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Deforestation in central Africa brings HIV/AIDS to indigenous communities, mainly women

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:05
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Mon, 07/30/2007 - Indigenous peoples living in the tropical rainforests of Central Africa are widely dispersed and identify their groups by a variety of names. Numbering a total of 300,000 to 500,000 people, those members of communities from several ethnic groups characterized by their small stature are identified under the generic name of “pygmies” (see WRM Bulletin Nº 119).

KIMANGKIL-KALANAWAN BRIEF ACTION PLAN:

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:33
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Kimangkil-Kalanawan Mountains, we estimated 70 to 80 thousand hectares of Higaonon rainforest tribal lands situated within the boundaries of Misamis Oriental-Bukidnon-Agusan provinces in north-central Mindanao region. Major river-system such as; Pulangi, Agusan, Gingoog, Odiongan, Cabulig and Tagoloan emanates from its rainforest.

Statements: British MP condemns World Bank-backed plans for rainforest logging in the Congo

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:44
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Member of Parliament Bob Blizzard (Waveney) yesterday said in a Westminster Hall debate that "there was no chance at all" that a World Bank-backed plan to 'develop' the rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which are the second largest on Earth, would bring any benefits to impoverished local people. Instead, the planned expansion of the timber industry would, the MP said, damage the livelihoods of some of the poorest people on Earth, including those of local 'Pygmies'.