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Indigenous Peoples in Asia Less Poor
By Jaya Ramachandran
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
GENEVA (IDN) – Indigenous peoples are among the poorest of the world, who suffer from higher poverty, lower education, and a greater incidence of disease and discrimination than other groups of the society. But they are benefitting from the “rapidly declining” poverty rates in Asia, which hosts an overwhelming majority of them.
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Indigenous Peoples Draw Focus at UN
By Jaya Ramachadran
IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis
GENEVA (IDN) – The traditional knowledge and practices of about 370 million indigenous peoples in 90 countries around the world are increasingly being recognized as vital for conservation of nature and efforts to combat and adapt to climate change.
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A Youthful Minister From India’s Garo Hills
By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsPortrait MANILA (IDN) – She can easily pass off as a university student. Not only because she is rather young-looking and unpretentious but also because she is dressed so simple that you would not associate her with the keynote speaker at the opening of the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar on ‘Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change and Rural Poverty’.
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Parliamentarians Vow Support For Indigenous Peoples
By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsSpecial MANILA (IDN) – The concerns of the indigenous peoples, at the heart of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), are considered of vital significance by parliamentarians of the countries of Asia-Pacific. The region hosts some 70 percent of the indigenous peoples, who are among the poorest of the world and often the most marginalized and disadvantaged in their countries.
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Of Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change And Rural Poverty
By Ramesh Jaura IDN-InDepth NewsSpecial MANILA (IDN) – They constitute some four percent of the global population. They are spread around the world in 70 countries, from the Arctic to the South Pacific. Their numbers add up to somewhere between 300 and 370 million, equal to or outnumbering the inhabitants of the United States of America.
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