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Colombian environmental official assassinated in southern Meta department

Mongabay

December 7, 2020
December 3, 2020 was a fateful day for the defense of the environment in Colombia. Javier Francisco Parra Cubillos, an official from regional environmental authority Cormacarena in the department of Meta – was shot several times while traveling through the municipality of La Macarena, in the department’s southern region.

According to information from Cormacarena (La Macarena Regional Corporation for the Sustainable Development of the La Macarena Special Management Area) a couple on a motorcycle ambushed him and left him for dead before fleeing. Gravely injured but still alive, Parra was taken to the municipal hospital. He was going to be transferred in a Colombian Air Force helicopter to Villavicencio, in the capital of Meta, to receive continued specialized care.

However, he died from his before he could be transferred.

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Indigenous Peoples, environment, violence, South AmericaMary PriceIndigenous Peoples, violence, environment, Colombia, South America
2019 was the deadliest year ever for environmental activists, watchdog group says

Mongabay

July 29, 2020
2019 was the deadliest year on record for environmental activists, according to a new report by the advocacy watchdog Global Witness. In total, the group says that at least 212 people were killed across the world in retaliation for their defense of land and the environment, with those representing Indigenous communities bearing a disproportionate brunt of the violence.

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Indigenous Peoples, nature, environment, Indigenous landsGuest UserIndigenous Peoples, conservation, Indigenous lands, violence, nature
Seeing nature through Indigenous 'lens' might improve environmental decision-making

CBC

July 11, 2020
As various levels of government become more serious about climate change, there has been heightened interest in incorporating Indigenous knowledge in that effort.

Last year, the federal government passed new environmental assessment legislation, the Impact Assessment Act, which requires Indigenous knowledge to be used alongside scientific information in any decisions about the environment, including natural resource projects.

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Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous knowledge, environment, climate changeGuest UserIndigenous Peoples, environment, Indigenous knowledge, climate change, Impact Assessment Act