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“Securing Indigenous guardianship of vital ecosystems”: Q&A with Nia Tero CEO Peter Seligmann One of the dominant trends in conservation over the past 20 years has been growing recognition of the contributions Indigenous peoples have made toward conservationists’ goals of protecting biodiversity, wild places, and ecosystem functions. This view is a departure from historical conservation approaches, which have tended to marginalize, undervalue, or even criminalize Indigenous peoples. The t...

Aged-care residents will be among the first to receive the Pfizer vaccine when the rollout begins next week. For some, the process of consenting to the vaccine could raise ethical questions.

13 February 2021 (IWGIA)* — La Guajira is a unique place. Located in the northern-most part of Colombia, it borders on the Caribbean Sea and features a desert landscape adorned with the rare vegetation of the dry, subtropical forest. As one delves deeper into the region, to the so-called Alta Guajira, the flora diminishes until there is nothing but thorny bushes called trumpillos. Likewise, the comforts of Western civilization also fade out as one gets farther from the coast. The struggle ag...

https://www.afinalwarning.com/493596.html (Natural News) The mainstream media makes COVID-19 vaccines sound like a rousing success with everyone clamoring to get in line, but a new survey shows that more than half of Americans plan to delay getting the vaccine or even refuse to get it altogether. In fact, just 41 percent of those who participated in the Kaiser Family Foundation’s tracking project said they were eager to get the shot as soon as possible. Among those who are not eager to get ...

ABC Everyday Rather than going for hilarity, the familiar drunken hook-up scene the movie opens with leans into horror. ( Share Print text only Warning: This article talks about sexual assault. A daggy nightclub, after-work drinks, a guy and a girl drunkenly chatting and then leaving together. Ending up back at his place, they kick on with more drinks, then head to the bedroom. Its the kind of scenario that plays out all the time — in real life, but also in movies. We often cut to the "mor...

https://www.afinalwarning.com/494204.html (Natural News) Public distrust regarding the COVID-19 vaccine is already quite high, and the way that some areas are handling the vaccine’s administration is not doing much to quell fears. Some vaccination sites are being very secretive about their location, only providing their address to people who have appointments. In some cases, they are not revealing where they are until just 15 minutes ahead of patients’ appointments. UC Davis Student Healt...

Indigenous displacement and our complicity The Mro community held protests against the proposed hotel construction at the Kapru Bazar area in Bandarban on November 8, 2020. Photo: Collected If you were forced out from your ancestral land today, where would you go? How long could you walk in your torn sandals? Where would you sleep as developers transformed the space shared by your siblings into a luxury suite for travellers willing to spend Tk 18,000 per night? How would you console your hungry...

1Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of General Paediatrics, Paediatric Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine, Robert Debré University Hospital, Université de Paris, Paris, France 2ACTIV, Association Clinique et Thérapeutique Infantile du Val-de-Marne, Créteil, France 3Université de Paris, INSERM UMR 1123, ECEVE, Paris, France 4Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of General Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases, Necker-Enfants-Malades Universit...

The Evolution Of Patient Engagement And eConsent In The COVID-19 Era That’s a phrase you probably have rarely — or never — heard from a person participating in a clinical trial you’ve been involved with designing, managing, or maintaining. Like every aspect of the drug development process, clinical trials are rife with proverbial potholes that can slowly chip away at your progress and delay your timeline. Thousands of dollars go into recruitment, engagement, and retention efforts, yet ...

Maya communities respond to Land Predation and FPIC Violation in Belize   Even after the Maya’s watershed 2015 Caribbean Court of Justice land rights victory, the Government of Belize continues to condone land grabs in Indigenous territory.     Maya villages in Toledo District, Belize reported that during October speculators illegally opened survey lines in an attempted land grab.  The lines were established without Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC), cut through forests and corn an...