During every COP gathering, individuals and organisations who defend the land and environment, as well as Indigenous communities, voice their need for increased safeguards for their territories against industries that harm the environment, including mining, logging, and industrial agriculture. Climate organizations like Global Witness frequently send delegates to advocate for quick and ambitious measures to address the climate emergency.
Cultural Survival attended COP28 in Dubai, from 30 November to 12 December 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.

In this radio program, producer Alice Tipap explores religion in Tanzania, and how it has had an impact on the culture of the Indigenous Maasai people.
Produced by Alice Tipap (Maasai)
Interviewees: 
Michael Metui
Ezekiel Kereri
Lucas Laizer
Rikoyan Nairoti
Elizabeth Timotheo
Lekishon Koika
Music "Endomononi" performed by Nongishu Naisiri Seki , used with permission.  

"LIBRES Y VIVAS " by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

Radio Producer Mathias Kowaya Tooko talks about food security in Tanzania for the Maasai people in this Maa language production.
Voice: Mathias Kowaya (Maasai)
Interviewees:
Fransis Shomet Naingisa
Nooseuri Lupa
Loltudula Rakatia
Lazaro Ndirima
Music: "Endomononi" by Nongishu Naisiri Seki, used with permission.

The transition to a different economic growth model is necessary, but this cannot be carried out at the expense of the rights of Indigenous peoples and communities. Cultural Survival spoke to Gideon Sanago.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Gideon Sanago (Maasai)
Image: Cultural Survival
Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, is used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

As the world's demand for minerals needed for green and renewable technologies increases, the SIRGE Coalition calls on governments, decision-makers, businesses, and corporations to avoid making the mistakes of the past and to protect the rights and self-determination of Indigenous Peoples.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Pasang Dolma Sherpa (Sherpa)
Image: Cultural Survival
Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, is used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

The SIRGE Coalition is a group of Indigenous leaders and allied organizations, who advocate for a just transition to a low-carbon economy. In this podcast, we hear from Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim (Mbororo)
Image: Cultural Survival
Music "Remember Your Children", by Salidummay, is used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high- level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council. The Forum was established on 28 July 2000 by resolution 2000/22, with the mandate to deal with indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights.
Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Ole Christer Haetta (Sami)
Image: Cultural Survival

The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is underway in New York, in April 2023.
The first meeting of the Permanent Forum was held in May 2002, with yearly sessions thereafter. The Forum usually meets for 10 days each year, at the UN Headquarters in New York. According to the ECOSOC resolution E/2000/22, the Forum may also meet at the UN Office in Geneva or at such other place that it decides.
Cultural Survival attended the permanent forum in April 2023, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM in Nigeria. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
 

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Paramount FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Paramount FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

This program is part of a series of radio programs that were produced by Owelle FM. Topics related to the rights of children are discussed.
Music and voices are courtesy of Owelle FM.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission

During the transition to a green economy that ensures human well being and social equity, and significantly reduces environmental risks and ecological scarcity, it is essential to involve, listen to, and respect the leadership of Indigenous Peoples.
Produced by Cultural Survival
Voices
Diana Pastor (Maya K'iche')
Mariana Kimi (Na Ñuu Sàvi/Mixtec)
Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Morisca Christians (Khoisan)
Music
- “Upbeat Drums Percussion Background Music”, free use.
- "Julio Revueltas" by Nopala, used with permission.

The SIRGE Coalition, a group in charge of guaranteeing respect for the rights of Indigenous Peoples during the transition to a green economy, is made up of Indigenous leaders and allied organizations. In this radio program, we meet the member organizations.

En el mundo se habla diversos idiomas Indígenas, Según datos de las Naciones Unidas se hablan alrededor de 4000 idiomas. Pero lamentablemente también existe la realidad de que cada son más los idiomas Indígenas en peligro de desaparecer.

¿Qué acciones se están implementando para rescatar y revitalizar los idiomas Indígenas en el mundo?

In most countries that were colonized, education is in the language of the colonizer, thus causing Indigenous languages to suffer greatly.

