Papers by Debates Indígenas
Debates Indígenas, 2024
Las respuestas institucionales a la crisis climática, guiadas por las negociaciones en la Confere... more Las respuestas institucionales a la crisis climática, guiadas por las negociaciones en la Conferencia de las Partes (COP) de la Convención Marco de Naciones Unidas sobre Cambio Climático (CMNUCC), han perpetuado desigualdades de género, etnia y territorialidad. Esta situación se observa con claridad en las barreras a la participación efectiva de las mujeres indígenas en la toma de decisiones. Ante esta insuficiencia, los movimientos indígenas y especialmente las mujeres se están organizando para desarrollar estrategias propias para enfrentar la crisis, resistir los extractivismos y exigir justicia ecológica. Entre estas iniciativas destacan los espacios de formación para fortalecer sus luchas.
Debates Indígenas, 2024
Indigenous communities in Tanzania face a myriad of challenges related to land rights, from land ... more Indigenous communities in Tanzania face a myriad of challenges related to land rights, from land grabbing to environmental degradation. These communities work tirelessly to secure land and natural resources rights, aiming to strengthen their resilience against climate change. In this context, Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), an Indigenous Peoples-led non-governmental organization, promotes secure land tenure and climate resilience through innovative approaches. By Paine Eulalia Mako for Indigenous Debates.
Debates Indígenas, 2024
Las comunidades indígenas en Tanzania enfrentan una serie de desafíos relacionados con los derech... more Las comunidades indígenas en Tanzania enfrentan una serie de desafíos relacionados con los derechos territoriales, desde el acaparamiento de tierras hasta la degradación ambiental. Estas comunidades trabajan incansablemente para asegurar sus derechos sobre la tierra y los recursos naturales, con el objetivo de fortalecer su resiliencia frente al cambio climático. En este contexto, Ujamaa Community Resource Team (UCRT), una organización no gubernamental liderada por pueblos indígenas, promueve la tenencia segura de la tierra y la resiliencia climática a través de enfoques innovadores. Por Paine Eulalia Mako para Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2024
Climate change's roots are deeply entwined with colonialism's legacy. As its devastating effects ... more Climate change's roots are deeply entwined with colonialism's legacy. As its devastating effects increasingly target Indigenous communities, we face an urgent imperative: to decolonize climate policy and amplify Indigenous-led solutions. This shift is not just ethical but essential, recognizing that those most affected often possess invaluable knowledge for addressing the crisis. By empowering Indigenous voices and traditional ecological wisdom, we can forge more equitable, effective responses to our shared environmental challenges. By Indigenous Climate Action for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2024
Las raíces del cambio climático están profundamente entrelazadas con el legado del colonialismo. ... more Las raíces del cambio climático están profundamente entrelazadas con el legado del colonialismo. A medida que sus efectos devastadores se dirigen cada vez más a las comunidades indígenas, enfrentamos un deber urgente: descolonizar la política climática y amplificar las soluciones lideradas por indígenas. Este cambio no es sólo ético, sino esencial, ya que reconoce que aquellos más afectados a menudo poseen conocimientos invaluables para abordar la crisis. Al empoderar las voces indígenas y la sabiduría ecológica tradicional, podemos forjar respuestas más equitativas y efectivas a nuestros desafíos ambientales compartidos. Por Indigenous Climate Action para Debates Inígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Costa Rica is a small country in Central America known for its tradition of political stability. ... more Costa Rica is a small country in Central America known for its tradition of political stability. It has been acknowledged as a democratic nation, navigating exceptionally amid the concert of instability in other Latin American nations. In this context, the three branches of the State have undertaken a series of initiatives that mark progress in recognizing the rights of its Afro-descendant population. By Diana Senior Angulo for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Despite the resistance of community members, fires have devastated Indigenous territories and pro... more Despite the resistance of community members, fires have devastated Indigenous territories and protected areas in the Bolivian Amazon. The fires have affected their food sources, access to clean water, and destroyed their homes. Beyond climate change, the issue is also structural: the government implements national policies that promote extractive economies. Now, communities know that fires will be a new excuse to encroach on their territories. The challenge of how to rebuild life, rethink traditional practices, and reclaim ancestral knowledge after the fires persists.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Costa Rica es un pequeño país de Centroamérica que ha destacado por una tradición política establ... more Costa Rica es un pequeño país de Centroamérica que ha destacado por una tradición política estable. A su vez, se lo ha reconocido como un país democrático, en un transitar excepcional entre el concierto de inestabilidad de naciones latinoamericanas. En este contexto, los tres poderes del Estado han tomado una serie de iniciativas que marcan un avance en el reconocimiento de derechos de la población afrodescendiente. Por Diana Senior Angulo.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
A pesar de la resistencia de los comunarios y comunarias, el fuego arrasó los territorios indígen... more A pesar de la resistencia de los comunarios y comunarias, el fuego arrasó los territorios indígenas y las áreas protegidas de la Amazonía boliviana. Los incendios afectaron sus fuentes de alimentación, el acceso al agua potable y quemaron viviendas. Más allá del cambio climático, el problema es estructural: el gobierno implementa políticas nacionales que promueven la economía extractivista. Ahora, las comunidades saben que los incendios serán una nueva excusa para avanzar sobre sus territorios. Queda el desafío de reconstruir la vida, repensar sus prácticas tradicionales y rescatar conocimientos ancestrales. Por Daniela Vidal para Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Since colonial times and slavery, the population of African origin has faced difficulties to be r... more Since colonial times and slavery, the population of African origin has faced difficulties to be recognized as subjects of law. In Central America, they have gone through centuries of resistance to be accepted first as people and then as citizens of the republics. Currently, the Afro-descendant Creole community in Nicaragua is fighting