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Guatemalans make offerings to folk hero San Simon for COVID protection

San Simon is a venerated folk saint in the indigenous village of San Andres Itzapa, western Guatemala.

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Meet Indigenous activist and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

“The most important part of my indigeneity that informs my climate work is that this is not an isolated issue."

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Cameroon halts plans for logging in biodiversity hotspot

Local communities are still concerned that the fate of the forest remains unclear.

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What can an Aboriginal health centre teach us about eco-architecture?

Rammed earth construction techniques date back to the Neolithic era, but the method is growing in popularity again.

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Record number of land and environmental activists killed in 2019

On the frontlines of the climate crisis: environmental activists across the world are literally risking their lives to save the planet

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The dark side of forest conservation: Who are the Sengwer tribe?

Eileen Gbagbo on Kenya's Sengwer tribe and why conservation efforts forced them out of their ancestral home.

Brazil

СOVID-19: how Brazil is failing its indigenous people

The deadly coronavirus is spreading across the protected lands of indigenous people, who blame illegal miners, other intruders and the Brazilian state.

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Standing Rock: Controversial Dakota oil pipeline forced to empty

A victory for both the Native American Tribe in North Dakota, US, and environmental activists far and wide.

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Watch: Indigenous Australians hold 'Invasion Day' rally in Melbourne

This year, non-indigenous Australians were asked to give reparations in the form of a donation to the #PayTheRent campaign.

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Amazon 'Forest Guardian' shot in the head by illegal loggers

In an ambush on the Arariboia reservation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest, Paulino Guajajara was shot dead while one other was injured, according to a statement from Guajajara tribe leaders.

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David Hockney teams with Indigenous American artists

It highlights how the Yosemite Valley has inspired artists of different eras, genres and backgrounds.

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Christopher Columbus statue vandalised with red paint in San Francisco

Several Christopher Columbus statues were vandalised with red paint and messages against the 15th-century Italian navigator on Monday when the US holiday named after one of the first Europeans to reach the Americas was being celebrated.

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Indigenous groups in Chile stage rights march

Hundreds of marchers took to the streets of Chile's capital on Saturday to demand greater rights for indigneous people and protest against the government.

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Johnny Depp & Dior silent amid 'racist advert' claims

Depp starred in advert for Dior's Sauvage fragrance which has been panned by critics for cultural insensitivity.

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Indigenous protesters and environmental activists call to protect rainforest

Protesters from climate activist group Extinction Rebellion gathered at the Brazilian embassy in London on Friday (August 23) to call on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to protect the Amazon rainforest.

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Breaking the stigma of speaking an Indigenous language

Euronews spoke to speakers of Indigenous languages in Latin America about their languages and how they struggle not to lose them.

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Is Europe doing enough for its indigenous peoples? | Euronews answers

On the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (August 9), Euronews looks at the situation of Europe's indigenous communities, from Scandinavia's Samis to Greenland’s Inuits.

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Indigenous peoples can teach us lessons about wildlife and land use

A new study found that indigenous-managed lands had high levels of biodiversity.

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Euroviews. Finally, the world’s top climate scientists recognize what we have always known ǀ View

We—Indigenous Peoples and local communities—play a critical role in stewarding and safeguarding the world’s lands and forests. For the first time, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report issued today recognizes that strengthening our rights is a critical solution to the climate crisis.

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Watch: Footage of uncontacted Amazon tribe members emerges

In June 2019, deforestation in the world's largest tropical rainforest was 88% higher June 2018.