En Jujuy, Argentina, existen más de 400 comunidades kollas, guaraníes, atacamas, así como de otros Pueblos Indígenas en proceso de autoidentificación. Durante el 2019, dos comunidades de esta región vivieron una intensa lucha por la defensa de sus territorios y el respeto de sus derechos. Se trata de la Comunidad Indígena Angosto El Perchel y la Comunidad Salinas Grandes Guayatayoc, cercana a la frontera con el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia.
Joan Carling (Kankanaey), Co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development (IPMG), is an Indigenous activist from the Cordillera in the Philippines with more than 20 years of experience in working on Indigenous issues from the grassroots to the international level. Her expertise includes areas like human rights, sustainable development, the environment, climate change, and also the implementation of Free, Prior and Informed Consent.
Joan Carling attended the 26th convening of the Conference of the Parties or COP 26 in Glasgow in November 2021.
La realidad que nos cuentan estas lideresas de distintas partes de América Latina repiten la misma historia de saqueo, crímenes e impunidad de las corporaciones transnacionales y de la complicidad de los Estados y los representantes gubernamentales.
Leaders and activists from all over the planet converged in Madrid, Spain to attend COP25, The United Nations Climate Change Conference.
At the forefront of half a million protesters who marched through the Spanish Capital City, were indigenous voices who led the charge in what has become a monumental demonstration to highlight the global challenges that we’re all facing as a result of climate change.
Ta’kaiya Blaney (Tla A'min Nation) from Indigenous Climate Action was there, and we got a chance to speak to her.
Cultural Survival's Avexnim Cojti (Maya Ki'che) spoke to Janene Yazzie about the participation of Indigenous Peoples at the UN's Climate Action Summit.
Janene Yazzie (Navajo) is Development Program Coordinator for International Indian Treaty Council and the council’s representative as co-convenor of the Indigenous Peoples Major Group of the U.N. High-level Political Forum on the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.
Production: Shaldon Ferris (San, South Africa)
Image: Janine Yazzie
Cerca de 26 mujeres originarias de las diferentes regiones indígenas del país fortalecen sus conocimientos sobre seguridad alimentaria y nutricional para el desarrollo local y sus capacidades de liderazgo para el uso deinstrumentos internacionales y nacionales de derechos humanos, derechos de pueblos y mujeres indígenas.