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MMSD Activites/Indigenous People
Quito, ecuador. The broad aim of the meeting was to facilitate discussion of thecritical issues surrounding the relationships between indigenous peoples and
http://www.iied.org/mmsd/activities/indigenous_people.html

Extractions: Indigenous Peopl es (In cooperation with Mining Policy Research Initiative of the International Development Research Centre Ambiente y Sociedad AMEEF , MMSD Australia) Many of the world's richest land in mineral, energy and biodiversity resources have traditionally been occupied by indigenous peoples. In the past there have been incidences of displacement and land disputes associated with mining activities. Though mining projects can bring jobs, roads, schools and health clinics to remote and impoverished areas, these benefits may be perceived as poor recompense for the loss or damage to indigenous cultures. Political liberalisation, allied to a more consensual approach to resolving land use conflicts, is adding a new dimension to this issue. Indigenous peoples have been gaining increasing power over the incidence of projects in their lands and have achieved important recognition in international agreements: Collective right to consultation prior to any project planning in their lands (ILO Convention 169) The inclusion of operational guidelines for loans for projects in indigenous land (World Bank, OD 4.20)
Ecuador Indigenous And Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development PROJECT
Site Tools. About DevNews Media Center. ESubscriptions. Feedback. ecuador Indigenousand Afro-ecuadorian peoples Development PROJECT. Date January 29, 1998.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:20027122~menuPK:3447

Extractions: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project will use ethnic identity, close attachments to ancestral land, and the capacity to mobilize labor, capital, and other resources to promote employment and growth. It exemplifies a new vision of community development called "ethno-development." Among other activities in the indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian communities, the project will finance investment sub-projects in natural resources management, community-based infrastructure, social infrastructure and micro-enterprises. For more information, please call Mario del Carril at (202) 473-6189, fax at 522-3698, or email
Ecuador And Oil
Some of the indigenous peoples of ecuador who live traditionally, inhabit therain forests of the eastern part of the country, the same area where oil
http://www.maanystavat.fi/oileng/ecuador.htm
Workshop 2
One of the important tasks in ecuador would be to concentrate on how to make theadvocacy work on indigenous peoples more effective than has been the case so
http://www.maanystavat.fi/oileng/tyoryhma2.htm
Ecuador Pipeline Fails To Meet Bank Standards For Indigenous Peoples
ecuador Pipeline Fails to Meet Bank standards for indigenous peoples http//ensnews.com/ens/sep2002/2002-09-13-19.asp anchor1WASHINGTON, DC, September 13
http://www.treff-raum-espaciotime.com/englisch/Articles/ecuadorpipeline.html

Extractions: http://ens-news.com/ens/sep2002/2002-09-13-19.asp#anchor1 WASHINGTON, DC, September 13, 2002 (ENS) - Environmental groups in Germany and the United States released a new report today showing that the German Bank Westdeutsche Landesbank (WestLB) violated its own policies in loaning US$900 million to the OCP (Oleoducto Crudos PesasdosHeavy Crude Pipeline) Consortium building Ecuadors new heavy crude oil pipeline. The pipeline is being built to transport heavy crude oil from the rainforest to the Pacific coast, doubling oil production in the Ecuadorian Amazon. It will traverse seven national parks and protected areas, including a World Bank Global Environment Facility biodiversity reserve. The independent report written by Dr. Robert Goodland, former chief of the Environmental Department of the World Bank, found, substantial non-compliance with all four applicable WBG [World Bank Group] Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies. Goodland is a tropical ecologist who wrote many of the World Bank Social and Environmental Safeguard Policies during his 25 years with the World Bank Group.
American Indigenous Peoples
Canadian first nations; Mapuche (Chile); Native peoples of Colombia;ecuador indigenous Flags; Qhishwa-Aymara; Inca; Native peoples
http://www.fotw.ca/flags/sam-nat.html
CNN.com - Ecuador, Indigenous Protesters Reach Agreement - February 8, 2001
With annual inflation soaring at 91 percent, only a quarter of ecuador's populationhas fulltime jobs. The indigenous peoples are among the hardest hit by the
http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/americas/02/08/ecuador.agreement/

