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The Impact of Climate Change on Minorities and Indigenous Peoples
Climate change is attracting ever more attention from the media, academics, politicians and even businesses, as evidence mounts about its scale and seriousness, and the speed at which it is affecting the world. But rarely does its impact on minorities and indigenous groups get a mention, even though they are among the worst affected. View the briefing paper
State of the Worlds Minorities 2008
The 2008 report was a climate change special and through the regional sections fields interviews with community representatives affected by climate change.
Other publications
Report of the 7th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (May 2008) on its special session on climate change. See http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/338/82/PDF/N0833882.pdf?OpenElement
For other reports submitted to the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) on the issue of climate change see http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_seventh.html#Documents
Report by Indonesia's Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) to the UNPFII on ‘Impact of climate change on indigenous peoples and on their territories and lands in Indonesia.' See http://aman.or.id