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GLOBALIZATION : EFFECTS ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Nigeria nwl m Deh Cho First Nation (Dene ftUdege AFRICA ofxOgoni, Ijaw, Ogba, people) Terneiles (Russia) Ekpeye, Anyama, Sangana, Okoroba, Canadian Zinc Mine Russia Gov’t o Government has auctioned logging rights to more Angola Ijaw, Nembe, fisherfolk x Greenland Proposed Prairie Creek Mine upstream from on o Nahanni National Park Reserve would impact ter- than 1 million acres of pristine Samarga water- v Himba Shell (U.K.), Mobil (U.S.), Chevron (U.S.), Agip (It.), x o w ritory of Deh Cho First Nation. shed without consent of local community. Bikin others d watershed is home to one of the last remaining Angola Gov’t on o mxDene, Cree International tourism strains local resources and Nigeria Gov’t, World Bank x f intact Cherry Salmon runs; Udege depend on this threatens Himba sacred sites. Oil industry devastates the Niger Delta peoples m l o Russia Cameco (Canada) intact ecosystem for subsistence. with leaking pipelines, polluted water, ruined o o Canada Gov’t. fohFisherfolk, tribal peoples fisheries, oil fires, and violence. m ofUl’ch x x Norway Dene uranium mine workers suffer premature Chevron (U.S.), Texaco (U.S.), Total (Fr.), others deaths from cancer; their lake is contaminated by ExxonMobil (U.S.), Rosneft (Russia), m m Sakhalinmorheftegaz (Russia) Angola Gov’t Nigeria, Togo, Benin, x m m radioactive materials. Oil exploration threatens tribal traditional f Ul’ch indigenous community deeply alarmed fishing livelihoods. Ghana m d mlDogrib First Nation about oil and gas spills on coastal fishery. omOgoni, Ijaw rx l Diavik Diamonds (subsidiary of Rio Tinto—U.K.) w o NW Territories Chamber of Mines t Ul’ch, Udege Botswana Chevron (U.S.), Shell (U.K.), Nigerian National h o Rimbunan Hijau (Malaysia), Petroleum, others Canada f Diamond mine within Dogrib traditional territory vlmhGana, Gwi ft d dor t is approved despite vehement opposition from Rimbunan Hijau, known for ravaging Nigeria Gov’t t o forest and abusing indigenous rights, offered large Botswana Gov’t Proposed 1,000-km pipeline to carry offshore gas l t mtv local communities. Campaign by Botswana Gov’t is driving Bushmen payments to indigenous communities for logging from Niger Delta to Benin, Togo, and Ghana b r l mxDogrib First Nation rights, but has not lived up to its committments. off their lands by cutting off water supplies. would cause massive environmental damage and ml Kazakhstan Royal Oak Mines (now bankrupt); Miramar Mining Government wants to open up area to tourism expand destructive gold mining. Oil companies ro tox (Canada) and gain access to rich diamond deposits. have refused to consult with the affected commu- nz b o omf Canada Gov’t United States nities. lvBasarwa (San) xf x Arsenic, cyanide and heavy metal tailings from b Anishinaabeg (Minnesota) m tf l mine harm traditional lands of the Dogrib. University of Minnesota Botswana Gov’t fx x d Basarwa forced from their homeland because the Rwanda, Uganda tlHaida University of Minnesota attempts to genetically government opposes traditional subsistence hunt- ltBatwa z m x code and patent wild rice native to Anishinaabeg ing in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. h vn Weyerhauser (U.S.) land. Logging companies x l NAFTA World Bank n x Turkey roBlackfeet ( ro dhl Haida challenge logging on their land; Montana) World Bank funds commercial infrastructure and l Weyerhauser may demand compensation under U.S. Gov’t Botswana, South Africa logging concessions. Batwa impoverished as forest xl U. S. A. vlSan lh l lo NAFTA Chapter 11. Bush administration pushing for drilling on pub- cover declines and access to newly-protected x rv China lic lands. Drilling in the Badger-Two Medicine South Africa Gov’t forests is prohibited. o xnm Iran f Haida m Morocco Syria d area would have a serious impact on the spiritual San expelled from Kalahari Gemsbok National mm m r Japan NAFTA practices of the Blackfeet due to noise, construc- Park, the San traditional homelands. They face m m l Iraq Industrial export fishing reduces Haida access to tion, traffic, and destruction of land. cultural extinction. South Africa, Namibia b !Kung (San People) o Pakistan local salmon stocks, primary source of protein a r and integral part of Haida culture. x Colorado River Indian Tribes Phytopharm (U.K.), Pfizer (U.S.) l l (CRIT) (Arizona, Colorado) Cameroon tcv Algeria t w Innu Phytopharm patents the Hoodia plant, tradition- a bx d U.S. Gov’t oxBagyeli ally used by the Kung, as a miracle diet pill. The ot Nepal Canadian, British, U.S., Dutch, Italian militaries Toxic incinerator on indigenous lands. Chevron (U.S.), ExxonMobil (U.S.), Petronas (Malay.) Kung were never consulted. Mexico o Saudi Arabia d mlo Low-level military flight training over hunting/ World Bank m wl x fishing grounds met with protests and resistance. vxDineh (Navajo) (Utah) Oil pipeline through Bagyeli homeland would l Myanmar Sudan Western o dl oowe d Innu U.S. Gov’t bring danger of leakage, groundwater contamina- l The Glen Canyon reservoir which surrounds many olDinka, Nuer Sahara h e e tion, freshwater and marine pollution. m o ol a e wl Northern Johnston Canada Gov’t sacred sites and is used for tour boat cruises, is Talisman Energy (Can.), Lundin Oil (Sweden), OMV lwv b l owl The Lower Churchill hydro development project, t Bagyeli m India d Mariana Atoll filled with trash, petroleum, pollution, and (Austria), Petronas (Malay.), CNPC (China) f b tm Bangladesh mlo l l on Innu land, is one of the largest such projects human waste. Thanry (Fr.), Bollore (Fr.), Coron (Fr.), Alpi (It.) Sudan Gov’t sxo tl ml Islands ever proposed. Despite opposition, construction o d t d tfm Philippines x nx mlDineh (Navajo), Hopi Cameroon Gov’t, IMF Government clears Dinka and Nuer lands to tap Hawaii tba Belize l b f d may begin in 2003. Goal is energy export to U.S. Three quarters of Cameroon’s forest cover is vast oil reserves. m wl a w d Niger Chad t h a (Arizona) destroyed. Pygmy livelihood, medicine, and a Honduras Thailand tlm m Innu, Inuit alNuba, Baggara nomads s oc mdv a Peabody Coal (U.S.) shelter endangered. f w o t x lh INCO (Canada) U.S. Gov’t Industrial farms t Guatemala ltm ltlf h l Canada Gov’t Sudan f t t Peabody Coal mines in Dineh and Hopi territory, Central African Sudan Gov’t w El Salvador lftre r m Nickel, copper, and cobalt mining projects cause environmental problems, destroy sacred Huge, mechanized farms drive Nuba off lands and d Nicaragua fo mm al l a o threaten Innu and Inuit hunting and fishing, grounds, lower water table, and threaten tradi- Republic threaten the environment. Baggara nomads lose od Panama w l Ghana Benin Vietnam m ml burial grounds, and religious sites. tional way of life. Majority of affected 2,000 pasture lands to industrial agriculture. x w Nigeria o l b v l t Bayaka l mtr d Venezuela Guyana lTogo o l e m m x Inuit (Baffin Island, Nunavut) inhabitants forced to leave their homelands. r Costa Rica fv d mt o x m lt t WTK (Malay.), SESAM (Malay., Fr.) b m t oo o m l t U.S. waste incinerators n Goshutes (Utah) Tanzania l m b o x Central African Ethiopia fl e zl Central African Republic Gov’t, IMF w m Suriname o x m Weather patterns carry U.S. toxics north to polar Private Fuel Storage Coalition—including Northern Logging roads into forests have increased animal taMasai Colombia d Liberia Republic o l m fo t wo Brunei t regions, threatening ecosystem and human health. States Power, Con-Edison, GPU Nuclear, Southern poaching, leading to conflict between Bayaka r b French Guiana t Sri Lanka IMF, Tanzania Gov’t b b r t b v mt v l Malaysia l t mlMohawk Nuclear Operating Co. (all U.S.) communities and newcomers; logging is also Forests cleared for the expansion of export-ori- b o Cameroon l Eight utilities trying to construct radioactive destroying local food sources. wi b t Uganda a vl Niocan (Canada) ented large-scale commercial farms, displacing o Equatorialot lmlt d x waste dump in remote Skull Valley, Goshute Masai inhabitants. oo b Guinea df t l Québec Gov’t Reservation. oo o b lt lv am e f Proposed underground mine will impact tradi- Chad Ecuador too o e l b ooio Gabon l lvt a r oa m Papua tional territory of Mohawks of Kanesatake, who o Gwich’in (Alaska) o Bagyeli, Sara, Massa, Mundani Uganda ao oo s o l oppose the mine. and Hakka, the majority agricultural o Dem. Rep. t wl me t t New Guinea ARCO (U.S.), BP Amoco, Chevron (U.S.), Exxon dflBasoga, Baganda o e d d t t x fmo (U.S.), others populations r r o Congo Of Congo l l x m b Nuu-chah-nulth AES (U.S.) b b ot r d Rwanda a Kenya l exd e U.S. Gov’t t to Solomon Oxford University Chevron (U.S.), ExxonMobil (U.S.), Petronas (Malay.) World Bank/IFC, OPIC, European export credit t l Oil exploration threatens land and caribou migra- World Bank agencies s Indonesia b a Islands Blood samples taken from the Nuu-chah-nulth tions— foundations of Gwich'in life and culture. Hundreds of oil wells in southern Chad and 650- Proposed dam would drown Bujagali Falls, with t b Brazil Tanzania eomta people for arthritis research used for other Peru research, without their consent. mxHualapai, Havasupai (Arizona mile pipeline through Cameroon threaten agricul- unknown impacts on fisheries. 