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Nepal Is Committed To Protect Rights Of Indigenous Communities: Minister Aman Lal Modi

Aluki Kotierk, president of NTI, is a new member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and spoke at an event focused on Indigenous media.

The report, titled A Labour of Love: The Unpaid and Exploited Labour of Grassroots and Community-Based Indigenous Youth Groups, calls out Ottawa for not valuing the work of young Indigenous organizers.

KATHMANDU, April 19: Minister for Federal Affairs and General Administration, Aman Lal Modi has said despite constitutional and legal provisions, due to the historical fact of marginalization, most of the indigenous communities are still way behind in terms of socio-economic development and their representation in state mechanisms.

On day two of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the climate crisis that Indigenous peoples are overwhelmingly expected to bear was highlighted.

A new study revealed that Indigenous territories that are officially recognised have less deforestation in Brazil’s Atlantic forests, and more.

In the wake of historic storms, the Māori say New Zealand must center Indigenous peoples in climate disaster plans.

The theme of the 22nd session of the forum, which runs until April 28, is "Indigenous Peoples, human health, planetary and territorial health and climate change: a rights-based approach."

This story is published as part of the Global Indigenous Affairs Desk, an Indigenous-led collaboration between Grist, High Country News, ICT, Mongabay, and Native News Online. In February, Cyclone Gabrielle hit New Zealand, bringing devastating floo...

Bogota, Apr 18 (Prensa Latina) Colombia President Gustavo Petro will meet with his US counterpart, Joe Biden, on Thursday to address issues such as peace and migration, Petro's visit to the US Monday.