Extractions: QUITO, Ecuador (CNN) Ecuador lowered the price of cooking fuel and lifted a state of emergency on Thursday after Ecuadorian President Gustavo Noboa reached an agreement with indigenous groups to end 10 days of intense protests. Noboa and Antonio Vargas, president of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities (CONAIE), Ecuador's largest indigenous movement, signed a 23-point agreement on Wednesday at a Government Palace ceremony. Hundreds of Ecuador's native peoples celebrated in the streets near downtown Quito following the signing ceremony. "I think this is a very important step, especially since we are in a democracy," Vargas said. "Many people are confused and think that the indigenous groups want to disrupt democracy, and we have demonstrated to Ecuador and the world that we want democracy.
Web Projects
Latin America. indigenous peoples in ecuador is an extensive collectionof materials I have collected on that country. South and
http://www.yachana.org/marc/internet.html

Extractions: I've played a key role in developing a variety of important web sites. Also see my related Computer Work Experience . I've also developed a collection of Peace Clip-Art Graphics files. Note : Recently I have been working with a lot of Indigenous organizations helping them to establish a web presence. Most of those sites are linked from my personal Ecuador page . I have also worked on the History and AAUP web pages at Truman State University. This list below is hopelessly out of date. NativeWeb is a collective project which provides resources on Indigenous cultures around the world. It has come to be recognized as the premiere website on native peoples. As part of the NativeWeb project, I have also helped develop the following web sites: Abya Yala Net is the part of NativeWeb dedicated to Indigenous peoples in Latin America.
Ecuador - Indigenous Flags
The last flag was the flag of the indigenous Parliament Parlamento nacional de lospueblos del ecuador (National Parliament of the ecuador peoples) in black
http://flagspot.net/flags/ec_nativ.html

Extractions: Links: FOTW homepage search write us mirrors ... Indigenous Flags Seen in TV - Report by Jaume Olle' Indigenous Flags Reported by Written Sources Indigenous Flags in the Web See also: Beside of the fact that there are some basic versioins of the whipala, the flag is used toghether with the same flag but which have squares in the rainbow colors instead of stripes (Kollasuyo) the whipala with stripes is called the "tawantinsuyo" flag, or the Inca flag, the inca nation flag, the quechua nation flag. In ecuador they have also some variants. The original flag is the striped whipala, which was the coat of armor of the Inca, long before they started to think of having a own gay flag, rainbow warrior or other rainbow using flags in this world. The Indigenous banner is called " huipala" with the seven colors of the rainbow (symbolizing the unity of indigenous peoples before the conquest) and the black flags of Ruminahui (legendary leader of the autonomous movement) and Atahualpa La bandera indígena se llama : " huipala " con los siete colores del arco iris (que simboliza la unidad de la gente indígena antes de la conquista) y de los banderas negros de Ruminahui (arranque de cinta legendario del movimiento autónomo) y Atahualpa The Rainbow flag (Wipahla) belong to the Native Andean people of Tahuantinsuyu for more than 500 years. Each color and its place in the flag as the rainbow, have an own indigenous significance.
IISD Youth Source Book On Sustainable Development
indigenous confederations from Peru, ecuador, Colombia, Brazil and Bolivia. Theorganization works to defend the rights of indigenous peoples, their self
http://iisd1.iisd.ca/youth/ysbk146.htm

Extractions: CISA was founded in 1980 as an organization for indigenous peoples organizations from South America. CISA's objectives are oriented to reach the recognition and respect for the right to live, justice, development and peace of the indigenous people at the United Nations and National Governments. CISA promotes knowledge and traditional practices on the use, conservation, preservation and sustainable development of natural resources.
Direct Causes Of Deforestation: Oil And Gas Exploitation
Chad oil pipeline response from the World Bank; ecuador Signon letter Prize; NigeriaShell sets forest ablaze; Colombia U'wa indigenous peoples confront oil
http://www.wrm.org.uy/deforestation/oil.html
Quito Declaration
of the indigenous organizations convened in Quito, ecuador RESOLVE 1. That the Conventionand the Parties recognize that indigenous peoples historically have
http://www.wrm.org.uy/actors/CCC/Quito.html

