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Urgent: Demand protection for Gustavo Castro Soto, witness to the murder of Berta Cáceres
Our hearts were broken as we heard about the assasination of Berta Cáceres. Cáceres co-founded and lead an organization called the National Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPINH). For over two decades, Cáceres and COPINH have fought to protect Indigenous homelands in Honduras from the extreme threat of hydroelectric dams. Cáceres had elevated her efforts to protect people and fight dams across Honduras in recent years, which led to threats against her life.
The Carp and the Snake: A tale of two wetlands
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Canada is wet.
Indigenous peoples used lakes and rivers as their primary means of transportation. European newcomers quickly adapted, finding the canoe vastly superior to their old-world watercraft. Both pursued aquatic mammals -- beaver, otter, mink and muskrat -- fuelling the fur trade.
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Trade then and now: Environmental lessons for the Trans-Pacific Partnership
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, at an event touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), said:
"Let's never forget from our earliest days, for our Aboriginal peoples and the first French and British traders, trade has always been responsible for the creation of wealth and opportunity. And of course, the same is true in the modern era..."
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