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Indigenous Women: The Frontline Protectors of the Environment
Yakupitiyage, Tharanga
http://www.ipsnews.net/2017/04/indigenous-women-the-frontline-protectors-of-the-environment/Date Written: 2017-04-27 Publisher: IPS Inter Press Service Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20621 Indigenous women, while experiencing the first and worst effects of climate change globally, are often in the frontline in struggles to protect the environment. Abstract: - Excerpt: ndigenous communities are facing similar issues as the economy and companies shift to renewable energy. In Kenya, indigenous communities are seeing the construction of renewable energy projects on their land and without their consent, including the Ngong Hills and Kipeto wind power projects on Maasai territory. “I feel neglected, I feel marginalized, I feel isolated,” Mulenkei told IPS regarding the lack of consent and consultation of indigenous groups on such projects, adding that the projects would be beneficial if only they were participatory. Indigenous peoples at times face more extreme violations in the increasingly green economy including the displacement of Maasai communities following the expansion of geothermal energy production in Kenya. In Honduras, indigenous environmental activist Berta Caceres was shot and killed in her home in March 2016 after opposing the development of a hydroelectric dam. Subject Headings |