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Ish Jamanthy and ACT-Suriname hold relief action for flooded villages of southern Suriname

June 26, 2020
Flood in Sipaliwini Suriname, Waterkant photo

June 26, 2020 – Publication: Waterkant The water installation company Ish Jamanthy Suriname, in collaboration with the Amazon Conservation Team…

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Indigenous concerns increased due to the spread of Covid-19

June 15, 2020

June 15, 2020 – Publication: De Ware Tijd (DWT Online) PARAMARIBO – Theodoris Jubitana, president of the Association of Indigenous…

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Court decisions will be translated into the languages of indigenous peoples – Semana Sostenible

March 31, 2020

March 30, 2020 – Semana Sostenible The Colombian Constitutional Court and the Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) will disseminate to the…

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Colombian Constitutional Court reaches agreement to translate its rulings for indigenous communities – El Tiempo

March 31, 2020

March 30, 2020 – El Tiempo A project with the Amazon Conservation Team seeks to translate major rulings that defend…

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“We believed ourselves invincible”: Francisco de Roux

March 29, 2020

By Francisco de Roux (Jesuit priest, philosopher, economist, and president of the Colombian Truth Commission) March 29, 2020 – Semana By Francisco…

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The Colombian Constitutional Court and the Amazon Conservation Team join forces to bring the Court’s decisions to the nation’s ethnic communities

March 27, 2020

Bulletin No. 44 Bogotá, March 27, 2020. The Colombian Constitutional Court and the Amazon Conservation Team will work together to…

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How Indigenous Lands are Being Titled in Antioquia

December 20, 2019
Revista Semana Article Dec 2019

Source: Revista Semana December 15, 2019 Nine indigenous reserves have been established in Antioquia since 2016. The reason: the department’s…

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Amazon fires jeopardize indigenous tribes living without contact with the world

September 20, 2019

Amazon fires jeopardize indigenous tribes living without contact with the world Article originally published in Revista Semana, September 18, 2019…

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The Isolated Tribes

June 24, 2019

In the Amazon, for hundreds of years, two peoples have no contact with the rest of humanity: the Yuris and the Passés. There are indications of 18 other groups fleeing from rubber tappers, missionaries, miners, drug traffickers and guerrillas. Their survival depends on halting deforestation.

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Why are they persecuting us?

May 30, 2019

On this path of leadership, and as long as I can remember, I have experienced war. By: Waira Nina Jacanamijoy…

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