Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Ruthless Exploitation of Nature Endangers the Survival of Indigenous People Worldwide


Millions of indigenous people world-wide are deprived of clean water and adequate land for food cultivation. The right to safe drinking water was only just acknowledged by the United Nations as a human right on July 28, 2010. Unfortunately, the "Water War” in some communities had already come to a bloody confrontation years earlier. Clean drinking water had became unaffordable for the impoverished population for a long time. Details on this interesting issue can be accessed at:
http://www.gfbv.de/show_file.php?type=inhaltsDok&property=download&id=1992

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