Digital reports
Digital reports
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20 June 2023
India: River embankment governance and the situation of Lodha people in the Sunderbans
Denial of a right to self-identification as indigenous has led to a violation of the basic rights of local tribal communities.
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20 June 2023
Finland: Fishing restrictions may lead to the disappearance of an ancestral way of life
Deatnu is one of the world’s most important spawning rivers for Atlantic salmon.
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20 June 2023
Vanuatu: Water, music and cultural rights
Is it not clear that our world is in peril? The threat we face in Vanuatu is not only climate change.
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20 June 2023
The United Kingdom’s broken cultural relationship with its rivers: A conversation with Paul Powlesland
Discrimination sometimes manifests itself in the idea that minorities don’t deserve nature and nature’s culture.
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20 June 2023
United Kingdom: Sewage, the Sikh minority and lack of access for persons with disabilities
The Sikh community’s response to sewage and plastic pollution in the local river merits the attention of authorities.
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20 June 2023
The Atrato River: An Afro-Colombian cultural heritage of resistance
If our territory is polluted it’s a threat to us and the connection we have with the environment.
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20 June 2023
Colombia: The Atrato River, a landmark for biocultural rights among Afro-descendants
Faced with the challenges of environmental degradation, a lawsuit was brought by representatives of the Atrato.
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20 June 2023
Chile: At the ends of the world, upside down
Petorca is home to sheltered valleys, now extremely vulnerable and prone to desertification.
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20 June 2023
Mexico: Zapotec water rights and self-governance – a positive precedent for water justice
Oaxaca is among the states with the largest indigenous populations and the highest poverty indices in Mexico.
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20 June 2023
Türkiye: Water is used as a weapon against Kurdish people in south-eastern Anatolia
In Türkiye, a dam threatens local Kurdish communities.
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20 June 2023
Nepal: The cost of hydropower – dispossessing indigenous Magar communities of land and water
Magar villagers have been opposing riverbed mining in Badarkuna, which is contracted by the local government.
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20 June 2023
Kyrgyzstan: The Kempir-Abad reservoir – political uncertainty or an opportunity for cooperation?
Soviet water and energy infrastructure legacies have been painfully problematic for the countries of Central Asia for years.
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20 June 2023
Philippines: Caught in the current – how nationalist development narratives threaten the future of Dumagat people
The indigenous peoples of the Philippines experience systemic discrimination and human rights abuses.
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20 June 2023
Niger: Ethnic conflict along the Komadugu River and the shores of Lake Chad
For hundreds of years, the Fulani people have lived by the side of the Komadugu River.
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20 June 2023
Iraq: Marsh Arabs and ecological resilience – the legacy of conflict
Fatima, also known as Umm Ahmed, is a 40-year-old woman who has lived her entire life in the marshes of Maysan Governorate in southern Iraq.
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20 June 2023
Ethiopia: The GERD dam, the Gumuz community and the escalation of conflict in Metekel
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is one of the largest hydropower mega-projects ever conducted in Africa.
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20 June 2023
Iran: Baluch people running out of water due to unfair water management
Once a lush and green land, Sistan and Baluchistan is home to ancient civilizations that date back more than 5,000 years.
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20 June 2023
China: Water usage in the Uyghur Autonomous Region
Starting in 2013, the Chinese government took a new approach to ethnic groups based on assimilation.
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20 June 2023
Georgia: Access to water is closely interconnected with the rights of national minorities
As in the rest of the world, water plays an important role in the daily life of national minorities in the Kvemo Kartli (Borchali) region…
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20 June 2023
Namibia: Lack of water access and scarcity rock Tsumkwe settlement
This case study provides a general overview of infrastructural discrimination faced by the indigenous people of Tsumkwe.
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20 June 2023
Australia: Water crisis, rising sea levels and coastal inundations affecting Zenadth Kes Islanders
Torres Strait Islanders are deeply connected with the land and sea country they have inhabited for thousands of years.