for the demarcation, titling and regulation of their ancestral lands, while at the same time seeking equal conditions for their development as other Indigenous and Afro-descendant communities. Meanwhile, mining, logging and fishing concessions, and the use of the territory for megaprojects and monocultures are expanding on their lands. By Alexandrina Henríquez for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Despite the achievements of the Plurinational State, racism and racial disparities persist in Bol... more Despite the achievements of the Plurinational State, racism and racial disparities persist in Bolivia. In this regard, the absence of accurate statistical data on self-identification hinders the development of policies that promote equality. Afro-Bolivian women, in particular, experience intersectional discrimination wherever racism and sexism converge, worsening the conditions in which they live. Although the political constitution of the state institutionally recognizes their presence in the national political space, no significant progress been yet made in the participation of Afro-Bolivians in decision-making. By Paola Yañez Inofuentes para Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Born in the heat of the conquest and the slave trade, Black communities in the Americas have deve... more Born in the heat of the conquest and the slave trade, Black communities in the Americas have developed their own cultural practices that differentiate them from the rest of the population. Their music, their religiosity and their joy are the most representative characteristics of 170 million people who make up a transnational native community. After the advances in national jurisprudence, it is now the turn of international law to recognize the advancement of the collective rights of Afro-descendant peoples. The Black peoples of the world demand a declaration of rights on the recognition, justice and ethno-development of our Afro-descendant peoples. By Jhon Antón Sánchez for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Afro-Colombian communities in the Pacific region account for 95.3% of the 5,600,000 hectares of t... more Afro-Colombian communities in the Pacific region account for 95.3% of the 5,600,000 hectares of their ancestral territories. Collective land use, traditional celebrations and ancestral knowledge predominate in these lands. Despite being a peripheral region, in recent years ancestral territories have been highly coveted by extractive industries, which has attracted illegal armed groups that impose their rules through violence. In this context, the construction of interculturality and interethnic dialogues are a form of resistance to extractivism and dispossession. By By Marcela Velasco, Fernando Castrillón and Alonso Tobón for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
The history of the Americas was forever shaped by the massive introduction of Africans as slaves,... more The history of the Americas was forever shaped by the massive introduction of Africans as slaves, who were smuggled across the Atlantic trade routes. However, these ships brought more than "just black bodies" reduced to commodities. These bodies carried with them a rich ancestral heritage and diverse epistemologies that, when reinterpreted in the context of the diaspora, allowed Black people to establish communities and institutions based on their own territorial principles and specific ways of relating to nature. By Davi Pereira Junior for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
On the edge of French territory, in north-western Guiana, the Indigenous Kali’na village of Atopo... more On the edge of French territory, in north-western Guiana, the Indigenous Kali’na village of Atopo W+p+ is resisting to safeguard its territory against a power plant. In violation of Indigenous rights, the French state ceded part of their lands to HDF Energy company and mobilised a large number of armed gendarmes to carry out the project. The Kali’nas warriors maintain a strong opposition and are urging for the plant to be relocated. By Pierre Auzerau and Mélissa Sjabere.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
In recent decades, conflicts over Mapuche ancestral lands have intensified in the southern centra... more In recent decades, conflicts over Mapuche ancestral lands have intensified in the southern central part of the country. At the same time, the policies promoted by the State have proven to be insufficient, and the territory has been militarized. Within this context the Commission is presented as a possibility to open a social dialogue through institutional channels, to determine the real demand for land and to propose mechanisms for the solution of conflicts to achieve peace. By Hernando Javier Silva Neriz for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
While miners are blamed for the destruction of the forests, this gold fever would not exist witho... more While miners are blamed for the destruction of the forests, this gold fever would not exist without the lavish consumption of sheikhs, influencers, rappers, footballers, brokers, Hollywood actors and famous singers. Following the rise in the price of gold during Covid-19, Central Banks and speculators have further boosted this demand. In Brazil and Venezuela, the land area affected by mining is increasing rapidly and the presence of gold miners threatens the indigenous communities living near the deposits. By Luis Salas Rodríguez for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
The experience of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Bolivia, biodiversity conservation has evo... more The experience of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Bolivia, biodiversity conservation has evolved from a focus on wildlife protection to collaborative alliances with Indigenous communities. What at the beginning was an isolated conservation effort, has been transformed into an essential cooperation, where conservation and Indigenous Territorial Management converge in the Madidi Landscape. By Lilian Painter, Zulema Lehm, Oscar Loayza and Robert Wallace for Debates Indígenas.
Debates Indígenas, 2023
Despite progress at the international level, the environmentalism movement and the Peruvian state... more Despite progress at the international level, the environmentalism movement and the Peruvian state have not yet fully recognized the role played by Indigenous Peoples in the protection of Amazonian biodiversity. For the communities, man and nature form a whole and, as such, they take advantage of the benefits of the forests, while at the same time imposing limits on their extraction. The Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampís Nation seeks to implement a comprehensive system of territorial control based on traditional teachings, constant monitoring, Indigenous justice and "sustainable bio-businesses". By Shapiom Noningo and Frederica Barclay for Debates Indígenas.
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