Indigenous leaders seek an apology about the mass grave in Albuquerque
Stakeholders: The public park the city built on top of the site should be closed immediately to recreation Native American leaders in Albuquerque are shaping the response and reconciliation from the city for a park built over a mass grave site of children who…
Emmanuel Macron: ‘There is no vaccine for a sick planet’
Thousands of scientists and conservation experts gather in Marseille for the world’s biggest biodiversity summit since the pandemic The world’s biggest biodiversity summit since the start of the pandemic has opened in the French port city of Marseille with a warning from Emmanuel Macron…
Andrey Danilov, a well-known Sami politician, was detained by the police at the Imandra Viking Fest in the Murmansk region
Today, August 29th, 2021 in the city of Monchegorsk (Murmansk region), during the Imandra Viking Fest organized by the Monchegorsk Development Agency with the support of “NorNickel” and the town administration, police officers detained Andrey Danilov, a well-known Saami politician and director of the Saami Heritage and…
As disasters mount, central banks gird against threat of climate change
Climate change is rattling the world’s central bankers. With unprecedented heat and wildfires in the American West and southern Europe, and record floods racing through German towns and Chinese megacities in recent weeks, fears are growing among regulators of a coming cascade of climate-induced…
Pacific Northwest’s ‘forest gardens’ were deliberately planted by Indigenous people
For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes—villages forcibly emptied in the late 1800s—were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn. A new study reveals that isolated patches of fruit trees and berry bushes…
D. Berezhkov. A fundamental gap in the understanding of reality between Norilsk Nickel and indigenous peoples
An expanded meeting of the Public Chamber of the city of Norilsk, dedicated to the activities of Norilsk Nickel and «improving the quality of life in Norilsk,» took place in Taimyr in the last days of July. It was a fairly large meeting attended…
Lavrov compared the life of bears in Russia and that of Indians in the United States
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov compared the life of bears in Russia to the life of indigenous peoples in the United States. The diplomat made a comical statement at a meeting with young art and culture workers on the Tavrida art cluster site, writes…
Climate change: The Arctic reindeer herder whose livelihood is threatened by warmer winters
Slava Kemlil, a member of the Chukchi indigenous people in Russia’s Far East, has lived a life bound to nature’s pulse – but the changing landscape of his tundra environment is posing fresh challenges. Slava Kemlil is waiting for us on the dock in…
Rosatom subsidiary plans for lithium mining on the Kola Peninsula
Production of lithium compounds could start by 2030 in both Murmansk and Irkutsk regions with an estimated amount of 50 thousand tons annually. The world’s hunger for lithium-ion batteries is sky-rocketing as the car industry rapidly changes from combustion engines to electric powertrains. A…
Nornickel’s ruthless business model and the responsibility of German corporations
German corporations must demand that Russian extractive company Nornickel respect indigenous rights and environmental standards – or end business deals After more than 21,000 tons of diesel leaked from a power plant tank in May 2020, causing the largest oil spill in the Russian…