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20 June 2023
United States: No end in sight to the Jackson water crisis?
Water shortages in Jackson are adding to an already existing social and economic breakdown.
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20 June 2023
Canada: Oil sands and ongoing Indigenous Peoples’ health rights violations
Difficulties in accessing clean water under international human rights standards are increasing for Indigenous communities globally.
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20 June 2023
Libya: The impact of water scarcity on Amazigh communities in the Nafusa mountain region
Libya is currently going through a series of environmental challenges that directly affect people’s quality of life.
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20 June 2023
Madagascar: Tiomena, the red sandstorm and its impact on Tandroy people
‘It is important that authorities listen to us to help address the water and land crisis that is affecting our communities.’
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20 June 2023
Paraguay: Lack of drinking water in the country that holds the world’s largest freshwater reserve
Indigenous people from the Yalve Sanga Enlhet community must walk several kilometres to get drinking water.
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20 June 2023
Hungary: Flood-borne environmental injustices against Roma communities
The Hungarian floods and flash floods that have affected Roma communities in recent years must be analysed from the perspective of…
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20 June 2023
Kenya: Eviction, flooding and disability in Baringo County
Fringed by pastures for cattle, Lake Bogoria and its surroundings constitute the ancestral lands of the indigenous Endorois people.
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20 June 2023
Pakistan: Unequal distribution of flood relief in Umerkot District
The Pakistan Constitution falls short when it comes to guaranteeing the rights of minorities in Sindh.
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20 June 2023
Guatemala: Water pollution and the rights of Q’eqchi Peoples in El Estor
Dene Law roots Dene Peoples to their individual, community and Mother Earth responsibilities.
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20 June 2023
Nigeria: ‘Water was the source of life; it is now the cause of death’ – the ongoing oil pollution crisis among Ogoni people in the Niger Delta
Home to about 1.5 million people, Ogoniland is an area of great linguistic diversity.
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20 June 2023
Bangladesh: Sanitation among Rohingya women in Kutupalong refugee camp
Rohingya are a stateless Muslim minority in Myanmar who for decades have experienced violent persecution in their home country.
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20 June 2023
Ecuador: The right to water for Afro-descendant communities in Esmeraldas
The province of Esmeraldas is one of the most strategically located, ecologically rich and biodiverse regions of Ecuador.
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20 June 2023
Somalia: The impact of poor sanitation and improper waste disposal on the health of minority IDPs in Baidoa
Most of the families or households living in the IDP camps in Baidoa have long been faced with inadequate sanitation services.
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20 June 2023
From kin to thing: The environmental and human death zones of European waters
In the past, humans revered rivers and other water bodies as symbols of abundance, creation, fertility and, ultimately, life.
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20 June 2023
Vanishing waters: An overview of the water crisis in the landlocked countries of West Africa and Central Asia
It is hard to address the impact water stress is having on minorities and indigenous peoples without considering the plight of water first.
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20 June 2023
‘Just-Us for All’: Indigenous wisdom for human and planetary well-being
My name is Anne Poelina. I am a woman who belongs to the Martuwarra, renamed Fitzroy River by the colonizing settlers.
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20 June 2023
Water justice and the struggles of minorities and indigenous peoples for water rights: a planetary perspective
Forests, rivers and oceans are interwoven by the water cycle, keeping life on this planet in a state of constant regeneration, renewal and…
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20 June 2023
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023:A reflection by Pedro Arrojo-Agudo
Despite suffering all sorts of injustices, Indigenous Peoples have been able to preserve their worldviews, knowledge and ancestral…
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20 June 2023
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023: A reflection by Rajendra Singh
If we really bothered to understand the character of water, we would be able to support thriving communities that live with water.
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20 June 2023
Minority and Indigenous Trends 2023: Recommendations
Ensure that the necessary infrastructure is in place to ensure the fulfillment of this right for all people.