The First International Seminar of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, Venezuela and Guyana issued a declaration that indigenous peoples be granted a level of autonomy, that they have a voice in the funding of large projects on their lands, among other…
The UN Earth Summit in 1992 secured the agreement of over 150 governments to follow the Convention of Biological Diversity. With it coming into effect, a committee will meet to determine if indigenous communities will have rights to their…