Global Indigenous Issues
IEN, over the last 20 years has worked on and been an intregal part of many international programs and campaigns to protect the environmental, cultural, social, and human rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The following are articles, postion statements, and policies that have come out of numerous meetings on the global stage.
Intervention by Indigenous Environmental Network, Tom Goldtooth
INDIVIDUAL INTERVENTION SESSION 11 June 2013 Intervention by Tom Goldtooth, on behalf of...
Joint Collective Statement -Indigenous people’s rights and safeguards in projects related to REDD
United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Peoples 12th Session May 18-31, 2013 Joint...
Everyone must accept binding climate commitments
By Pablo Solon The United Nations climate negotiations in Bonn are more of the same and...
Africans Unite Against New Form of Colonialism
No REDD Network Born FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2013 Outraged by the rampant land...
Chief Theresa Spence and Attawapiskat First Nation file ‘urgent action’ with UN committee
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence isn’t giving up her fight for a fully inclusive...
Don’t buy it, Canada has no credibility on climate
Canada has a long history of failure on climate change. Failure to act at home and abroad...
Kandi Mossett Report Back: Rio+20 and other Current and Critical Issues
Kandi Mossett’s interview on American Indian Airwaves Issues...
People’s Summit, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 21, 2012 We, movements for the defense of water and Mother Earth gathered at the...
Presentation of Kari-Oca II Declaration to Government of Brazil
At the United Nations Earth Summit Rio+20, Indigenous Peoples from throughout the world...
Kari Oca II Blessing of the Declaration
Blessing ceremony of the historical Kari Oca II Declaration, Kari-Oka Village, at Sacred...
PEOPLES’ SUMMIT FOR SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AGAINST THE MERCALIZATION OF LIFE, IN DEFENSE OF THE COMMONS
LETTER OF RIO DE JANEIRO FINAL DECLARATION OF FREE LAND CAMP IX – LIVING WELL /...
Greenpeace & REDOIL Presser on Shell Arctic Campaign at Rio+20 Earth Summit
Statement of Resisting Environmental Destruction on Indigenous Lands (REDOIL) RIO +...
Indigenous Peoples Set to Deliver Kari-Oca II Declaration to Rio+20 Leaders
Media Advisory 20 June 2012 Indigenous Peoples Set to Deliver Kari-Oca II Declaration...
Protests, appeals sideline politicians at Rio+20 meet
AFP – World leaders were elbowed out of the spotlight at the Earth summit on...
Indigenous Peoples International Declaration on Self-Determination and Sustainable Development
Wednesday, 20 June, 2012 Indigenous Peoples from all regions of the world met at the...
International Indigenous Peoples Submit Kari-Oca II Declaration to UNCSD
PRESS ADVISORY June 21, 2012 International Indigenous Peoples Submit Kari-Oca II...
“Join me in Earth Revolution”
As the youth gathered to pronounce the failure of the Rio + 20 outcomes document, it was...
Tom Goldtooth speaks during the first indigenous assembly for the Rio +20
Kari-Oca II Indigenous Caravan to Rio +20 is an initiative of young indigenous people of...
Mother Earth Should Not Be “Owned, Privatised and Exploited”
Aline Jenckel interviews, TOM B.K. GOLDTOOTH, executive director of the Indigenous...
Declaração KARI‐OCA 2
“CONFERÊNCIA MUNDIAL DOS Povos Indígenas SOBRE RIO+20 e a Mãe TERRA” 13‐22 Junho...
Rio+ 20 News
No REDD They want to see us as gardeners in our own lands” The International Alliance...
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Report on the Eleventh Session
(7-18 May 2012) Economic and Social Council – Official Records, 2012 –...
UNPFII Discussion: Doctrine of Discovery
United Nations Permanent Forum 11th Session New York, 1-18 May 2012 Item 3 Discussion on...
COP17: Indigenous activists target Shell Oil Corp.
COP17: Indigenous activists from North America join African activists to target Shell ...
UNPFII Quesitionnaire to Gov’ts: Response from US
Documents from Governments: Information from the US Questionnaire to Governments Country:...
World People’s Conference on Climate Change
World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth Today, our...