2,000 people tc r m l t embt ) tural peoples. around Nile River would be forcibly resettled. fmh s Mining threatens canyon watershed. xl t m t c lx h Shusawp o b Global Water Corporations rlhKickapoo (Oklahoma) vlIk omt l Angola American Democratic Republic Uganda Gov’t e t o l h o NAFTA Chapter 11 NAFTA Samoa Bulk water exports threaten regional water supply. of Congo, Rwanda Ik evicted without warning for creation of Kidepo b d b s a o v l b Land and water resources of the Kickapoo Nation lvtTwa Valley National Park. t f m trTemagami Anishnabai First are under threat by impending north-south super- Bolivia highway from Canada to Mexico. Congolese Wood Industries, Danzer (Germany), hw l t m Nation r Fiji m Menominee, Oneida, Chippewa Stabach (Germany), La Forestiere (Italy) Zimbabwe d ims o Zimbabwe Madagascar ml Liskeard Lumber (Canada) Democratic Republic of Congo Gov’t b Traditional healers to o o l d Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources (Wisconsin) Twa were expelled from traditional lands to create r Planned clearcuts lie across First Nations sacred BHP-Billiton (Australia/S. Africa), Rio Algom Kahuzi-Biega National Park; they now live in Phytera (U.S.) University of Lausanne s cl Botswana b sites, wildlife habitat, and last old-growth white Swiss university and U.S. pharmaceutical com- m b (Canada)/Crandon Mining, Exxon Minerals (U.S.) squatter camps surrounding park. Pygmies driven b Namibia vl mt and red pine forests highly concentrated in the Proposed mine threatens trout habitat, wild rice further into forest as environment is destroyed. pany are attempting to patent the snake-bean t a New Tonga Temagami region of central Ontario. tree, used by traditional healers for generations to s t c lmv beds, and reservations located downstream. Easter Island o Caledonia treat a variety of health conditions. r h mrxTlingit First Nation n Mescalero Apache (New Mexico) Democratic Republic (Chile) tv Paraguay b v lv v Red Fern Resources (Canada) Northern States Power (U.S.) of Congo Chile r Company wants to extract gold, silver, copper, U.S. Gov’t mtMbuti lt Australia lead, and zinc near the Taku River, and is propos- Storing high-level nuclear waste from NSP’s reactors. b ing a road that will cut through the still-pristine American Mineral Fields, Eagles Wings Resources South Africa Taku watershed; large-scale acid mine drainage zxModoc, Shasta, Karuk, (U.S.), Nokia (Fin.), Sony (Japan) MEXICO, will endanger rich salmon runs. Wintu, Pit River (California) Rwandan Army m Mining of coltan metal for high-tech products Argentina Calpine (U.S.), CalEnergy (U.S.) threatens livelihoods of Mbuti and destroys CENTRAL, m Greenland U.S. Gov’t wildlife. w nlInuit Geothermal/energy development of Medicine SOUTH lt Lake desecrates sacred grounds and releases t o U.S., Denmark Gov’t arsenic, chromium, boron, and hydrogen sulfide; Equatorial Guinea U.S. seeks base in Greenland for missile defense leads to contaminated water, polluted air, distur- t Bakola d plan. Inuit forcibly relocated and face exposure to bance of wildlife, and danger to plants used for AMERICA a plutonium. Shimmer (Malayasia) tl food and medicine. E. G. Ministry of Forestry Argentina o Inuit mfxMohawk (New York) Industrial timber production has rapidly New Zealand Statoil (Norway) Alcoa (U.S.) increased since mid-1990s. Forest people have otrKolla Greenland Home Rule Gov’t Aluminum production contaminates St. Lawrence been excluded from decision-making concerning Consorcio Norandino SA, Tractebel (Belgium), New oil/gas exploration will negatively impact River with PCBs, Mohawks advised to eat less fish, management and use of forests upon which they Southern Energy (U.S.) environment and local economy. leading to collapse of traditional economy. depend for their livelihoods. Argentina Gov’t, ENARGAS (Argentina regula- tory agency) x Mohawk (Great Lakes Basin) o Bubi Gas pipeline would cut through one of the last Norway NAFTA, WTO ExxonMobil (U.S.) mountain forests of the Kolla people. wdxSaami Great Lakes Region polluted by mercury, so fish Equatorial Guinea Gov’t tvKolla Norway Gov’t and wildlife (main source of subsistence of indig- Army harasses Bubi using financial support from Planned military fields and big dams threaten Seabord (U.S.) neous peoples) no longer safe to eat. Also major ExxonMobil. Saami reindeer winter pasture. Argentina Gov’t accumulations of Persistent Organic Pollutants. Eco-tourism development; clearcutting of Andean fvlNative Hawaiians Ethiopia forest in Kolla territory. Russia oelAnuak (Anywaa) Century of colonization and tourism has o Mapuche orAltai destroyed sacred sites, harmed native fishing, Gambela Petroleum (Pinewood Resources, Canada) Gazprom (Russia) agricultural lands and culture. Ethiopia Gov’t YPF Oil (Argentina) Argentina Govt. Siberia Gov’t Oil exploration threatens Anuak. Government Siberian gov’t planning road and gas pipeline w Native Hawaiians transmigration program brings 60,000 settlers Oil contaminants in water have caused severe medical problems among Mapuche children. through Ukok Plateau, sacred site to Altai people; U.S. Military into traditional Anuak lands. project would open up pristine area to industrial- U.S. military bases and bombing ranges on Native b Traditional peoples tlMbya Guarani ization and ship Russian oil and gas to China. Hawaiian land destroys ecosystems and protected species, and causes chemical contamination. University of Toledo (U.S.) Moconá S.A. Forestry (Argentina) d Altai University patent on endod threatens tribal peo- Company exploits forests and illegally occupies mxNavajo (Arizona) Guarani ancestral territory. European Bank for Reconstruction and ple who have cultivated it for centuries and used INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON GLOBALIZATION INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ PROJECT Development Hydro-Resources (U.S.), Tufflite (U.S.), Kerr McGee it as an intoxicant to trap and kill edible fish. r Wichí Katun Dam project of Altai mountains threatens (U.S.) Argentina Gov’t, Mercosur, FTAA (Free Trade unique ecoclimate. Hydroelectric power capacity U.S. Gov’t Gabon Area of the Americas) exceeds local energy needs. Decades of uranium and other mining have dev- This chart offers a partial list of places where economic globalization is negatively impacting the planet’s indigenous peoples. The map is part of a larger project that also includes a a e l r w WTO, or by development banks and export credit agencies. All seek to separate indigenous peoples from control of their lands and resources, to feed the appetites of global trade astated Navajo health and sacred lands. b Traditional peoples Major highway through indigenous territory has INDUSTRIAL TRANSMIGRATION LOSS OF LAND ROADS MILITARIZATION t Buriyat dredged one of the world’s largest wetlands. new comprehensive report. We regret there was not room to list hundreds of additional examples that deserve attention. More than 5,000 distinct indigenous societies continue to and development interests. Efforts by hundreds of indigenous groups to defend against these incursions have been too little noted by mass media, NGOs, and surely govern- NeKtar Worldwide (U.S.), ProdiGene (U.S.) AGRICULTURE Illegal loggers fnxNez Perce, Yakama, University of Wisconsin, U.S. Gov’t exist today; most are eager to retain their ancestral lands, sovereignty, governance systems, and economic, cultural, and spiritual practices. Though some have been impacted for cen- f FISHERIES m MINING s SHIPPING x POLLUTION ments and agencies assigned to protect peoples and resources. We hope this project may help stimulate new effort to reverse this negative process. Demand in China, Japan and South Korea has Confederated Tribes of Umatilla University has been granted exclusive U.S. market been driving deforestation in Russia. Indian Reservation (Washington) rights to brazzein, a protein extracted from the Belize turies by the global reach of colonizing societies, all now face an ever more aggressive effort by global corporations and bureaucracies seeking access to the resources and lands that b dMaya BIOPIRACY For additional copies of this map, or of the report, please contact: International Forum on Globalization, Indigenous Peoples’ Project, 1009 General Kennedy Ave. #2, ofChukchi, Eskimo U.S. Gov’t/Department of Energy berries of a West African plant, Pentadiplandra native peoples have protected for millennia, and on which they depend. Notable among the impacts are incursions by global corporations to exploit forests, minerals, oil, fish, h WATER n NUCLEAR t LOGGING z ENERGY High-level radioactive and chemical wastetanks brazzeana, found on native lands. The University Fortis(Canada)/Belize Electric Co. wildlife, thus affecting the viability of native traditional livelihoods; development of giant infrastuctures like pipelines, dams, waterways, ports, roads bringing environmental dam- San Francisco, CA 94129. 