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The links below are grouped by the following subjects: Updated May 2008 Biodiversity & Conservation, Blogs, Education, Indigenous Knowledge, Libraries & Directories, Media - Journals, Ssocial Science & Law
BIODIVERSITY & CONSERVATION Convention on Biological Diversity www.biodiv.org Forest Peoples Programme www.forestpeoples.org/ Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) is an international NGO, founded in 1990 to promote forest peoples' rights. FPP supports forest peoples to secure and sustainably manage their forests, lands and livelihoods. BLOGS VANISHING RITES: Blog about Ina Hume's work with young people, indigenous peoples, human rights illustrated by photography and sound from her travels. Also contains links to her Website, Flickr Site and Youtube site. VOICES FOR CHANGE: Indigenous voice for Liberty, Equality, Identity, Dignity and Fraternity of human being, BY Gladson Dungdung : A Human Rights Activist INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE The Indigenous Knowledge and Development Manual http://www.iirr.org/headline.htm The International Institute of Rural Reconstruction is a nonprofit, nongovernment organization that aims to improve the quality of lives of the rural poor in developing countries through rural reconstruction: a sustainable, integrated, people-centered development strategy generated through practical field experiences. IIRR publications are not copyrighted. The institute encourages the translation, adaptation and copying of materials for non-commercial use, providing an acknowledgement to IIRR is included. References at: www.indiana.edu/~workshop/wsl/indigbib.html Workshop Research Library Bibliography of Indigenous Knowledge and Institutions (1123 citations) LIBRARIES & DIRECTORIES Aboriginal Connections http://directory.aboriginalconnections.com/ Aboriginal Connections is a web directory with links to websites on indigenous issues. Asian People's Directory www.kotan.org/asia/directory.html A collection of useful links to Asian-related websites worldwide. Australian Indigenous Law Library www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/indigenous/ This library includes databases of Australian Indigenous law available on AustLII. Catalog and Websearch enables searches of Australian Indigenous materials on other websites as does Law on Google. Choike A Portal on Southern Civil Societies - with directory to NGO websites. www.choike.org/links/4/34/index.html The CWIS Indigenous Studies Virtual Library www.cwis.org/wwwvl/indig-vl.html provides links to: · General Indigenous Studies Resources · Indigenous Resources for Africa · Indigenous Resources for Asia and the Middle East · Indigenous Resources for Central & South America · Indigenous Resources for Europe · Indigenous Resources for the Pacific · Other Useful Resources HuriSearch www.hurisearch.org/ HuriSearch is a comprehensive search engine specialized in human rights providing direct full text search of over 4500 human rights websites. MSU Global Access www.msuglobalaccess.net/theme/humanrights/ A deep link to MSU Global Access' Human Rights page. This site is backed by a searchable database of over 5,000 annotated links, and features country specific pages, maps, international news headlines, and more. The World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples www.minorityrights.org/?lid=3 About the Directory - The World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples is the internet's leading information resource on minorities around the globe. It is produced by Minority Rights Group International. The WWW Virtual Library www.ldb.org/vl/cp/index.htm offers access to WWW resources regarding Circumpolar Peoples. MEDIA - JOURNALS La causa dei popoli www.popoliminacciati.org/la_causa_dei_popoli.page La causa dei popoli (The cause of peoples) is the only Italian journal dealing with all issues related to indigenous peoples, minorities and stateless nations. The journal is conceived as a forum for indigenous activists, journalists and researchers. Topics covered include minority and human rights, self-determination, deforestation, nuclear colonialism, autonomy, federalism, international relations, treaties and agreements. The journal is published 4 times a year and is available on the Internet only. Issue 2, devoted to the Pacific, also features articles taken from Indigenous Affairs. (In Italian) Nunavut: Nunatsiaq News www.nunatsiaq.com The website of the journal Nunatsiaq News. The site provides links to information about Nunavut. Nunavut is is a new Canadian territory that came into being on April 1, 1999, through the division of the Northwest Territories. PHOTOS www.speaking4earth.net The site shows people information, news and petitions about indigenous peoples of the world. See the photo report! Bruno Manser's Photograph Bruno Manser’s photographs are available to the public. The pictures were taken by the environmentalist whose attention was focused on protecting the primeval forests uniquely document the threatened rainforest culture of the Penan in the Malaysian state of Sarawak and his long-standing battle to prevent the deforestation of these rainforests. www.flickr.com/photos/iwgia IWGIA's online photoarchive with more than 1100 photos. web.mac.com/ewaehle/Site/Espen_W Espen Wæhle's photo site with photos from DRC, Kenya and Peru. SOCIAL COMMUNITIES AND NETWORKS www.facebook.com - look for IWGIA - Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. www.flickr.com/photos/iwgia - Flickr.com is an online photo management and sharing application. www.youtube.com - look for IWGIAtube - YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.youtube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email. http://hub.witness.org/ - The HUB is a place for you to see and upload human rights-related media, and to take action on what you see. The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) www.apc.org/ APC is a global network of non-profit Internet and communications providers. APC's members are networks who provide Internet access, Website development and other communications technology related services to other non-profits, individuals and concerned groups working for social justice and the protection of the environment all over the world. SOCIAL SCIENCE & LAW Australian Indigenous Law Library www.austlii.edu.au/au/special/indigenous/ This library includes databases of Australian Indigenous law available on AustLII. Catalog and Websearch enables searches of Australian Indigenous materials on other websites as does Law on Google. The Fourth World Center for the Study of Indigenous Law and Politics http://carbon.cudenver.edu/public/fwc/ Founded in 1984 as a resource commons of authoritative information on indigenous peoples' affairs. The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) www.sosig.ac.uk/ is a freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in the social sciences, business and law. It is part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN).