Launch of Indigenous Peoples’ Guide: No REDD! No CO2LONIALISM of Forests! November 30, 2009 Bemidji, Minnesota, Dear Brothers and Sisters, Indigenous Environmental Network is pleased to announce the launch of the Indigenous Peoples’ guide to No REDD! This guide is a useful resource for preparing for the UN negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark that begins on [...]

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN Published: November 14, 2009 The New York Times Since time immemorial, the Ogiek have been Kenya’s traditional forest dwellers. They have stalked antelope with homemade bows, made medicine from leaves and trapped bees to produce honey, the golden elixir of the woods. They have struggled to survive the press of modernity, and [...]