415-561-7650; (fax) 415-561-7651; (website) www.ifg.org. Alaska State Gov’t from Hanford Nuclear Reservation leak about one also controls the brazzein gene. Belize Gov’t c CATTLE Commercial overfishing of Bering Sea and pro- million gallons of waste into the soil; some has Chalillo Dam would flood Mayan community and age to native lands; forced displacement of native populations to make way for industrial agriculture, or for transmigration and settlement of new populations; military interdic- i DRUG INTERDICTION o OIL v TOURISM posed offshore oil development jeopardize sur- reached groundwater. Indians who fish in the destroy cultural heritage sites. Thank you to our partners on this project: Amazon Watch, Arctic Peoples Alert, Cultural Conservancy, The European Center for Ecological and Agricultural Tourism, Greenpeace-U.S., Indigenous Environmental vival of Chukchi and Eskimo. Ghana tions; culturally devastating tourism; and bioprospecting by genetic scientists. Most such projects have been encouraged or financed by such institutions as the World Bank, IMF, d Columbia River exposed to radiation. mtlTraditional farmers DAM Network, International Indian Treaty Council, International Rivers Network, Pacific Environment, Project Underground, Rainforest Action Network, Tebtebba Foundation, White Earth Land Recovery Project. mxEvenk o Northern Arapaho, Northern Goldfields Ghana (S.A.), Anmereosa Exploration Bolivia Kinross/Omolon (Canada) Cheyenne, Eastern Shoshone, Crow, Ghana, Teberebie Goldfields (Ghana) h Aymara, Quechua European Bank for Reconstruction and Blackfeet, others (Montana) (U.S.) World Bank, IMF, Ghana Gov’t Bechtel (U.S.) Development Anschutz Exploration (U.S.) Thousands of traditional farmers evicted to make World Bank, IMF, Bolivia Gov’t Gold mine tailings threaten to contaminate drink- U.S. Gov’t way for World Bank-sponsored gold mining. o Apurina, Paumari, Deni, Juma ltMapuche dlBrunca o Quichua, Shuar, Achuar, Siona Guyana, Brazil wlZapotec, Tzotsil, Tzeltal, v Kuna Suriname m Wiradjuri Aborigines dlJharkhand Tribal People t Dayak Laos d Sindhi zlBagobo m Subanen b Karen, traditional Thai farmers ing water supply for Evenk people. Mine has not Privatization of Cochabamba’s water system dras- Tlapaneco, Mam, others Oil drilling is in a sacred site containing the conti- tically increased rates and brought uprising by El Paso Energy Int’l (U.S.), Halliburton (U.S.), Forestal Mininco (Chile), Bosques Arauco (Chile) Costa Rica Gov’t/Costa Rican Energy Institute Burlington Resources, Inc. (U.S.), b Wapishana Panama Gov’t, Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) m Aucaner Maroon Barrick/Homestake Gold (Canada) Vivendi (France) IMF, Indonesia Gov’t dflMontegnards/Lao Pakistan Gov’t Philippine National Oil (PNOC); National Power TVI Pacific (Canada), Rio Tinto (U.K.) University of Florida paid promised dividends to Evenk shareholders, nent’s largest collection of rock art. indigenous communities. Contract reversed. Schlumberger (U.S.), Techint Engineering (Arg.) Chile Gov’t Forced relocation of indigenous peoples makes Ecuador Gov’t Mexico Gov’t, U.S. Gov’t Kuna lands taken over for eco-tourism. Exploratory drilling threatens the environment World Bank Massive logging for export has silted up rivers and Theung Constuction of Kalabagh dam threatens the Sindhi Corporation (NAPOCOR) Philippines Gov’t, IMF University of Florida trying to patent a variety of who depend on this income. Kenya Japan Export-Import Bank, Brazilian National Big forestry companies invade indigenous territo- way for dams. Oil exploration suspended due to opposition from British individual Golden Star Resources (Canada), Cambior (Canada), and community’s sacred sites and aboriginal com- 100,000 tribal people would be displaced by forced game deeper into forests. people and would destroy much of their heritage. Philippines Gov’t Subanen people blockade road to prevent TVI jasmine rice, bred and used by Thai farmers for nxPacific Islanders (Johnston Indians seek to challenge patents registered on Increased militarization for “drug war”. d Kuna, Embera-Wounan Canarc Resource (Canada) omxEvenk, Udege, Ul’ch, mltDigo, Kamba d Aymara, Quechua Dev. Bank, Petrobras (Brazil state oil co.) ries. New pine monocultures grow where forest local indigenous peoples and environmental munities. Subarnarekha River dam project so privatized Transfield Holdings (Australia), Electricité de France, Indigenous people of Mindanao protest geother- Pacific from mining on ancestral lands. The centuries. University researchers suspected of Atoll) Tiomin Resources (Canada) Pipelines to expand oil and gas production open diversity once provided Mapuche livelihood. groups. products isolated from Tipir, the nut of the s Zoque Panama Gov’t Suriname Gov’t, IMF water can be diverted to cities. o Dayak EGCO (Thailand), Ital-Thai (Thailand) mal plants on ancestral lands around Mount Apo, Subanen have withstood violence from police and illegally smuggling rice samples out of Thailand . Mansi World Bank Greenheart tree and Cunani, used by the Mining and logging concessions to foreign com- U.S. Gov’t World Bank, Kenya Gov’t up indigenous lands to miners, loggers, ranchers, Ecuador Mexico Gov’t, PPP Dam project forcibly relocated 3,000 people from Unocal (U.S.), Vico (Indonesia), & Total Indonesie Laos Gov’t, World Bank, Asian Development Papua New Guinea the country’s highest peak. miners. Russia Gov’t Proposed projects would divert lake and stream Wapishana for millenia. Waphishina have banned panies threaten indigenous lands. Military waste shipped from U.S. bases in Japan Mining operations evict Digo and strip ancestral and colonists. dtPehuenche o Amazonian tribes—Achuar, Shuar, o Tagaeri Proposed industrial waterway through Isthmus of fertile traditional lands to marginal lands. Bangladesh oxKaliapani tribal people Unocal and other oil/gas companies contaminate Bank, Japan Gov’t m Bougainvillean people Resource extraction, such as mining, oil and gas water from local communities. visits by “researchers” to their villages. Proposed dam would resettle 4,500 people; 40,000 m Banwa-on, Talaandig, Higaonon moTagbanua contaminates atoll with PCBs. lands of all vegetation. Logging, road construc- ENDESA (Chile) Huaorani, Quichua, Shiwiar, Zapara Vintage Oil Ecuador (originally was Elf Acquitane of Tehuantepec, Mexico’s most biologically impor- t Saramaka Maroon hleChakma Oil India, Oil and Natural Gas (India) rice fields, fish/shrimp embankments, and com- Rio Tinto (U.K./Australia) Tonga development, and environmental pollution, such tion, and a power-generating plant also threaten iwAymara, Quechua, others s Kaiabi, Munduruku Chile Gov’t France) b Guayami munity plantations. other people living along the Xe Bangfai could be Climax Mining (Australia), Bonaventure, Assisi Shell Philippines Exploration B.V. , Occidental b Pacific Islanders as acid rain, contaminate foods and territories. OCP consortium-Alberta Energy (Can.), Kerr McGee tant tropical forest, threatens Zoque land. NV Tacoba (China), Jin Lin Wood (China) Bangladesh Gov’t India Gov’t PNG Gov’t, IMF x Pacific Islanders (Northern their livelihoods. Brazil Gov’t Dams would displace 1000 Pehuenche, flood river Tagaeri live in voluntary isolation with little con- U.S. Dept of Commerce affected by increased flooding and reduction in Mining Philippines Indigenous peoples across Russia face epidemics U.S. Gov’t, Bolivia Gov’t (U.S.), Occidental (U.S.), AGIP (It.), others Honduras Suriname Gov’t Inundation of Chakma lands has forced them to Two of India’s largest oil companies cited for dis- Environmental damage and social dislocation Autogen (Australia) Marianas) Industrial waterway will facilitate soy-product valley, threaten plant and animal species, and tact from the outside world. Community under b Indigenous groups Patent claim on the cell line of Guayami was with- vlDayak fish catches. Philippines Gov’t Philippines