Extractions: Climate Change Quito Declaration: Recommendations of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations Regarding the Process of the Framework Convention on Climate Change This Declaration will be used by local and indigenous leaders to lobby for increased access and participation in the upcoming Climate negotiations. The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, as well as the Kyoto Protocol were negotiated without indigenous peoples' participation. Currently, governments are defining a mechanism for implementation of the Climate Change agreements called the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). The CDM will likely have a tremendous impact on indigenous and local peoples' lives, cultures, lands and territories. The Quito Declaration below was written and signed in Quito, Ecuador in May, 2000 at a conference to raise indigeneous and local peoples' awareness of the potential threats and opportunities presented by the Clean Development Mechanism. Currently the Amazon Alliance is helping to build support to send a strong indigenous delegation to the Climate Change negotiations in September and November.
The Peoples Of The World Foundation - Ethnic Minorities In
ecuador's indigenous peoples have become very politically involvedin the past 10 years or so. Today they have a more unified, pan
http://www.peoplesoftheworld.org/ecuador.jsp
Faces Of Inclusion: Indigenous And Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development Project |
Ricardo Ulcuango, president of ECUARUNARI, an indigenous peoples¹organization in ecuador. In January 1998 the World Bank approved
http://www.worldbank.org/faces/ec/

Extractions: For the first time, indigenous peoples are being given the opportunity to take the process of development into our own hands. This project is the result of our legitimate demands. It is the first time that the government of Ecuador has indebted itself for the direct benefit of our peoples. -Ricardo Ulcuango, president of ECUARUNARI, an indigenous peoples¹ organization in Ecuador I n January 1998 the World Bank approved a US $50 million loan designed specifically to help people of Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian origin. Cofinanced by the International Fund for Agricultural Development, this initiative focuses on more than 800,000 Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorians belonging to 15 ethnic groups that comprise 30 percent of the population of Ecuador. Living primarily in rural areas, they are among Ecuador¹s poorest people. The Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian Peoples Development Project aims to improve the quality of life in Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian communities by providing more secure land titles and by financing community-based sub-projects. A sub-project could include, for example, a small community-based irrigation system that is identified and managed by people in the community and that complies with minimum technical, social, economic, and environmental eligibility criteria. Working in accordance with existing capacities and cultural values, the initiative is designed to incorporate the rich cultural heritage of the indigenous population in development projects. This highly participatory project operates in a decentralized fashion and has established partnerships with 160 local membership organizations working in 2,300 Indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian communities.
Indigenous Peoples Web Resources
Spring, 2000); ecuador's indigenous peoples (student's final projectfor indigenous peoples course in Spring, 2000); Ethnic Relations
http://www.majbill.vt.edu/polisci/corntassel/add2984.html

Extractions: Indigenous Peoples Web Resources Indigenous publications Asia Central and South America North America ... Western democracies (other than US/Canada)] Back to IP mainpage General Indigenous Web sites Aboriginal Resources Aboriginal Studies American Indian sites (tribal government homepages etc) Arctic Circle Capucine's Native Resources Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research Center for World Indigenous Studies ... Indigenous Peoples Center for Documentation (doCIP) Indigenous Peoples and other cultures under threat Indigenous women's issues Indigenous Women's Network International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (IWGIA) Legislation affecting American Indians (updated weekly) Mandat International (NGO guide for upcoming conferences) Minorities at Risk Minority Rights Database Minority Rights Group International Native Web ... Sources on migration and ethnic relations (global diasporas) Survival International United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (search for "indigenous peoples" on this website) Uniting Indigenous Peoples of the Western Hemisphere Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization Indigenous Publications back to top exit to mainpage Aboriginal Youth Network (news on indigenous peoples in Canada) American Indian Culture and Research Journal Cultural Survival Quarterly Indian Country Today Native Americas journal ... Native American news (web-based) NativeLaw news digest (updated daily) Native Peoples magazine News from Indian Country Oklahoma Indian Times Red Ink: A Native American Student Publication ... Turtle Tracks (Newsletter for kids from a Native American perspective)
RF-US Program - Ecuador
indigenous peoples in ecuador are divided into 15 indigenous nationalitiesthat speak 11 distinct languages in addition to Spanish.
http://www.rainforestfoundation.org/1ec.html

