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Responsibility

It is important to demand that this law is complied with because it protects the environment, guarantees clean water and air, and it is a mechanism of controlling development projects to ensure that truly benefit indigenous communities.

Divide And Conquer

The right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent clearly states that the government should not force people to change their method of organisation, thinking, or decision making, nor spread inaccurate information to misinform Indigenous Peoples.

Community Meetings

In order to ensure that the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent is complied with, there should be community meetings which make people aware of what is happening and could happen in their area. In addition to this, projects must be supervised in order to ensure that decisions made in the community meetings, are implemented during the development project.

Tips

In order for this right to be applied fairly, it should respect the following: 1. From the start of a project, there should be a consultation with the Indigenous People of the area; 2. There should be sufficient time devoted to ensuring that the community receive all of the information about the projects and its impacts; 3. Information should be distributed in accordance with the traditional ways of each community; 4. Any form of trying to influence the opinions of the people should be avoided; 5. All the details of decisions taken should be recorded.

What FPIC Entails

For the right to Free, Prior and Informed Consent to be correctly applied, it is important to know that this right is applicable to all Indigenous Peoples. It must be adhered to with respect for indigenous communities’ own methods of communication and each person’s opinion must be heard. Furthermore, it means that there should be meetings with representatives of the government, companies, and Indigenous Peoples in order to arrive at an agreement that benefits the community.

Artesana, Mucho Más que Elaborar Muñecas

Eva Vásquez es una de las artistas que recientemente se sumó a la comunidad de nuestro Bazar de Cultural Survival. Ella logró viajar y reunirse con muchos otros artistas en Cambridge, Massachusetts y vender sus impresionantes muñecas elaboradas con hojas de maíz, tan solo tres meses antes de que el Covid-19 clausurara todos los eventos grandes en Estados Unidos.

Hoy estamos felices de compartir más de su historia, ideas, retos y logros como artista, madre y policía en Oaxaca, México.

Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

Hidroeléctricas y su Responsabilidad Sobre el Medio Ambiente

Los Pueblos Indígenas del mundo cuidan y respetan las riquezas naturales que existen sobre la tierra, como los nacimientos de agua y los grandes ríos, pues reconocen que sin el agua no es posible conservar la vida de ningún ser vivo.

Lamentablemente este cuidado no es el mismo por parte de las grandes empresas que invaden los territorios, más bien son quiénes se apropian ilegalmente de los ríos provocando escasez de agua y daños en los bienes naturales e impactos irreversibles del medio ambiente.

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