Environmental and Cultural Effects of Globalization
As corporate entities continue to expand their global search to gain access to natural resources, many indigenous communities are being splintered apart as they lose control of land, resources, and their ability to live and work independently.
According to the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), there are over 5,000 distinct indigenous societies that exist today around the globe. A few years ago, IFG put together an extraordinary map that shows in eye-opening detail the types of globalization efforts that are adversely affecting indigenous peoples, the institutions and organizations behind them, and the consequences that have occurred.
You can access the map here: Globalization: Effects on Indigenous People
And if you'd like to see some of the most common everyday products that contain palm oil, click here.
Listed below are some of the latest news stories about globalization:
According to the International Forum on Globalization (IFG), there are over 5,000 distinct indigenous societies that exist today around the globe. A few years ago, IFG put together an extraordinary map that shows in eye-opening detail the types of globalization efforts that are adversely affecting indigenous peoples, the institutions and organizations behind them, and the consequences that have occurred.
You can access the map here: Globalization: Effects on Indigenous People
And if you'd like to see some of the most common everyday products that contain palm oil, click here.
Listed below are some of the latest news stories about globalization:
Exxon Mobil in Papua New Guinea Photo: Flickr/Minale Tattersfield
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Ecuador Tribe Fights Sale of Gold -Laden Land Photo: Dreamstime
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Oil Drilling Divides Native American Tribe Photo: Rich Addicks for NYTimes
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Palm Oil Boom Tearing Apart Philippine Tribes Photo: Flickr/ecoblueprint
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To Revive Honey Bees, Europe Proposes a Pesticide BanFrom Businessweek: For food science researchers, finding the culprit for bee colony collapse disorder has become the equivalent of discovering a cure for cancer.
Recently, Europe’s food safety watchdog, the European Food Safety Authority (ESFA), issued a declaration that three specific common pesticides pose an acute risk to honeybees. Now the European Commission has proposed a two-year ban on these pesticides, which could be ratified as early as this month. |
Photo: Flickr/blondyimp
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Carbon Taxes Make Ireland Even Greener |
“ We are not saints like those Scandinavians — we were lapping up fossil fuels, buying bigger cars and homes, very American." |
Pollution
Escalating pollution of the land, water and air are creating serious social and economic problems for people all around the world. Here's a look at the toll of pollution from South America to the South Sea Islands.
Paradise Lost: How Tahiti is Turning Into A Garbage Dump Image: Flickr/cliff1066
Once the inspiration for Gaugin, Tahiti is now struggling to manage its waste and sprawling garbage sites. Do they still have time to improve before the damage becomes irreversible? |
Can Air Pollution Start Wars?
 Image of air pollution in China: Flickr/Fung.Leo
Mixed up in the current spat between China and Japan is an accusation that Chinese pollution is damaging Japan.
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Peru & Bolivia: Fishermen's Livelihood Endangered by Pollution Image: Indigenous people at Lake Titicaca, Peru. Flickr/David Stanley
Thousands of indigenous people live along the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia and Peru, and their family practices are becoming more at risk with growing pollution. |