Govt. of tuberculosis, cancer, gastro-intestinal and Coca growers face eradication/fumigation of coca Ecuador Gov’t v Garifuna Chinese logging company operations deforest, migrate to India. charging effluents from drilling sites into nearby caused by copper mining catalyzed a civil war Tonga Ministry of Health U.S. Gov’t wlMasai exports to Europe. increase access to logging. pressure due to oil exploration/pre-production. Pod-Ners (U.S.) drawn due to international protests. Hotel industry Government allowed mining surveyors to enter 480-km offshore natural gas pipeline from immune diseases. crops despite legal uses, traditional cultural and Oil pipeline endangers ecosystems and indigenous pollute water, and threaten indigenous commu- water systems, tea gardens and rainforests. from 1988 to 1997 between Bougainvilleans and Biotech company arranged to collect blood sam- PCB wastes contaminates soil and leaks into Kenya, British, U.S. militaries Honduras Gov’t, Plan Puebla Panama In 1999, the company won the patent for the weJumma, Marma, Chakma State Gov’t area without consulting the indigenous peoples, Malampaya to Batangas will be constructed, medicinal roles. communities by opening up frontier forests. nity access to hunting, fishing, and farming areas. Malaysia the government. Residents filed a class-action ples for genetic database on the people of Tonga groundwater. High incidences of cancers, Kenya, U.S. and U.K. military units use Masai land c Guarani-Kaiowa v Rapa Nui o Tetetes Garifuna defend their lands against development Enola bean from Mexico and demanded that all mlKondh, Santhal, Saura, Tourism industry projects appropriate and exploit causing skirmishes. affecting Tagbanua lands. o Evenk, Buriyat Bangladesh Gov’t dlPenan, Kayan, Kenyah, lawsuit in the U.S. against Rio Tinto, for interna- without public debate. But opposition from leukemia, chromosomal changes, and reproduc- for training maneuvers with severe environmental t Chimane, Mosetene, Tacana Large-scale ranchers Chile Gov’t o Amazonian tribes—Achuar, Shuar, Texaco (U.S.) and tourism. U.S. importers of Mexican beans pay royalties. An Paraguay Government has sought to dilute tribal cultures Gond, Munda, Parja, Bhuiyan Dayak land. tional environmental violations and crimes church and human rights groups stalled the plan. Russia Petroleum (BP-Amoco owns 43% of stock) consequences; pastoralists forced to marginal Large-scale ranchers have taken over Guarani and Rapa Nui threatened by increased tourism and Huaorani, Quichua, Shiwiar, Zapara Ecuador Gov’t lctaEnxet, Ayoreo Kelabit, Lahanan, Ukit hlBugkalot, Igorot a Yogad, Ibanag Kovytka pipeline threatens communities that rely tive disorders reported among islanders. Berna Sucesores mdLenca immediate drop in export sales out of Mexico Venezuela by settling non-natives in the region. Norsk Hydro (Norway), Alcan (Canada), Hindalco aelDayak against humanity. grazing lands. Logging threatens hunting grounds and liveli- Kaiowá land, evicting indians from their remain- development on Easter Island. Ecuador Gov’t Oil development forced the last Tetetes Indians (about 90 percent) has gravely injured 22,000 Ranching, logging interests, Forestal Paraná m Pemon, Karina (India), Indico (India), Balco/Sterlite (India) Bakun Hydroelectric, Lahmeyer International CE Casecnan Water and Energy Co. Inc. (CE- Monsanto (U.S.) on hunting and fishing for livelihoods. Proposed x Pacific Islanders (Samoa) ing territory. off their lands near Lago Agrio near Texaco oil- Greenstone Resources Ltd (Canadian; now bank- o Jumma, Bawm, Khumi Bomer Ltd (Swiss-Malaysian) (Germany), Harza (U.S.), others b Hagahai CWECI) Local Governments in the Philippines Turkey pipeline area violates land designated as a hoods. Ecuadorian Gov’t is selling 2 million hectares of farmers in northern Mexico who had depended (subsidiary of Shell Paraguay) and PROFOR S.A. State Gov’t of Orissa U.S. Private Research Group vlSamburu field, hastening the Tetetes extinction. rupt), Entre Mares (owned by Glamis Gold, U.S.) Placer Dome, other Canadian mining companies Indonesia Gov’t, IMF Malaysia Gov’t Philippines Gov’t, World Bank Ambiguous laws permitted Monsanto to carry out dh lKurds Territory of Traditional Natural Resource Use. d Kayapó, Parakanã-Apiterewa, Amazon rainforests to oil companies to expand on sales of this bean. Paraguay Gov’t Occidental (U.S.), Unocal (U.S.), Petrobangla, Cairn Bauxite mine on sacred lands brings confronta- U.S. Gov’t/Nat’l Institutes of Health Research group plans to develop an experimental Kenya Gov’t d Chimane, Tacana, Mosetene Colombia General Mining Law, IMF (pressured Honduras Indigenous land occupied by export beef ranchers; Venezuela, Brazil Gov’ts Energy (U.K.), Shell (U.S.), Halliburton (U.S.) Rice self-sufficiency project has devastated peat- 9,000 members of the Kayan, Kenyah, Lahanan, Hagahai peoples subject of a patent application. The Casecnan Irrigation and Power Project forces trials of Bt corn in Isabela province in the heavy crude reserves. to eliminate export tax on mining products.) Electric infrastructure development threatens tion between villagers, companies, and police. Turkey Gov’t o Khanti anti-HIV/AIDS compound from bark of the Sambura peoples displaced by tourism develop- Bolivia Gov’t Araweté, Ipixuna, Asurini do Xingu, w Arhuaco logging companies illegally exporting wood. World Bank swamp forests and sparked deadly forest fires. Ukit, and Penan ethnic groups were forcibly reset- The patent was later abandoned, but the Hagahai indigenous people from ancestral lands. Northern Philippines in 2001. IMF-imposed General Mining Law (written by lands with mining. 2,100 families may lose their land. Southeast Anatolia Project would construct 22 Samoan mamala tree. ment in Shaba National Reserve. New dam would flood Pilon Lajas Reserve, caus- Arara do Pará, Juruna, Xipaia e o Cofán Ecuador, Peru Mexico, Central Oil companies and foreign donors pressure gov- Project was officially cancelled. But plans to turn tled from traditional lands in 1999 for Bakun Dam. cell line remains available to the public. Lukoil (Russia), various Colombia Gov’t, U.S. Gov’t U.S. and Canadian companies) gives corporations d Ibaloi, Kankanaey and dams and 19 hydroelectric plants which would ing irrevocable damage to one of the most biodi- Curuaia o Achuar, Shuar, Quichua, Shiwiar, ernment to export gas. b Naga over 1.3 million hectares to oil palm plantations Russia Gov’t m Picuris Pueblo (New Mexico) lvMasai Mara Tribe faces threats and encroachment from guer- Petroecuador, Lumbaqui Oil (Ecuador) power to petition for removal of indigenous peo- America o Warao taPenan, Kayan, Kenyah, forcibly resettle thousands of Kurds and destroy verse areas on Earth, and would displace Huaorani, Tagaeri Peru are being developed. Transmigrants brought into oaetImawe Bogasi, Kalanguya Saudi Arabia Oil industry destroys rivers, forests, and sacred Tourism industry World Bank (withdrew from original project), rillas, paramilitaries, Colombian army, drug traf- Ecuador Gov’t ples near mineral deposits. omtalswzdr Citibank (U.S.), Conoco (U.S.), Louisiana Land Private researchers Kelabit, Lahanan, Ukit archaeological sites. Oglebay Norton Speciality Minerals (U.S.) thousands of people. Two road proposals also Alberta Energy (Canada) flmhxAndean oewJumma, Chakma, Marma, the area; Dayak communities have been left to Fasu, Foe and Kikori clans San Roque Power—consortium of Marubeni (Japan), olBedouin sites. Kenya Gov’t, World Bank Electronorte (Brazilian state dam company) fickers, and drug runners. Cofan peoples occupied and closed down an oil Maya and other indigenous peoples (U.S.), Benton Oil & Gas (U.S.), British Petroleum India Gov’t Pueblo fighting against expansion of mica mine threaten rich ecosystems. Expansion of hydroelectric production would well in 1998 to protest oil-industry activity in Ecuador and Peru Gov’ts wlMaya Chorti indigenous groups Tripura, Bawm, Mru, Lushai, Pankho, Naga misled about government-backed gathering cope with the impacts. Novelpac, Empressa, Rimbunan Hijau, Shin Yang, Chevron Niugini, BP (U.K.), Ampolex PNG, Merlin- Sithe Energies (U.S.), others Oil industry loKurds Most Masai land taken over for private farms, w Embera Katio, U’wa of Mesoamerica (U.K.), ARCO (U.S.), Norsk Hydro (Norway), Khumi, Chak, Khiyang o Nenet on their aboriginal lands. flood part of the Xingu indigenous park, affecting their ancestral territories. Two new pipelines are planned to link oil fields in Newmont (U.S.), Condesa (Peru) of their blood samples for human genome project. mxlDusun Malang, Dusun Rawood (all Malaysian) Pacific, BHP- Petroleum, others Philippines Gov’t, Japan Bank for International Saudi Arabia