But the indigenous group says army checkpoints are a magnet for rebel attacks, heightening the chance of the Nasa being caught in crossfire.
One such example is presented by the Wayuu Guajira Indians who represent the largest indigenous group in Venezuela and Colombia (about 135, 000 in Colombia and 170, 000 in Venezuela).
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There has been tension between the Nasa and the military since last July, when the indigenous group demanded that all armed men leave their land, be they left-wing rebels, right-wing paramilitaries, police or army.
Prior to the disaster his administration had been under political fire for the slow pace of government reconstruction after the February earthquake and tsunami along Chile's south and central coast, and for his handling of a hunger strike by members of the Mapuche indigenous group of southern Chile, who are fighting for independence.
In another report Wednesday, ONIC, the indigenous human rights group in Colombia, said the FARC has abducted 120 Awas since February 4.
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It brought together a group of indigenous and scientific knowledge holders to discuss how indigenous knowledge can inform policies and scientific perspectives on climate change.
It brings together a group of indigenous and scientific knowledge holders to discuss how indigenous knowledge can inform policies and scientific perspectives on climate change.
The president of the UN working group on indigenous populations, Irene Daesk, said the armed forces should go back to their bases and concentrate on defending Mexico from any external aggression.
Most recently in the Peruvian Amazonas area of Bagua, a group of local indigenous residents rebelled against the presence of foreign companies in the area, despite the fact that President Alan Garcia tried to be sensitive to their needs.
Peruvian newspapers claim that radical Bolivian indigenous militants supported by Evo Morales are also working with radical Peruvian indigenous groups including Pizango's group.
The reef campaign was launched by Green group representatives from New Caledonia's indigenous population, as well as Green supporters from France and Australia.
An international experts workshop will contribute to this effort, bring together a select group of natural and social scientists, and indigenous peoples, from across the circumpolar region to enhance collaborative indigenous-scientific work on global change impacts, monitoring and adaptation, and thus advance thinking on the emerging paradigm of knowledge co-production.
He said he was inclined to dismiss the lawsuit by a group of villagers who claim to represent thousands of indigenous people in an area where Texaco drilled for oil from the 1960s until it was ejected from the country in 1992.
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One year after the historic adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly, the Inter-agency Support Group was in Paris to deliberate on the challenging goal of weaving culture and identity into development.
Set in a fictional Ainu village (the Ainu are the bearded, lighter-skinned indigenous people of Japan) the story revolves around The Order of Akane, a group of demon hunters tasked with ridding the village of demons.
According to the non-profit group SocioEnvironmental Institute (ISA), there are now 300 workers -- from indigenous families to former illegal loggers -- who make a living collecting seeds.
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