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Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 July 2021

The discovery of the bodies of hundreds of children at Canada’s former Indian Residential Schools has unleashed a wave of anger and mourning across Canada’s growing Indigenous…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB262651

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 23 January 2023

After four years of rising deforestation and international criticism, the new government is showing a strong commitment to environmental issues. Leading activists Marina Silva and…

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Publication date: 22 September 2022

The Queen’s death has brought many Canadian tributes to her personally, not least during the national commemorative ceremony in Ottawa also held on September 19, but in the coming…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB272866

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 8 February 2016

The visit will be his fourth to the Americas (following trips to Brazil in 2013, Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay in July 2015 and Cuba and the United States in September 2015) and…

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Publication date: 29 October 2021

During last month’s UN General Assembly, President Jair Bolsonaro unsuccessfully argued that his government was controlling deforestation in the Amazon region. Reports indicate…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB265043

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 26 July 2021

The meeting will set a new Global Biodiversity Framework and agree targets to be met by 2030. Scientists and civil society organisations consider it an opportunity to set in train…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB263027

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 29 September 2015

The ineffectiveness of the government's strategy for helping the indigenous poor in either tackling inequality or raising them out of poverty.

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB205642

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 17 June 2020

Brazil has a population of around 900,000 indigenous people, mostly living in remote regions of the Amazon forest. The scale of illegal activities in demarcated indigenous areas…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253253

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 1 March 2024

The ruling upholds the right of parliament to pass laws on Indigenous issues and to incorporate Indigenous laws into federal law. The act in question is one of many passed over…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285575

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Expert briefing
Publication date: 10 July 2020

Under pressure from growing indigenous militancy, the government is taking belated steps to meet demands for better protection, including steps to stem the flow of extractive…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB253836

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