Gov’t Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Syria Gov’ts ranches, government projects, and national parks. o Chimane, Yuracere, Mojeno, Large landowners Oil, mining, timber, agribusiness Phillips Petroleum (U.S.) Malaysia Gov’t, Sarawak State Gov’t Cooperation Development leads to abolishment of communal Arktikmorneftegas (Russia), Arktikneft (Russia) 25 groups. U.S. and Colombia Gov’ts Ecuador with northern Peruvian pipeline. Pipe - Honduras Gov’t Peru Gov’t, International Finance Corp. Venezuela Gov’t Shell (U.S.), Texaco (U.S.), Cairn Energy PLC Bayan, Penyawung, Punan, Dohoi, PNG Gov’t, World Bank Kurdish people seeking autonomy have been o Ponca Tribe (Oklahoma) Ignaciano o Cofán lines are part of Peruvian and Ecuadorian Mexico, U.S. Gov’ts; World Bank, Inter- dlNaika, Tadavi, Vasava, Dayaks suffer brutality from government forces Petroleum project brings transmigration, indus- 2,000 Ibaloi families will be impacted by rights of tribal peoples to grazing land. EBRD reviewing possible funding tlOgiek, Masai U.S. aid supports Colombian military and aerial Chorti people fighting to protect land and envi- Yanacocha gold mine forces indigenous peoples to Oil projects on ancestral lands result in loss of (Scotland), Unocal (U.S.), others pushed off their lands by state governments, in Conoco (U.S.), Continental Carbon, Taiwan Cement rtclNambiquara bi-national border development plan. American Dev’t. Bank (IDB), Central American Dungari Bhil, Rathwa, Goval Others while defending their forests from logging, oil trial agriculture and logging to Lake Kutubu hydropower project; downstream residents will Oil and gas development threatens migratory Pan African Paper Mills (Panpaper), Raiply Timber, Repsol-YPF-Maxus consortium (Argentina) fumigation, endangering human health and the Texaco-Gulf (U.S.) ronment are attacked by Honduran military. relocate to urban centers as pollution and loss of territorial rights, traditional knowledge, culture, Bangladesh Gov’t some cases because of their strategic location on Oil refinery and waste products dangerously Dev’t Bank, NAFTA, Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) PT Indo Muro Kencana (owned by Aurora Gold of palm, and eucalyptus plantations. wilderness. Citibank loans enabled Chevron to see erosion and destruction of fisheries. reindeer routes, pasturelands, and water quality. Timsales Oil well at Apere River endangers indigenous Logging industry, ranchers environment. Ecuador Gov’t water destroy traditional livelihoods. and delta ecosystems. Resources of Chittagong Hill Tribes usurped; World Bank, India Gov’t oil fields. impacting environment and community health. water supply. World Bank, Brazil Gov’t Oil development starting in 1970 has reduced The Plan Puebla Panama megaproject would dis- transmigration of ethnic Bengali into the region Australia; Aurora is 35% owned by Rio Tinto) drill development wells, install extensive field Solomon Islands Shoddy pipeline construction has resulted in Kenya Gov’t Sardar Sarovar Dam potentially displaces 60,000 m Ifugao, Ibaloi, Kankanaey, mlexPacific Islanders Highway project reduces indigenous land and d Embera-Katío Cofan territory, and brought a 315-mile pipeline, Guatemala Mexico place indigenous communities, force small farm- o Ashaninka, Nomatsiguenga, d Yekuana, Pemon, Waimiri- encouraged; army intimidates and terrorizes indigenous peoples. World Bank withdrew under Indonesia Gov’t facilities, and construct an 8-km pipeline. frequent spills. Nenets people are interested in r Pueblo Indians (New Mexico) Logging companies operate in protected forests rlChiquitano, Guarayo, f Fisherfolk ers into maquiladoras, and threaten areas of high Yanesha Ancestral lands have been taken over, villages Myanmar Bugkalot, Gaddang Vietnam ensuring standards. and ancestral lands, illegally sold or granted to increases intimidation from loggers and settlers. Skanska (Swiss), Conciviles (Colombia) increased migration from settlers, and new oxChontal Maya Atoari, Karina, Arakawa, Akawaio, Jumma people. international pressure but India is proceeding. Ross Mining (Australia) Albuquerque City Gov’t Ayoreo, Guarani Colombia Gov’t, Canadian Export Development unknown diseases. After 30 years, Cofan popula- biodiversity from Mexico to Panama. burned to the ground, rivers polluted by cyanide mtlKaren taMaisin Climax Arimco Mining (Australia) The people of Guadalcanal have been forced off altMontangard, Jarai, developers by government. s Parintintim, Munduruku, Mura Camarones S.A. (Camarsa), Pesca S.A. Pemex Consortium—Elf Aquitane Hydrocarbures Perou (Fr.), and Warao o Nenet Petroglyph Nat’l Monument, largest known unex- Timber, mining, agriculture Corp., Nordbanken (Swiss), Nordic Investment tion has shrunk to 650 from 15,000. Guatemala Gov’t Eurocan Venture (Bermuda), Anschutz Overseas t Onge and heavy metals, and traditional miners harassed Ivanhoe Mines (Canada) Malaysian logging companies Philippines Gov’t their land for development projects. Ross Mining Bahnar, Ede Mexico Gov’t, NAFTA Marubeni, Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi (Japan) Gazprom (Russia), Fortun (Finland) reviewing cavated pueblo in the region, with more than Bolivia Gov’t Piraha, Mura Bank (Nordic countries) Shrimp farming companies have closed access to (U.S.), Great Western Resources (U.S.), Enterprise Cambodia India Gov’t or killed. Human rights violations inflicted with State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar Forests clearcut for palm oil plantations. Indigenous peoples protests temporarily shut relocated 25 different settlements; accused of pol- o Cofán, Secoya, Siona In the Tabasco and Veracruz regions oil produc- Nicaragua Venezuela, Brazil Gov’ts, Japan Export-Import Nestle (Switzerland), Procter & Gamble (U.S.), The Northern European gas pipeline, projected to three hundred other archaeological sites, now Liberia Proposed highway would give Brazil access to Andre Maggi Group (Br.), Merchant Marine Fund, Urrá Dam built on native territory without per- wetlands traditionally used by local fisherfolk. Oil Exploration (U.K.) tarHighlanders Large-scale logging threatens indigenous peoples. the support of the local military officials. Gov’t) down CAMC in 2000. luting rivers with cyanide. tion pollutes large areas of land belonging to ofIndigenous fishing Bank, Andean Development Corp. ltWowoi Guavi Philip Morris (U.S.), Sara Lee (U.S.) run 1,200 km from northern Russia to Germany threatened by plans for two commuter highways. Pacific; open up indigenous lands to colonizers. Hermasa (S.A.), CIAMPAR mission floods land and deprives Embera-Katío of Texaco (U.S.) Exploratory oil drilling destroys indigenous lands Vietnamese illegal loggers Mining and illegal logging prevents indigenous t Kpelle, Bassa, Gio, Kru, others d Maya Achí indigenous peoples, fisherfolk and farmers. communities of the North and Expansion of power generation capacity and t Onge, Adivasi, Jarawa, oexInanwatan, Soub, fmIgorot t Pacific Islanders Vietnam Gov’t via the Baltic Sea, crosses Nenet homeland. Brazil Gov’t (Ministry of Transportation), state fish. Ecuador Gov’t and protected reserves. Illegal logging by Vietnamese loggers for export; peoples from returning to their land. Logging companies Export coffee plantations spread into highlands, moQuechan Nation (Arizona) Shelman (Ger.), Oriental Timber (Malaysia) o Chiquitano, Guarayo, Ayoreo, South Atlantic coast of Nicaragua related projects on indigenous lands bring Gottikoyas, Jharkandis, others Wamesa, Uri, Irarutu, Simuri, PNG Gov’t Newmont (U.S.) of Amazonas, Superintendency for the Billion-dollar lawsuit filed by indigenous leaders Consorcio Lami (Cogefar—Italy, Lahmeyer— tcavHuichol, Highlanders rely on forest for survival. Settlers Kumpulan Emas Group, Rimbunan Hijau, flattening forests and taking over indigenous land. o Nenet, Komi, Sel’kup Glamis Imperial Gold (Canada) Liberia Gov’t Guarani, Weenhayek mtMashco-Piro, Yoro, Ese’eje, increased mining, logging, and oil development. Sebyar/Kamberam and Mbahan Forests Management Agreement grants logging Philippines Gov’t Development of Amazonia (regional dev. charged that Texaco caused widespread devasta- Canada), Impreglio (Italy), others Tarahumara PETRAD (Norwegian) moving in, oil palm plantations constructed. World Bank, India Gov’t Golden Springs International, Marving Brothers U.S. Gov’t Illegal logging for European markets. Incidents of iwGuambiano, Paez, Inga, Myanmar, Thailand companies access to Wowoi Guavi peoples’ land, Heavy water use for mining leaves locals with Benton Oil & Gas (U.S.), Gazprom (Russia) Shell, Enron, Transredes, Petrobras agency), Business Council for Sustainable Dev. tion to the rainforest environment and