How do we protect languages on the brink of extinction? How do we educate the next generation about the languages spoken by their forefathers?

Cultural Survival has partnered with Radio Riverside in Upington, South Africa to produce a digital dictionary of over a thousand words with Ouma Katrina Esau.

The UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place from December 7 - 22, 2022, in Montreal, Canada. Cultural Survival’s delegation is in Montreal to follow the negotiations and report on the most important issues concerning the rights of Indigenous Peoples and the future of biological diversity.
In this radio program, we spoke to Preston Hardison who gave us an update on Digitial Sequence Information.
Produced by Bryan Bicxul (Maya Tz'utujil)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Lakma Nuri Sherpa (Sherpa)

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

COP15 negotiations are underway in Montreal, and there will be many decisions made, each of these decisions made by member states will have a profound impact on Indigenous communities, and it's absolutely critical that these decisions center a human rights based approach and protect the rights of Indigenous Peoples; especially when it comes to area-based conservation, biodiversity conservation, fair and equitable benefit sharing from the use of genetic resources and the risk assessment of living modified organisms.

Cultural Survival attended the High-level Celebration of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages. In this interview, we spoke to Myrna Cunningham (Miskitu)
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Myrna Cunningham
Remember Your Children by Salidummay, Used with Permission
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

In this radio program, Cultural Survival speaks to Bianca Cartner from New Zealand. The discussion is about the Glasgow Climate Pact is an agreement to help achieve the goals of the larger Paris Agreement.
Produced by Dev Kumar Sunuwar (Sunuwar)
Interviewee: Tiana Carter((Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Whātua)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

A Just Transition for Indigenous Peoples is one that centers a human rights approach and the protection of biodiversity and advances Indigenous sovereignty and self-determination in all endeavors relating to the building of green economies. Doing this will require that all stakeholders observe and fully implement the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the right to self-determination and Free, Prior and Informed Consent in all decision-making.

Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The UN General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, through observing 24 hours of non-violence and cease-fire.
But achieving true peace entails much more than laying down arms. It requires the building of societies where all members feel that they can flourish. It involves creating a world in which people are treated equally, regardless of their race.

Poverty, low levels of education and illiteracy, limited access to health care, basic sanitation, credit, and employment, limited participation in political life, and domestic and sexual violence are all prevalent problems among indigenous women. Besides, their right to self-determination, self-governance and control of resources and ancestral lands have been violated over centuries.
Still, Indigenous women are ensuring that traditional knowledge is carried over from generation to generation.
Language Activist Letitia Petersen tells us more.

This is Episode 1 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 3 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 5 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 7 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 9 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 11 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 13 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 15 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 17 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This is Episode 19 of a series of radio programs that cover the role of customary institutions of Indigenous Peoples, what the covid-19 pandemic meant to them, Indigenous food items, use and utilization of traditional herbs for enhancing their immunity. Produced jointly by Indigenous Rights Foundation and Indigenous Community Radio Network with financial support from WACC and Cultural Survival. All Music courtesy of Hami Aadisbashi Radio.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

This 12-episode radio program series produced by Radio Jugal 98.1 Mhz with the financial grant provided by Cultural Survival under Community Media Fund, each episode bring the voices of local government, Indigenous Peoples representatives on the role of local government for promotion of Indigenous Peoples rights in the laws, plans and programs of the government. The rights of Indigenous Peoples mainly their right to land, water and natural resources including socio-cultural and linguistic rights in line with the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and ILO Convention no.

In this interview, John Cloete from Radio West Coast  interviews Naomi Cloete, a small-scale fisher from Paternoster, and they talk about the reality of the poverty that fishermen live in, they talk also about how generation after generation of fisher-boys become fishermen because there simply is no other life for them on these shores. Naomi also tells us how fisher folk has to suffer, partly because of policy but more worryingly by the national silence that shrouds the Indigenous Peoples of the Western cape coastlines.

The Sámi have a long tradition of Salmon fishing. Recently, a high court in Finland ruled in favor of Salmon fishing as part of Sámi culture.
Aslat Holmberg from the Sámi Council tells us about the significance of the ruling. 

Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Voice : Aslat Holmberg (Sámi)
Music: "LIBRES Y VIVAS" by MARE ADVETENCIA, used with permission.
"Burn your village to the ground", by The Halluci Nation, used with permission.

El Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas de la ONU, es un evento que se realiza cada año con la participación de estados, organizaciones y representantes de Pueblos Indigenas para examinar durante 2 semanas cuestiones relacionadas al desarrollo económico y social, la cultura, la educación, la salud, el medio ambiente y los derechos humanos.

En su 21 periodo de sesiones El tema que se esta abordando es: “Pueblos Indígenas, empresas, autonomía y los principios de derechos humanos asociados a la diligencia debida, incluido el consentimiento libre, previo e informado”

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is a high-level advisory body to the Economic and Social Council.
The twenty-first session of the Permanent Forum is happening from April 25th to May 6th, 2022, at the UN Headquarters in New York.
This year's special theme is “Indigenous Peoples, business, autonomy and the human rights principles of due diligence including Free, Prior and Informed Consent”

In March of 2022, Cultural Survival’s Executive Director Galina Angarova (Buryat) and Director of Programs Avexnim Cojti (Maya K’iche’) traveled to Brussels, Belgium, to meet with Members of the European Parliament, environmental and civil society groups engaged in advocacy efforts around the new European Union battery regulation and the proposed horizontal due diligence law.

In this Yoruba language radio program, Paramount FM discusses how to reactivate the local economy during and after the Covid-19 pandemic.
Produced by Paramount FM Abeokuta.
All music courtesy of Paramount FM.

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international, multilateral treaty that was initially signed by 150 government leaders at the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and later became active on December 29, 1993.

The United Nations General Assembly (Resolution A/RES/74/135) proclaimed the period between 2022 and 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (IDIL 2022-2032), to draw global attention on the critical situation of many indigenous languages and to mobilize stakeholders and resources for their preservation, revitalization and promotion.
Cultural Survival partnered with the Botswana Khwedom Council to revitalize the Tsiga language, which is disappearing. Keikabile Mogodu tells us more.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)

¡Ya está disponible nuestro noveno y último episodio de esta serie, Hecho a Mano marcando el exitoso lanzamiento del primer podcast de Cultural Survival! Este mes, el artista Otomí Julio Laja se une a nosotros para compartir la historia de Papel Amate del árbol “Popova” en el idioma Ñühü. Tanto la inspiración como los materiales para las creaciones de sus obras de arte. 

¡Ya está disponible el  episodio de nuestro podcast Hecho a Mano! Este mes Deniss Sánchez Aparicio, artista Quinua, se une a nosotros para compartir su historia. Deniss proviene de un pequeño pueblo conocido por su famosa cerámica de arcilla. De hecho, hace un par de años, el Ministerio de Cultura de Perú declaró los conocimientos y prácticas tradicionales Quinua para la elaboración de cerámica, como parte del Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación. 

En Glasgow, Escocia, se esta desarrollando la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático conocido como COP26. Este es el encuentro global más importante a nivel internacional donde cada año se reúnen mas de 100 países para establecer lineamientos que ayuden a mitigar el cambio climático.

¿Cuáles son algunos acuerdos que se realizan en esta conferencia entre los estados y miembros de Pueblos Indígenas?

Del 1 al 12 de noviembre se estará desarrollando la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre cambio climático conocido como COP26 en Glasgow Escocia. Este es el encuentro global más importante a nivel internacional donde cada año se reúnen mas de 100 países para establecer lineamientos que ayuden a mitigar el cambio climático y adaptarse a sus impactos.

¿Cómo el cambio climático esta afectando las comunidades Indigenas?
¿Cuáles son las expectativas de las mujeres Indigenas que participan en esta conferencia?

Riverside FM and Cultural Survivals Indigenous Rights Radio are embarking on a project that will see the last fluent speaker of the N/uuki language of the San people, record an audio dictionary.
Produced by Riverside FM
Music "Anania2" by the Baba Project, used with permission.
Image: Riverside FM Logo

Madre tierra, así es como los pueblos definen al suelo y todo ser vivo que habita sobre ella.

