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The Saami reendier Culture at the brink of extinction

FdN — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:15:35 +0000

The ongoing logging of the state forests in northern Finland for years has reached now the potential to wipe out very soon the Saami reindeer herding economy. The film describes the deforestation in Finland and the extinction of the Saami culture. Interviews with Pekka Aikio, former president of the Saami council and Kalevi Padaar, Saami activist.

INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR WEST PAPUA - Launch in London

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:34:19 +0000

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INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR WEST PAPUA

At the Houses of Commons, London on 15th October 2008 at 3pm, will be the launch event for a historical international gathering of Parliamentarians, in support of self determination for the native people of West Papua.

Exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda will be joined by Melanesians & Parliamentarians from across the world for the launch of 'International Parliamentarians for West Papua'.

Please assemble in Parliament Square for 2pm.

West Papua cholera deaths spark fears of major epidemic

Dancing_Turtle — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:12:08 +0000

Two hundred and ninety one Papuan tribal people have died from cholera since April this year in West Papua, Indonesia, according to local church officials, sparking fears of a major epidemic.

In 1961, a global cholera pandemic began in Indonesia. It spread rapidly to other countries in Asia, Europe, Africa and finally, in 1991, to Latin America. There were nearly 400,000 cases and over 4,000 deaths from cholera in the Americas that year.

Malaysian Indigenous People Face Arrest at Logging Blockade

rains — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:48:02 +0000

A month-long blockade of logging roads by indigenous people in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia set to protest illegal logging on their communal lands is about to be broken up by police.

More than 100 indigenous Kenyah people gathered at the blockade site on the upper Moh River on the island of Borneo claim that the blockade is their only way of calling on representatives of the Samling Timber Company and government authorities to have a consultation and meet with them to listen to their problems and demands.

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Dancing_Turtle — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:15:50 +0000

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The Last Frontier - Illegal Logging in Papua and China's Massive Timber Theft

rains — Wed, 28 May 2008 09:22:26 +0000

Report by the Environmental Investigation Agency & Telepak

Extract: Official complicity

For the full report, see:
http://www.eia-international.org/files/reports93-1. pdf

Companies involved in timber theft from Papua are aided every step of the way by officials from the military, police and forestry department, as long as the requisite bribe is paid.