dramati- World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, Nicaragua Gov’t Amahuaca Adivasi have suffered violent attacks by police as BP (U.K.), Pertamina (Indonesia) (all Malaysian) dlDao, Tay, Khanh Hoa, Gold mine and gas pipeline will destroy sacred human rights abuse and arms trafficking reported. Cofán, others Logging companies, ranchers owleKaren, Mon, despite their ardent opposition. inadequate drinking water and scarce irrigation Oil and gas fields negatively impact the Nenets Overseas Private Investment Corp., World Bank Waterway facilitates industrial agriculture, cally increased the risk of cancer for tens of Guatemala Nat’l Inst. of Electrification Oil exploration threatens traditional fishing com- ExxonMobil (pulled out in 2001), mahogany loggers Venezuela, Brazil forest officials try to expel them from their home- Indonesia Gov’t Solomon Islands Gov’t Hmong, Kinh sites, and desert plants and animals essential to Monsanto (U.S.), Dupont (U.S.) Indigenous groups face invasion of their lands by China Tavoyans, Chin for rice paddies. people and reindeer herds. Construction of gas pipeline between Bolivia and increases truck and ship traffic, impacts indige- thousands of people. First class-action lawsuit Villagers refuse to leave their ancestral lands for munities. Peru Gov’t r Waimiri-Atoari, Satere-Mawe, land. Natural gas fields developed to supply gas to Asia- Logging and runoff by Malaysian companies Vietnam Gov’t Quechan culture. U.S. Gov’t lumber companies and cattle ranchers. Culture is dlChinese peasants and m Yonggom described as the worst seen in any tropical forest. Madagascar Brazil has affected 6 million hectares of Chiquitano nous livelihoods. filed by foreign plaintiffs in a U.S. court, will construction of dam, leading to Guatemalan Forest communities threatened by mining and Wai Wai, Karafawyana, Piriutiti Pacific markets, mainly India and China. Pollution Total (U.S.), Unocal (U.S.), Petroleum Authority of mlIgorot, Bontoc, Ibaloi, Gov’t plans hydropower dam on Gam River, ofNivkh, Evenk, Uil’ta U.S. eradicates drug crops by aerial spraying, determine whether persons in other countries can army’s massacre of 400 Mayans. also threatened by tourism, industrial agriculture. t Mayangna (Sumu), Miskito indigenous groups lmxWest Khasi Hills tribal from the BP site devastates their shrimp, crab, BHP-Billiton (Australia/S.Africa), Inmet (Canada) Fragile coral reefs and sea life, the main source of m Quechan Nation (California) mtTribal people Forest, inhabited by 178 indigenous and peasant logging demand reversal of concessions. Isol, others Thailand Exploration & Production, Myanmar Oil & Masadiit which would flood Na Hnag Nature Reserve and Sakhalin I: ExxonMobil (U.S.), SODECO (Japanese communities. Communities are strongly opposed l Pataxó severely impacting environment and health sue in U.S. courts for contamination by American PRADA (formerly SOLCARSA Korea) people fish, and mangrove resources on which their Gas, Halliburton (U.S.) PNG Gov’t, IMF protein for the local people, was destroyed. Rio Tinto (U.K.) otcwLacandon Maya Financed by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (U.S.), 45 villages. consortium), Rosneft (Russia), ONGC Videsh Ltd. Newmont (U.S.) to projects due to river contamination, reduced Brazil Gov’t corporations abroad. a Maya, other indigenous groups IMF, IDB, Nicaragua Gov’t toMayoruna, Capanahuas WTK Group, Sam Ling, Rimbunan Hijau, and livelihoods depend. State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar BHP announced its intention to end involvement Newmont (U.S.), RTZ Mining (U.K.), Newcrest Biodiversity, and diversity of cultures under World Bank o Inga, Siona, Cofán Mexico Gov’t, NAFTA, Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) Solomon Smith Barney of Citigroup (U.S.), Chase Uranium Corporation of India (India), Sakhalin II: Royal Dutch/Shell (U.K.), Destruction of sacred areas, cyanide poisoning. fish and game supply, and increased colonization. New national park forces Pataxó from traditional Monsanto (U.S.), Bayer (Germany) IMF changed investment laws to make it easier Malaysian logging companies Mingo (all Malaysian), Taboca Mining (Brazil) India Gov’t Gov’t) with Ok Tedi mine, due to protests against envi- (Australia), Benguet, Montanosa (majority-owned extreme threat. wlTai, Hmong Villagers are strongly opposed to World Bank pro- Texaco (U.S.), Ecopetrol (Colombia) o Huaorani Logging, cattle operations, oil exploration and Manhattan (U.S.), others taMentawai Mitsui (Japan), Mitsubishi (Japan) territory. NAFTA, WTO for foreign investors to access Nicaragua; they Logging and oil prospecting destroys Amazon Venezuela and Brazil Gov’ts, Andean Plan for uranium mine includes removal of 30,000 Gas pipeline runs through indigenous communi- ronmental devastation. Filipino companies), others Vietnam Gov’t x Siberian Yupik (Alaska) posed mine that would deforest the area. Colombia Gov’t thousands of Mexican troops besiege the World Bank, China Gov’t, export credit agencies b Pacific Islanders 70,000 tons of drilling muds from Sakhalin oil Perez Companc (Ec.), AGIP (It.), Vintage Oil (Ec.), Many Central/South American countries encour- have begun logging indigenous ancestral lands. forests. Development Corp. indigenous people; clan leaders refuse to leave. Citigroup (U.S.), Asia Pulp and Paper (Singapore), ties; Burma forced relocation of 11 Karen commu- Philippines Gov’t Hoa Binh Dam reservoir displaced 58,000 people, U.S. Military d Surui-Aiwekar In southern Putumayo province, Texaco and Lacondon jungle, comprising 50 percent of North of Switzerland, France, Germany and Canada exploration have been discharged into the Bolivia, Brazil Alberta Energy (Canada), Repsol YPF (Spain) age the use of pesticides, including DDT. Mercosur Highway cuts through indigenous reser- Mining could pump radioactive material into PT PP London Sumatra (Indonesia) nities which resisted the project. Mining activities displace indigenous people from U.S. Dept of Commerce many of whom are indigenous peoples. Siberian Yupik suffer from high rates of cancer Ecopetrol have contaminated the fresh water sup- America’s remaining tropical rainforest. mlMiskito, Mayangna Three Gorges will be the largest dam in the world; Philippines Okhotsk Sea; unprecedented fish die-offs in the o Guarani, Guarayo, Ayoreo, GESAI Consortium (Alcoa, BHP Billiton, Campania Ecuador Gov’t Indigenous peoples from the entire region suffer t Nahua vations, parks, and ecological reserves. rivers that flow into Bangladesh. Indonesia Gov’t ancestral lands, destroy sources of livelihood, Agency has filed patent claims on the cell lines of from toxic and industrial wastes left behind by Morocco plies of the Inga, Siona, and Cofan Indians, forc- one million small farmers forcibly resettled. t Aeta Nivkh traditional fishing grounds. olrAmazigh Chiquitano, Kinikinao, Guaxi, Vale do Rio Doce, Camargo Correa, Votorantim) Oil impacts include high malaria and hepatitis B high incidences of cancers and other heretofore b Maya Recursos Nicaraguenses y Australianos S.A., Mars Newman Lumber (U.S.), illegal loggers Forests under threat from logging and palm oil bring massive environmental damage. indigenous peoples. abandoned military base. Brazil Gov’t ing them to evacuate their territories. epidemics, cultural degradation, pollution, colo- unknown diseases. Geosciences (Australia), Nycon Resource (Canada) plantations. Influx of workers further marginalize Nepal Philippines Gov’t, Asian Development Bank Yemen Terena, Kayapó, Ophayé-Xavante, Quest Int’l (Netherlands) Illegal logging has taken more than 600,000 feet letLumad, Mangyan, noSaami Lonestar Energy (U.S.) Santa Isabel dam will displace 7,000 people and nization from oil-related infrastructure and access Nicaragua Gov’t Indonesia the Metawai. ltChhetri People ADB projects restrict Aeta from traditional use of f Tlingit (Alaska) Guadaxo, Layana o Nukak University of Minnesota of mahogany and cedar, depleted the wildlife on Fiji o Jahm, Murad, Bakeel Tribes Norilsk Nickel (Russia) and ONEK-SIM Bank poten- Morocco Gov’t flood the Serra dos Martirios ecological reserve, roads. Gold mining activity in Bosawas Reserve endan- wolAcehnese forest resources without compensation or viable Tagbanwa Sri Lanka Patent granted on pozol, a traditional Mayan which Nahua livelihood depends, and threatened m Fijians Nepal Gov’t Hunt Oil (U.S.), ExxonMobil (U.S.) tial backers, Minatom (Ministry for Atomic Energy— Large-scale commercial fishing and corporate log- Oil exploration/drilling and road construction Enron (U.S.), Shell (U.K.), BHP Petroleum affecting the Surui-Aiwekar people, who depend Occidental Petroleum (U.S.), Ecopetrol (Col.), others