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Indigenous Biodiversity Network(BioIndio) is an international group formed in October 1993 to help indigenous peoples take stronger positions on the effort of biodiversity protection.

Suicides among the Guarani Kaiowa, which have been on the rise of the past ten years, were the main subject discussed at an assembly of the Aty Guassu Organization in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

Answering the call for nation-wide mobilization in Mexico following the Zapatista uprising, the State Indigenous and Campesino Council of Chiapas (CEOIC) marched to and occupied the public plaza in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas demanding territory,…

CONDEG member Marco Choco Darnas was detained by soldiers on his way to Guatemala City.

Indigenous leaders in Colombia have been under attack and subject to disappearances, torture, arbitrary detention, and even murder due to their struggle for rights granted to them in the Constitution.

Indigenous communities in Venezuela demand that their rights be included in the reformation of the constitution.

Miskitos are endangered by the physical side effects of the equipment needed to keep pace with the growing lobster industry.

Two Ecuadorean win the Goldman Environment Prize for their work in the Equatorial Amazon .

Toxic chemicals produced from Texaco oil operations near the Napo River have made it a danger to indigenous communities.

For the first time in history, indigenous peoples form part of the United Nations.

The killing and torture of indigenous peoples en the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta has been condemned by Amnesty International.