Indigenous Peoples’ Issues Blog by Bauu Institute Director Dr. Peter N. Jones Celebrates One Month
Director of the Bauu Institute and Press, Dr. Peter N. Jones, celebrated the one month anniversary of the launch of “Indigenous Issues Today” news blog. The Bauu Institute and Press is an environmental, psychological, and social science research and publishing company located in Boulder, Colorado.
On the occasion, Dr. Jones remarked, “Indigenous people today face more challenges than any previous generation. Large multi-national companies are extracting all types of natural resources from indigenous peoples traditional homelands. Ecotourism is having an adverse effect on traditional indigenous cultural values. The establishment of large preserves for wildlife management has caused detrimental impacts to traditional subsistence lifeways by indigenous peoples throughout the world. In order to help mitigate these ongoing and constant impacts, the Bauu Institute and Press began publishing the Indigenous Issues Today news blog.”
The “Indigenous Issues Today” news blog is written as a form of social outreach for those who want to find out what is happening to the worlds indigenous peoples and as a means of informing the public about one of today’s central human rights issues. To find out more about current issues effecting indigenous people’s, visit Indigenous Issues Today.
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