Guyana gers fresh water sources of indigenous commu- m Molo alternatives. Philppines Gov’t fxFisherfolk drink derived from fermented corn. community members. Nittetsu-Nippon (Japan) ExxonMobil (U.S.), PT Arun (Indonesia) Chhetri evicted from land to make way for Lake Yemen Gov’t Russia)), oil industry. ging for export impactnative livelihoods, sacred displacing Amazigh from their land. (Australia), others Petrobras (Brazil), YPFB (Bolivian on the Araguaia River for their livelihoods. Colombia Gov’t artAwa, Quichua, Shuar, r Akawaio, Arawak, Macushi, nites. PT Karya Asta Aslam (Indonesia) Settlers, loggers, farms, and industrial develop- Commercial aquaculture companies ASIA,OCEANIA Fiji Gov’t Indonesia Gov’t Rara Nat’l Park. hlAgta-Dumagat Tribes protest lack of basic facilities in their com- European Union, Russia and Norway Gov’ts, sites, and land rights. state oil), Andean Development Corp., Oil exploration threatens community survival. Cofán, others Patamona, Wapishana b Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojobal, Chol, oteNahua (Yora), Gov’t of South Central Timor ment push indigenous people off ancestral lands. Sri Lanka Gov’t o Saharawi World Bank, Ex-Im Bank (U.S. & Japan) l Tupinikim, Guaraní ltMiskito, Rama, Sumu Proposed mine would impact 40 indigenous Militarization against indigenous peoples by munities, despite government and corporate UNESCO International Monetary Fund Paranapanema (Brazil), Homestake Int’l Mining Kugapakori (Nanti), Kirineri, Yine, Marble is being quarried at two sacred mountains. National Power, through MADECOR firm (Phil.) Commercial aquaculture has destroyed lagoons, m Tohono O’odham (Arizona) Kerr McGee (U.S.), Total (Fr.), TGS-NOPEC (Nor.) Bolivia-Brazil pipeline will connect Santa Cruz gas mwlTabaco indigenous/ Zoque villages, threatening traditional practices and rich states and corporations has resulted in environ- mlMamanua investment in oil exploration/drilling. Abandoned nuclear reactors, nuclear waste, aban- Aracruz Celulose (Brazil) Indigenous peoples demand end to IMF austerity (U.S.), Omai Gold Mines Ltd. (Cambior subsidiary— Timber, ranching interests Machiguenga Australia New Caledonia Philippines Gov’t estuaries and mangrove forests for export shrimp Asarco (U.S.) Morocco Gov’t fields to Porto Alegre, Brazil, damaging lands and campesino community, Wayuu Univ. of Georgia-Athens, The Colegio de la Frontera regional biodiversity. mental degradation, destruction of indigenous otxNduga, Amungme doned submarines, and proposed nuclear dump Tupinikim and Guaraní lands taken over for huge measures. Canada), timber industry Nicaragua Gov’t, Plan Puebla Panama (PPP) Citigroup (financier) (U.S.), Pluspetrol (Argen.), olKauareg, Barada, Kaanja, cultures, and displacement of indigenous peoples. m Kanak Hydroelectric project will submerge Dumagat Surigao Gold Mining (Philippines) production. After construction of shrimp farms, Mining on indigenous lands. Government contract with oil companies for oil livelihoods of many indigenous groups. Intercor (previously owned by ExxonMobil), Sur (Mexico), Molecular Nature Ltd (Welsh) (Damal), Nakai (Asmat Keenok), threatens Saami dependent on lands for subsis- eucalyptus plantations. Brazil Gov’t, State Gov’t of Roraima, Guyana IMF structural adjustment programs force Hunt Oil (U.S.), SK Corp. (S. Kor.), others Bindal ancestral lands. Rush of mining companies to area displaces 20,000 traditional fisherfolk lost their livelihoods exploration viewed by Saharawi as endorsement Glencore (Swiss), BHP Billiton (Australia/U.K.), i Quichua U.S. Gov’t Sempan, others INCO (Canada) tence. Oil and gas terminals also planned for the mhnWestern Shoshone stmoIndigenous groups Gov’t, Guyana Defence Force, IDB, EU, World Nicaragua to open up to natural-resource extrac- Peru Gov’t, U.S. Export-Import Bank, IDB Chevron (U.S.), Exxon-Mobil (U.S.), Oilsearch (PNG) India fmeAmungme, Dayak Mamanuas from their ancestral domains. and migrated to the city. Commercial shrimping of the annexation of their territory by Morocco. s Xavante, Karaja, Javaé, Avá Anglo-American (S. Africa/U.K.) Bioprospecting of Mayan medicinal plants and New Caledonia Gov’t, France Gov’t t Agta-Negritos region. in the Chimore and Yapacani regions DynCorp (U.S.) Bank tion by foreign companies. Camisea gas project impacts territory of several Papua New Guinea Gov’t (Mineral Resources laChatisgarh Freeport McMoRan (U.S.), Rio Tinto Conoco (U.S.) Indigenous peoples fight to stop large-scale nickel has also polluted drinking water. (Nevada) Canoeiro, Tapirapé, M’bya, Krikati, Colombia Gov’t, IMF traditional knowledge has been terminated after Foreign logging companies t Mandaya U.S. Gov’t, Colombia Gov’t New road part of Brazil’s infrastructure plan to indigenous groups and could destroy pristine Dev’t Corp.), Queensland Gov’t (U.K./Australia) Indonesia Gov’t mining. Corporations vie for world's largest and onSaami Newmont (U.S.), Nuclear power companies as well as the Chiquitano, Guarayo, Xerente, Apinayé, Munduruku, El Cerrejon open pit coal mine has devastated mass opposition from indigenous groups. lftRama World Bank, India Gov’t Philippines Gov’t PICOP Resources (Philippines) l Wanniya-laeto (Veddah) CANADA, A class-action lawsuit by 10,000 Ecuadorian aid exports of Amazon resources. tropical rainforest. Natural gas facility planned for Chevron’s proposed gas pipeline would traverse Indonesia Gov’t Oil exploration in UNESCO Biosphere Reserve richest laterite nickel reserves, threatening ancient U.S. Gov’t/Department of Energy Namibia Ayoreo and Guarani people of the lands. Construction of roads from the mining area Chatisgarh pushed off their land for giant steel Foreign logging companies linked to the govern- Philippines Gov’t Russia Gov’t, World Bank, IMF Kaiaibi Indians and farmers charges DynCorp recklessly a Tzeltal, Tzotzil, Tojolabal, C.I.N.N. (Consorcio del Canal Interoceanico de export to U.S. Future roads will open region to the Kikori River Valley, Gulf of Papua, and the Amungme forcibly relocated to make way for has razed villages, logged forests, and polluted forests, coral reefs, and indigenous lands. Sri Lanka Gov’t Gold and copper mining contaminate water, drHimbas Santa Cruz region of Bolivia, to the port has destroyed burial grounds, houses, m Creole plant. World Bank insists on eliminating tradi- ment ravage forests. Russian and foreign corporations aggressively Midland (U.S.), ADM (U.S.), Cargill (U.S.) sprayed the herbicide glyphosate on homes and Chol, Zoque, Mam, and other Nic.); SIT-Global (Nicaragua) loggers and settlers. Torres Straight to Cape York Peninsula. The region influx of outsiders; Indonesian army commits rivers. Company has been logging illegally since 1995. Aboriginal people expelled from Madura Oya EUROPE, destroy sacred sites. Nuclear weapons testing; Namibia Gov’t Brazil, Chile corrals. Protests met with military oppression. tional rice growing for conversion to industrial pursue fishing and other rights in traditional Brazil Gov’t (Ministry of Transportation) farms, causing illnesses and deaths, destroying Omai Gold Mines, a joint venture of Cambior Nicaragua Gov’t, PPP is a key biodiversity conservation area and bisects human rights violations. Mandayas face military retaliation to protests. National Park by government’s Mahaweli high-level nuclear waste dump on indigenous Planned dam would devastate the pastoralist indigenous groups agriculture of exotic fruits and vegetables for oetSakai m Alangan, Tadyawan Saami areas. Logging, mining, oil, agriculture sectors Indigenous communities oppose industrial water- o U’wa, Guajibo crops and displacing thousands of small farmers. (Canada) and Golden Star Resources (U.S.) Proposed canal would cut through Rama tradi- large number of Aboriginal lands. New Zealand Development Programme. lands. Himbas, flood grazing lands and ancestral grave- Grupo Pulsar (Mexico), Planfosur (U.S.), others tional lands and disrupt subsistence activities. export.. alBanjarese, Dayak Temuan CREW Minerals Philippines t Mangyan groups SIBERIA,U.S. IDB, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia and Japan Govt’s way. Xavante won a court injunction blocking it. o Quichua, Sarayacu, Zapara World Bank, Guyana Gov’t Peru, Andean countries PT Caltex (jointly owned by Chevron & Texaco) a Maori o Selkuti, Khanti yards, and destroy river ecosystem. Indigenous groups oppose transport corridor that Occidental Petroleum (U.S.), Repsol (Spain), In 1995, the Omai tailings pond spilled millions of World Bank, IMF, NAFTA, FTAA, PPP beQuechua, Aymara m Adnyamathanha Aborigines and Melayu Raiu Provincial Gov’t Philippines Gov’t Oriental Wood Product z Yakama Nation, Klickitat rfeKarata (Miskito) f Jarawa New Zealand Gov’t Thailand Yukos Oil (Russia) would facilitate growth in international trade of b Indigenous groups of the Amazon Ecopetrol (Colombia) CGC (Argentina) gallons of wastewater contaminated with cyanide Large eucalyptus and African-palm plantations in Timber extraction and transmigration results in Communities strongly oppose CREW’s plan to Philippines Gov’t (Washington) Appropriate Engineering and Manufacturing (U.S.) Heathgate Resources (U.S.) Foreign fishing fleets CDC (British private investment agency), PT Agro The Maoris campaign fervently against genetic Canada/NW Territories Oil project will stretch through wetlands in area timber, oil, and minerals. Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia Gov’t Ecuador Gov’t and heavy metals; poison found its way to the southern Mexico produce genetically engineered Delasa L.C. (U.S.) conflict between Caltex and the Sakai peoples. start mining operations. Philippines government permits logging on the tlAkha, Karen, Hmong, other Niger, Algeria Patent granted on an Andean popping bean to Australia Gov’t India Gov’t Indomas (owned by Sri Lankan Carson engineering; they declare Aotearoa as “Nuclear t Cree inhabited by indigenous groups who have not Enron (U.S.) Venezuela, Colombia, Suriname, Proposal to build pipeline through U’wa land Quichua and Zapara peoples are resisting oil Essequibo River which serves as the source of fish seedlings. Nicaragua Gov’t, PPP whole island of Mindoro. hilltribes moTuaregs U.S. food processing company. Recurrent radioactive liquid spills from Beverly Local fish stocks threatened by government’s Deep Cumberbatch) and GE Free Nation.” t Ata-Manobo been informed of project, nor of their rights asso- U.S. Gov’t brought massive international protest and project exploration activities. and drinking water for indigenous Creole and Proposed megaport on indigenous land in Puerto mrfxSimpang Empat Thailand Gov’t-Royal Thai Forestry Department U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement, Guyana, French Guiana a Yaqui Nation uranium mine. Sea Fishing Policy, which promotes foreign Plantation has destroyed tropical forest, depriving m Mansaka ciated with development in their region. Yakama Nation opposes wind farm in sacred areas. Bechtel (U.S.), BHP (Australia), BRGM (Fr.), Brazil delays—a temporary victory for the U’wa. Amerindian communities. Cabezas would impact fishing industry and cause Sumpol people Alcantara and Sons (Phil.) Royal Thai Forestry Department relocates commu- Canada Gov’t, WTO U.S. private party, U.S. Gov’t o Quichua, Secoya, Siona, Shuar investors to the detriment of local peoples. up to 1,000 people of their land and primary Threatens fishing economy. Elf (Fr.) tcmAwá Agro-chemical companies displacement, transmigration. Peru, Brazil m Waanyi, Gungalida PT Arutmin (majority owned by BHP-Billiton) Pakistan Philippines Gov’t Echo Bay Mines (U.S.), Toronto Ventures (Pacific) nities to make way for forest plantations. 60% of Quebec softwood comes from forests on m Zuni Pueblo (New Mexico) Ayahuasca patent accepted by U.S. Patent Office o Yariguie, Motilon lmWai Wai, Wapishana, Mexican Rural Bank, NAFTA, WTO means of support. Ata-Monobos people opposing tree plantation Inc., and Benguet Mining (Philippines) Cree lands; logging impacts 4,000 Cree subsis- Niger, Algeria, Mali Gov’ts Logging industry Occidental (U.S.) rtPoyanawa, Kaxinawa, Pasminco (Australian, bought mine from RioTinto) lvJarawa, Sentinelese Building and use of haul roads that transport coal toForest dwellers mtlvShor, Teleut Altai Salt River Project (Arizona electric utility) Foreign companies exploit minerals and oil/gas despite the fact that thousands of indigenous peo- Transnational oil corporations Ecuador Gov’t Macushi, Akawaio (Kapon), Arecuna Pesticides, including DDT, have been found in the dlBauzi/West Papua project have been targets of military attack. Philippines Gov’t hxFisherfolk tence hunters. Nomadic hunter-gatherers under threat from log- ple use it for religious and healing purposes. Panama Katukina, Shanenawa, Kulina, Century mine will become the world’s largest zinc India Gov’t from the mining location to the stockpile impact- Premier Oil (U.K) Mining, timber companies Catron County Gov’t deposits in Tuareg territory. Colombia Gov’t Occidental is conducting oil exploration and pro- (Pemon) bodies of the Yaqui Peoples throughout their Kingking Project on 1,656 hectares of Mansaka Asian Development Bank, Overseas Economic gers, ranchers, and settlers. Jaminawa producer, though it has been strongly opposed by Isolated tribes face sudden influx of tourists and Indonesia Gov’t ing local communities. Rivers polluted from Pakistan Gov’t mlB’laan dlCree Russia Gov’t Zunis fight proposed coal-strip mine that could Oil projects exterminated the Yariguie and the duction on native lands in four protected areas of traditional lands. mtrEmberá-Wounan, ancestral land has been prone to flashfloods since Cooperation Fund (Japan), Thailand Gov’t Vannessa Ventures (Canada), Golden Star Resources unions and local Aboriginal people. settlers who poach game Jarawa depend upon. Mamberamo Dam project expected to force relo- wastewater no longer provide shrimp and fish. Oil exploration threatens Kirthar National Park. Export coal, iron, gold, and timber industries drain the Zuni Salt Lake, a sacred religious site. d Caraja, Awá Motilon tribes. Amazon including Yasuni National Park, the Cuy Kuna, Teribe, Ngobe-Bugle Maple Gas (U.S.), Oderbrecht and Andrade Western Mining Corporation (Australia) mining began. Local villages are concerned that effluents from Manitoba Hydro Chile (U.S.) a Zapotec, others cation of indigenous groups in the area. Illegal timber smuggling terrorizes forest dwellers. Philippines Gov’t greatly alter traditional ways of life. Land set aside Alcoa (U.S.), BHP Billiton (Australia/S. Africa, Abeno Wildlife Reserve, the Panacocha and Western Keltic Mines, Tiomin Resources, Inmet Gutierrez (Brazilian construction companies) lmMirrar Aborigines m Jharkand tribal people proposed wastewater plant will damage the Manitoba State Gov’t ltHuilliche World Bank, Guyana Gov’t ADM (U.S.), Cargill (U.S.) 7,000 B’laan in 14 villages in Columbio, Sultan mlPala’wan for traditional use is currently under threat, as CVRD (Brazil) Limoncocha protected forest. Occidental plans 32 Mining, (all Canadian) State Gov’t of Acre (Brazil), Peru Gov’t, Japan Energy Resources of Australia (subsidiary of Rio mtlBungku, Dongi, Japan vrKalasha coastal ecosystem and livelihoods that support Manitoba Hydro diverts flow of Churchill River; Chile Gov’t Costa Rica Gold and diamond exploration desecrates ances- U.S. Gov’t, NAFTA Uranium Corporation of India Kudarat will be displaced by new government- large deposits of phosphorus have been discovered. Tucuri dam floods indigenous reserves and threat- new wells as well as 90 kilometer pipeline. Panama Gov’t Gov’t, World Bank, IDB (last two no longer Tinto) Bahumotefe dlAinu Fenway Resources (Philippines), Central Palawan 20,000 people. 3.3 million acres of Cree lands become unusable. Highway megaproject facilitates logging and con- ofBribri, Cabecar tral territories. Genetic contamination has been found in maize . involved) Atomic Energy Dept. of India Pakistan Gov’t backed mining operations. Mining and Industrial (Philippines) ens animals and forests. Industrial logging, road construction, and mining Australia Gov’t Japan Gov’t version to coastal forest plantations. Huilliche Highway project impacts indigenous groups and Radiation from uranium mines in the Jharkand Inco/PT Inco (Canada) Opening of territory to modernization and Philippines Gov’t Harken Energy (U.S.) have brought environmental degradation, affect- Proposed mine would result in millions of tons of Nibutani Dam, completed in 1996, inundated communities were not consulted. Costa Rica Gov’t, Plan Puebla Panama protected areas; new port development would tribal belt of India linked to genetic mutation and Indonesia Gov’t tourism has marginalized Kalasha people in their Proposed cement plant complex in an area of ing indigenous groups. radioactive waste stored at the mine. lands of Ainu in Hokkaido. Sacred sites and dam- Printed on recycled paper Oil development in one of the most biologically- increase logging. life-threatening health disorders among thirty INCO has seized indigenous lands for open pit own homeland. ancestral homelands totalling 15,000 hectares. indigenous tribes. mining. Forest destruction, flooding, and involun- age to ecosystem of the Saru River (the cradle of Pala’wan people protest. rich areas in the world threatens fishing and Ainu culture) obliterated. farming. tary settlement/transmigration will result.