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Challenges Facing New Generations of Indigenous Youth

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]by Bianca Avila This article will explore the main challenges that new Indigenous generations continue to face. I. Struggle to protect their territory Land eviction has been a critical problem facing Indigenous communities for generations. In early 1970, the Peruvian government gave multinational companies permission to exploit the region’s oil reserves [1]. Still today, Indigenous …

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COP 22: Indigenous Communities Join World Leaders In Marrakech

Between 7-18 November 2016, representatives from 191 countries gathered in Marrakech for the COP 22 climate change conference. This came at the same time as Donald Trump’s US election victory, a renowned sceptic when it comes to global warming, and whose policies include pulling out of existing global cooperation on climate change. At the Paris …

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