Los Pueblos indígenas la cuidan y protegen desde tiempos ancestrales a diferencia de muchas empresas extranjeras que llegan a instalarse en sus territorios provocando deforestación, desvío de ríos, desplome hasta de montañas completas. Eso, sin sumar los daños físicos, psicológicos y económicos que deja una empresa extractiva a su paso.

Emerson Munduruku is a young artist, scientist, and educator from the Munduruku people of the Amazon. Through his drag persona, Uyra Sodoma, Emerson blurs the lines between human, animal, and plant. Whether out in the streets of the Amazonian city of Manaus, or in the sterilized space of the art gallery, Emerson disrupts colonial narratives of wilderness, gender, and environmental destruction as he mesmerizes audiences. Emerson spoke with Cultural Survival about his decolonial, queer performances, and about his hopes for both the art world and western science. 

Tevin August is an inspiring young man from Coronationville in Johannesburg West. He was born with a form of Cerebal Palsy which is a group of disorders that affect a person's ability to move, maintain balance and posture.

He has never allowed his disability to hinder his forward progression both mentally, physical or emotionally; in actual fact it has given him a strong mental capacity and a unique outlook when it comes to taking on life and all its hardships and challenges.
Courtesy of Indigenous Youth Xchange Radio, South Africa.

Fred Nez-Keams is a Navajo Musician and Flute Maker. In this Interview, Veronica Valente learns all about Fred's journey.
Produced by Veronica Valente (Cultural Survival Intern)
Edited by Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan)
Interviewee: Fred Nez-Keams (Navajo)
Music: "Lights in the Forest" by Yarina, used with permission
Image: Screenshot of Fred Nez-Keams with a flute.

For many African communities, lands and natural resources are their greatest and most reliable service providers, sustaining life, dignity and happiness. Their stewardship of the ecosystems on which they depend is also recognized as one of the most important contributions to nature conservation, with the lands and waters of indigenous peoples and local communities supporting approximately 80% of the world’s biodiversity.

Timoteo Ccarita ha estado vendiendo en los Bazares de Cultural Survival desde hace algunos años y su puesto siempre está repleto de hermosos artículos, el es un maestro tejedor de lana de alpaca hilada a mano.

Timoteo es representante de la cultura Quechua, Inca Andina de Pitumarca, Perú y en este podcast nos explica la importancia de los diseños tradicionales que comparten mensajes e ideales Incas así como los retos y logros como tejedor Quechua. Puede escuchar, descargar y compartir de forma gratuita.

For months now, since the military coup on February 1, 2021, people from all walks of life in Myanmar have been continuously taking to the streets in protest. Everyday thousands of people have been detained, including high profile leaders and politicians of the civilian government. Many are kept under house arrest with no outside contact and in most cases their whereabouts are still unknown. Large demonstrations against the coup are occurring daily in Myanmar, defying the curfews and restrictions put in place by the military.

In this podcast we interview Craig Beckett who together with eleven other walkers are journeying close to 500 kilometers by foot in order to bring awareness to about oil and gas exploration in Namibia and Botswana.
Producer: Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Craig Beckett
Image: Save the Okavango
Music: "Whispers" by Ziibiwan, used with permission
Music: "Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe Called Red - used with permission.

The land question can be viewed as the single most pressing issue on the socio-political agenda in South Africa. Khoi and San communities are struggling to secure their right to land and access to the land’s natural resources. In this interview, Professor Geoff Blundell, curator of The Origins Centre and researcher at the Rock Art Research Institute at the University of KwaZulu Natal, highlights the challenges the Khoi and San communities face as a result of flawed land restitution and land redistribution policies. This program is produced by Valley FM, South Africa.