Extractions: According to the official numbers of the Ecuadorian government, 25% of the Ecuadorian population is Indigenous. However, other sources consider that the percentage is closer to 45% . Indigenous peoples in Ecuador are divided into 15 Indigenous nationalities that speak 11 distinct languages in addition to Spanish. The Ecuadorian economy depends largely on the exploitation of petroleum. In 2000, crude exports represented 41.7% of the total income for the Ecuadorian government. Crude reserves in Ecuador are mostly located in the Amazonian region. The rights to exploit subsoil resources belong to the Ecuadorian State . Additional pressure for state and private reforms regarding extraction methods resulted from a class action suit brought by over 30,000 Amazonian Ecuadorians against the oil company Texaco www.texacorainforest.com in New York district court for its destructive activities in the Northern Ecuadorian Amazon. Since then, Indigenous peoples have been pressing for the application of the various rights contained in the Constitution, among them the right to be consulted previous to government authorization of programs that will affect Indigenous peoples. The Amazonian Indigenous peoples have struggled to exercise this right principally in regards to the authorization of government plans for the extraction of subsoil resources.
I. Wallerstein, 'Indigenous Peoples, Populist Colonels, And
The cup of discontent overflowed. An organization representing the indigenouspeoples of ecuador (CONAIE) announced a march on the capital.
http://fbc.binghamton.edu/33-!en.htm
Business & Human Rights: Indigenous Peoples - Lawsuits
See also other materials on indigenous peoples . examples of lawsuits Texaco (nowChevronTexaco) case in US court regarding the company's conduct in ecuador
http://www.business-humanrights.org/Indigenous-Lawsuits.htm

Extractions: back to home Business and Human Rights: a resource website Indigenous peoples: Lawsuits See also other materials on "Indigenous peoples" examples of lawsuits: BHP mine in Papua New Guinea: Chronology of OK Tedi case 500 PNG clans join Ok Tedi suit against BHP (Barry Fitzgerald, Sydney Morning Herald , 12 June 2000) comments by advocates for plaintiffs: Ok Tedi 2 (Slater and Gordon, solicitors for plaintiffs, 11 Apr. 2000) comments by Broken Hill Proprietary: Legal Action on Ok Tedi Misconceived: BHP (BHP, 11 Apr. 2000) Writ lodged over BHP Ok Tedi mine (Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 11 Apr. 2000) BHP's Big Mining Mess (Danny Kennedy, Multinational Monitor , Apr. 2000) World Bank echoes calls for Ok Tedi closure (Mineral Policy Institute, 7 Mar. 2000) Statement by Papua New Guinea groups on Ok Tedi (August 1999) One of World's Worst Mine Disasters Gets Worse (Mineral Policy Center, Mining Watch Canada, Mine Watch UK, 11 Aug. 1999) Abstract: The Ok Tedi Settlement: Issues, Outcomes and Implications
Indigenous Peoples Conference
PROEIBANDES, Bolivia, Education for indigenous peoples a function and the nationalindigenous womens the National Congress of ecuador, El movimiento
http://www.slas.org.uk/indigconf.html

Extractions: The Conference will examine the means by which Latin American indigenous peoples are gaining ground within the neo-liberal state in the context of globalisation. Papers will examine the processes of struggle, dialogue or, in Sarah Radcliffes words, entanglement, between indigenous peoples and the state, over the definition and control of political, institutional, cultural, social, and environmental terrains. To what extent have indigenous peoples been able to influence the definition of these terrains, i.e. to what extent are they gaining ground? Or, up to what point has the state been able to subvert their claims and preclude meaningful change? Themes of the Conference: ·Intersections between identity, territoriality and legal rights ·Indigenous peoples and constitutional reform ·Indigenous peoples and human rights ·The culturalisation and/or ethnicisation of politics ·Indigenous people and biodiversity ·Indigenous languages, culture and intercultural education programmes
World Conference Against Racism
La Confederación de Nacionalidades Indígenas del ecuador, ecuador VictoriaGeingos North America Jannie Lasimbang, Asia indigenous peoples Pact (AIPP
http://www.undp.org/wcar/indigenous.html

Extractions: Conflict whether armed or unarmed, violent or non-violent, is a daily reality of many indigenous peoples' communities. In recent decades conflicts involving indigenous peoples have become more frequent and more brutal. UNDP has been exploring the nexus between issues of vulnerability, inequality, poverty and conflict and examining development patterns, policies and strategies that are likely to worsen inequality and marginalization, and thus precipitate or exacerbate conflict. Case studies are currently under preparation that will document the contributions of civil society and indigenous peoples in conflict prevention and resolution, and provide some instructive practices of indigenous peoples in building peace. The round table will discuss the role of indigenous peoples' organizations and movements in preventing and resolving conflict. Issues will range from the root causes of conflict often linked to racial discrimination, denial of rights including civic, political, cultural, social and economic, control over resources and resource use, and social exclusion; to approaches and strategies indigenous peoples use to negotiate peace. The round table will provide a space for debate on how indigenous peoples and their organizations and multilateral agencies can work with governments to address these issues, while also providing recommendations and strategies to develop partnerships.

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