Dongria Kondh

Real-Life Avatar Tribe Threatened By Mine Construction Plans

TreeHugger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orissa, Kutia, Bauxite, Vendanta Resources, Real-Life Avatar Tribe, Dongria Kondh, Avatar, Survival International, Bauxite Mine, Impact News

The government of India has halted plans by UK-based Vedanta Resources to establish a bauxite mine of the sacred tribal lands of the Dongria Kondh and...

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A Landmark Victory for Indigenous and Tribal Rights

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jairam Ramesh, India, Dongria Kondh, Avatar, Indian Government, Bianca Jagger, Bauxite, Indigenous and Tribal Rights, Corporate Social Responsibility, World News
Bianca Jagger

Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, Jairam Ramesh's courageous decision today saved the real Avatar. I commend his leadership and I hope that his decision will set a precedent worldwide.

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Let's Save the Real Avatar

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, Kondh, Norwegian Pension Fund, Aluminium, Business, Ftse, Vedanta, Financial TImes, Bauxite, Anil Agarwal, Martin Currie, Development, Avatar, Aviva, Church of England, Naresh Chandra, Dongria Kondh, Amnesty International, The Guardian, Orissa, Oecd, Bianca Jagger, Dutch Pension Fund, Arundhati Roy, India, Railways Pension Fund, Times of India, Niyamgiri, Survival International, Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation, Banktrack, Actionaid, Lanjigarh, Pggm, Business News
Bianca Jagger

I am surprised that share-tipsters continue to recommend Vedanta as a desirable investment. Regrettably, many shareholders, content to read about the share price, remain silent about Vedanta's detrimental impact on local communities.

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Undermining Human Rights in the Name of Development

Bianca Jagger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Orissa, India, Corporate Social Responsibility, Dongria Kondh, Development, Vedanta, Bianca Jagger, Kondh, Church of England, Action Aid, Amnesty International, Joseph Rowntree Trust, Human Rights, Profit, Mining, Niyamgiri, Un, World News
Bianca Jagger

When I arrived at the airport in Orissa, I was struck by a billboard there: "Mining happiness for the people of Orissa - Vedanta." What cruel irony. The poster should have read instead, "Undermining happiness for the people of Orissa."

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Dongria Kondh Ask James Cameron To Help Save Their Tribe: 'Avatar Is Fantasy ... And Real' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Variety, Dongria Kondh, James Cameron, Bauxite, Amnest International, Na'vi, Avatar, Vamsadhara, Chhattarpur, Niyamgiri, Dongria, Video, World News

James Cameron's Avatar may have broken ground at the box office and with advanced visual effects, but some observed that the Oscar nominated film's pl...

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The Progress of Man

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Progress, Dongria Kondh, Bauxite, Kentucky, Tribal-Society, Strip Mining, Coal, Aboriginals, Politics News
Robert Koehler

It's time, I think, to resacralize progress. One way to start is to recognize the rights of native peoples around the world not to be displaced.

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