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UN urges greater appreciation of indigenous culture and creativity

-The United Nations   Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged the world to recognize the right of indigenous peoples to control their intellectual property, saying they needed help to protect, develop and receive fair compensation for their cultural heritage and traditional knowledge. “Indigenous peoples face many challenges in maintaining their identity, traditions and customs, and their cultural contributions are at times exploited and commercialized, with little or no recognition,” Mr. Ban said in a...

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Can Posco Cross the India Barrier? by Prince Mathews Thomas

The $12 billion Posco investment in India was supposed to be the biggest FDI project in the country. After six years that still remains on paper Horangineun jugeumyeon gajugeul namgigo, Sarameun jugeumyun ireumeul namginda (When tigers die, they leave behind leather. When people die, they leave their names behind) —Old Korean Proverb The news flash from Press Trust of India came on July 10, 2011. Posco, the $32 billion South Korean steel giant had decided to...

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Magsaysay award winner lends weight to anti-Posco stir

-The Times of India   KENDRAPADA: Right to Information campaigner and Magsaysay award winner Aruna Roy has asked the state government to stop construction and tree felling works for the proposed steel plant of Posco in the seaside gram panchayats of Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujang in Jagatsinghpur district and have a public debate on the issue. Roy visited the villages in the proposed steel plant site on Sunday in support of the...

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In their voice by Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta

CGNet Swara in Chhattisgarh is a mobile radio platform that has helped bring tribal issues to national attention. MAHADEV SINGH, a Baiga tribal person, hails from a village situated atop a forested hill near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. While most of the neighbouring villages are electrified and welfare schemes from the government reach them to an extent, Mahadev's village has lost out in this regard owing to its inaccessibility. Mahadev and his...

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Minister glare on land given to forest minders by Basant Kumar Mohanty

State governments have awarded illegal title deeds for 1.3 lakh acres of forestland, misusing the very provisions of a 2006 law enacted to safeguard tribals’ and other forest dwellers’ rights over their land. The charge comes from the new Union minister for tribal affairs, K.C. Deo, who says the states “misinterpreted” the law and ended up giving title deeds not only to forest dwellers but also to forest officials. “We are going...

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