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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Results27 Connexions Library1 Sources Experts & Spokespersons 1 Sources Library 2 From the Connexions Archives Connexions LibraryMilton-Born-with-a-Tooth: Connexipedia article Article Milton Born-With-A-Tooth is a Peigan-Blackfoot political activist. Borneo's Killer Dams: Mega-Dams in Sarawak Threaten Indigenous Tribes with Ethnocide Stephenson, Amanda Article 2014 Sarawak, Malaysia, is home to thousands of endemic species, forty indigenous groups, and one of the largest transboundary rainforests remaining in the world. The state is also suffering from one of th... Cambodia: indigenous protests repel dam builders - so far: We don't need any compensation because we are staying here on the lands of our ancestors. Our children will never forgive us if we move. Harbinson, Rob Article 2014 Since the 1980s Cambodia has lost 84% of its primary forests, and the remote Cardamom mountains are the country's last great natural treasure. Just the place for grandiose dam projects? 'No way!" say ... Civil Society in Question  Swift, Jamie Book 1999 Civil Society ranks as flavour of the month among community volunteers, academics and policy makers. Many view it as a key concept in the struggle against poverty and for social justice and democracy.... Connexions: Volume 4, Number 4 - September 1979 - Food/La Nourriture Serial Publication (Periodical) 1979 Connexions: Volume 8, Number 3-4 - Winter 1983/84 - Native Issues - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 11, Number 1 - Spring 1987 - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1987 Connexions Digest: Issue 53 - January 1991- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1991 Connexions Digest: Issue 54 - February 1992- A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1992 The Cost of Living Roy, Arundhati Book 1999 Roy takes on two of the great illusions of India's progress: the massive dam projects that have displaced millions, and the development of India's nuclear weapons. Roy peels away the mask of democracy... Dam the Rivers, Damn the People: Development and Resistance in Amazonian Brazil Cummings, Barbara J. Book 1990 Cummings describes Amazonia as a colony whose resources are exploited by and 'exported' to the country's industrial south. As a result of the encroachment on their rainforest land, the peoples of Amaz... Damming Magdalena: Emgesa Threatens Colombian Communities Luna, Jonathan Article 2009 Local people protest a project that attacks the region's biodiversity and communities. Defending the Oldman River: A conversation with Milton-Born-With-A-Tooth Audio 1991 An interview with Milton-Born-With-A-Tooth about the struggle to defend the Oldman River in Alberta. Do or Die: The people versus development in the Narmada Valley: New Internationalist July 2001 - #336 Serial Publication (Periodical) 2001 A look at the case the Supreme Court of India against The People regarding the Narmada Dam. The Earthscan Action Handbook Litvinoff, Miles Book 1990 A compendium of the world's major ills with suggestions for remedial action. EnvironmentSources.com Website 2017 Web portal with information about environmental issues and resources, with articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and importa... From Ecological Disaster to Constitutional Crisis: The Long Struggle Over the Xingú Dams Comes to a Climax at Belo Monte Turner, Terence Article 2010 The master plan for damming the Amazon river system, which includes Belo Monte and the Xingú dams, was originally created in the 1970s by the military dictatorship then in power. It essentially treats... The Gaia Atlas of First Peoples Burger, Julian Book 1990 Entries on indigenous peoples from around the globe, focusing on three main areas: their way of life, the present crisis, and the future. James Bay Development Will Cause Cultural Genocide, Cree Chief Says Ryder, Grainne Article Quebec's James Bay hydroelectric plant construction could be disastrous for the Cree. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 12, 2015: SYRIZA Diemer, Ulli (editor); Khan, Tahmid (production) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2015 This week we're featuring the 40-point program which SYRIZA, the Greek coalition of the radical left, put forward to win the Greek election. Oliver Tickell writes about the mass media's latest campaig... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - March 26, 2016: Forests and trees Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 For countless centuries, forests, and the trees in them, have been seen as sources of life, livelihood, and spiritual meaning. For capitalism, however, forests are sites of extraction and profit-makin... Rafferty-Alameda: The American Connection Orchard, David; Repo, Marjaleena Article 1991 The Rafferty, along with the Oldman River Dam under construction in Alberta, only make sense as part of a water diversion to the United States. Because 90 per cent of Canadians, according to federal g... Synthesis: A review of events reported in the Canadian press: Volume V Number 2 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 Synthesis is the journal of the Canadian News Synthesis Project. Previously known as the Canadian News Synthesis Project (1974 - 1976), Synthesis analyzes and presents current news coverage of the mos... Tear Down the Dam; Restore the Commons: Temacapulin Fights for Its Survival Moss, Daniel Article 2010 Over 47,000 large dams around the world have displaced some 40,000,000 people. The World Bank has invested more than $60 billion in 600 dams. We are everywhere: The irresistable rise of global anticapitalism Notes from Nowhere Collective Book 2003 Global voices presenting alternative visions of democracy.
Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryChina and India 'water grab' dams put ecology of Himalayas in danger Vidal, John 2013 More than 400 hydroelectric schemes are planned in the mountain region, which could be a disaster for the environment. From the Connexions ArchivesThe Inter-Church Task Force on the Churchill River Diversion Organization profile published 1976 Teixeira, F. Bryan Organization 1976 Task Force formed to assist the Northern Flood Committee. Paddle River Agricultural Protection Society Organization profile published 1979 Organization 1979 Paddle River Agricultural Protection Society (PRAPS) s a community organization of both small town residents and local farmers - dairy, mixed and grain - fighting the Paddle River Dam proposals. |