The Universal Periodic Review was established to create a consistent commitment of each UN member state to meet its human rights duties through interactive dialogue. Joshua Cooper tells us about the review of the United States.
Produced by : Agnes Portalewska/Shaldon Ferris
Interviewee: Joshua Cooper
Music: "Burn your village to the ground", by A Tribe Called Red - used with permission.
"Whispers" by Ziibiwan, used with permission

Según rtve indica que hasta la fecha existen más de 55,8 millones de casos y más de 1,3 millones de muertos en todo el mundo por Covid-19.

Esta crisis sanitaria afectado mayormente a los pueblos Indígenas. Los comunicadores comunitarios Indígenas han cumplido con un rol fundamental en cuanto a llevar información hasta sus comunidades en respuesta a la poca o nula información sobre prevención y cuidados por covid-19.

The Wampanoag Peoples have lived in the region of what is now southeastern Massachusetts for more than 12,000 years. The year 2020 represents 400 years since colonizers voyaged on the Mayflower and founded Plymouth Colony as settlers on Native land. This anniversary is a time of reckoning with that history of violence, dispossession, removal. The story of Plymouth Colony cannot be told without the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples who were here as that ship arrived and who still remain.

World Tourism Day is commemorated each year on 27 September in order to foster awareness among the international community of the importance of tourism and its social, cultural, political, and economic value. This year, tourism has been among the hardest hit of all sectors by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the theme of the 2020 edition of international day is "Tourism and Rural Development." Undoubtedly, the tourism is one of the largest industries in the world. One out of every 10 jobs in the whole world is in the tourism industry and 30 percent of the world revenue comes from tourism.

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias, en algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias, en algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

El coronavirus es la pandemia que sigue causando enfermedades de las vías respiratorias. En algunos casos puede ser controlado pero en otros a causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 29,9 millones de casos y más de 942.000 muertos en todo el mundo.

Clayton Shirt is a counsellor and Traditional native healer at University of Toronto, Canada. He is a pipe carrier, sweat lodge keeper and is a traditional healer since a young age. Cultural Survivals Avex Cojti sat down to interview Mr. Clayton shirt in Canada earlier in 2020, he tells us about his journey.
Music
"Burn Your Village to the Ground" by A Tribe Called Red. Used with permission.
"Lights in the forest", by Ziibiwan. Used with permission.

Exposure of Indian tribals to education has been a rarity. Even after education, the caste-ridden mainstream system has continued to question tribal identities and push them to the far end of the social periphery.

El coronavirus ha causado enfermedades que van desde el resfriado común hasta enfermedades más graves y en muchos casos ha causado hasta la muerte. El sitio web de rtve señala que actualmente existen más de 3.7 millones de casos y más de 264,000 muertos en todo el mundo.

Desde las radios comunitarias se producen y trasmiten los conocimientos ancestrales de los abuelos y abuelas. En este programa podemos conocer sobre la elaboración de Tejidos que se elaboran en una de las comunidad Indígenas de Ecuador. !Escuche, descargué y comparta!

Imagen:
Capturado por Cultural Survival

Producción:

Ñusta Sánchez de Radio Cotatachi / Ecuador

Edición Final

Rosario Sul González / Cultural Survival

In Nepal, people belonging to the LGBTQIA+ community are known as "Tesro lingi" (third gender). In Nepal, and in many other places in the world, members of the LGBTQIA+ community face lack of respect and acceptance due to discrimination. Families often reject them. They often become homeless, face bullying, and many are barred from accessing education. 
Image: LGBTQIA+ Pride Flag, Wikimedia Commons
Music: Yawar Wawki-Yarina, titled ‘wawa’ music from Peru, used with Consent.

Cultural Survival's Dev Kumar Sunuwar spoke to  Victoria Tauli Corpuz,the Special Rapporteur of  on the Rights Indigenous Peoples on IYIL 2019, we also interview Joan Carling from the Indigenous Peoples Major Group for Sustainable Development.

Production: Shaldon Ferris (Khoisan, South Africa)  
Image: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, courtesy of Jamie Kalliongis

Interviewer: Dev Kumar Sunuwar

Interviewees: Victoria Tauli-Corpuz and Joan Carling