinciding with the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists, the 2026 global observance will draw attention to the need to recognize and value rangelands for the critical functions they provide, respect the traditional stewards who have cared for them for generations and restore degraded landscapes to secure livelihoods and ecosystem services.

"Through Desertification and Drought Day 2026, countries and communities are invited to:

- Recognize rangelands’ economic contribution to national and regional economies, their role in sustaining biodiversity and wildlife and the multiple benefits they provide, from regulating water cycles to storing carbon

- Respect pastoralists, #IndigenousPeoples and local communities, whose mobility, customary governance systems and ecological knowledge are essential to maintaining the health and productivity of these landscapes

- Restore rangelands by investing in sustainable land and water management, strengthening governance, improving drought preparedness and supporting community-led restoration efforts

Marked every year on 17 June, Desertification and Drought Day is the United Nations’ global moment to raise awareness of land degradation and drought and to mobilize action to protect and restore healthy land. Desertification and Drought Day 2026 in Kenya will be the first time in nearly a decade that the African continent hosts the global observance. Previous observances took place in Colombia (2025), Germany (2024), USA (2023), Spain (2022), Costa Rica (2021), Republic of Korea (2020), Türkiye (2019), Ecuador (2018), Burkina Faso (2017) and China (2016)."

Source:
https://www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026

#SolarPunkSunday #FoodSecurity #WaterSecurity #LandRestoration #Sustainability #TraditionalStewards #CulturalPreservation #DesertificationAndDroughtDay

Vanderbilt University: University of Ottawa, Vanderbilt forge new partnership on Indigenous digital archives and mobile history research. “The University of Ottawa (uOttawa) and Vanderbilt University are working together to advance Indigenous-led knowledge preservation and research through a new international agreement. uOttawa has signed a new memorandum of understanding with Vanderbilt, […]

What climate pollution?
The UN to ensure Australian compliance with international law
The right to a healthy environment as mandated by international law

"A UN special rapporteur has intervened in Australia's decision to extend Woodside's North West Shelf gas project by another 40 years. Australia did not adequately consider the climate impacts of extending its largest gas project, an independent United Nations expert has told the Federal Court."

"We are living a triple planetary crisis, not only climate change, but also biodiversity loss and toxic pollution...The project's emissions — the third-highest in Australia — were likely causing irreversible damage to the World Heritage site, Murujuga, home to some of the world's oldest known rock carvings."

"As recently as last month, Australia was one of 141 countries to endorse a landmark resolution by the International Court of Justice, which found that states had a legal imperative to consider climate in their environmental impact assessments." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-04/un-special-rapporteur-woodside-north-west-shelf/106724220
#FossilFuels #climate #GHG #EPBCAct #UN #IndigenousPeoples #oilandGas #HumanRights #RockArt #FARA #biodiversity #environment #pollution #harm #burrup #Murujuga #law #RuleOfLaw