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Study Says Carbon Finance Saves Forest By Promoting Indigenous Rights
2014-08-01 14:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecosystem Marketplace: José Maria Arara, Almir Surui, and Aureliano Córdoba all have three things in common: each is the leader of a traditional forest community of the Amazon; each lives in a country that nominally recognizes their rights to their forests; and each has used carbon finance to exercise and reinforce their rights. And they're hardly alone, according to a new study called "Securing Rights, Combating Climate Change", which was published jointly by the World Resources Institute (RRI) and Rights and Resources...
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Peruvian oil spill sparks concern in indigenous rainforest community
2014-07-29 21:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A ruptured pipeline that spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into the Maraón River in late June is fueling concerns about potential health impacts for a small indigenous community, reports Environmental Health News. According to a story published last week, an 845-kilometer pipeline operated by state oil company Petroperu ruptured at the end of June, flooding the Amazon tributary with oil. Members of the Kukama Indian community reported seeing masses of dead fish, while fisherman...
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Indian Navy takes delivery of first indigenous warship INS Kamorta
2014-07-15 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Indian Navy has taken delivery of its first indigenous anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette INS Kamorta.
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India to commission new indigenous INS Kamorta ASW corvette
2014-06-27 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Indian Navy is set to commission its first domestically built anti-submarine warfare (ASW) corvette INS Kamorta at Vishakhapatnam in July.
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In Brazil, Millions Now Flowing To Indigenous Ecosystem Service Programs
2014-05-07 09:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecosystem Marketplace: Chief Tojtxi never forgot his first, furtive contact with the invaders. "We saw traces of the whites, and fled into the forest," he told Survival International a few years back. "The whites saw our footsteps and followed us. We went further and further away, but the whites came to our village, and we left our plantations, our caxiri (manioc drink), and everything, to flee." He was chief of the Arara, an isolated people of the Amazon Rainforest who had their first contact with Brazilian authorities...
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