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Study shows that indigenous people are not genetically prone to diabetes
The high rate of diabetes among indigenous people is not due to their genetic heritage, according to a recently published study.   view more (2007-04-17)

Improving quality of life for indigenous peoples
Further efforts are needed to improve the health and wellbeing of indigenous peoples in developed countries all over the world, according to a report published today in the online open access journal, BMC International Health and Human Rights. The study points to a worrying lack of progress for the... view more (2007-12-20)

Indigenous local law fights for its right to exist
In research sponsored by the Netherlands, René Orellana Halkyer investigated the development of indigenous law in Quechua-speaking Indian communities in Bolivia. He revealed how the leaders of these areas develop their own forms of organisation and local law in which they draw upon the... view more (2004-10-11)

Model simulates dynamics of heart rhythm disorders
Dutch researcher Kirsten ten Tusscher has developed a model that can simulate the electrical behaviour of the heart during heart rhythm disorders. One of the things her model revealed is that the electrical activity of the heart during a rhythm disorder is much less chaotic than was originally... view more (2004-12-16)

Indigenous children don't need number words to 'count', says new study
The study, by researchers from the University of Melbourne and University College London, is set to be published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.   view more (2008-08-19)

Include Indigenous communities in MDGs or watch them die a slow death, experts warn
We are dangerously close to killing off the world's Indigenous populations, and losing forever the invaluable knowledge these communities have about medicines and the ecosystem.   view more (2006-05-26)

UN Decade of awareness fails to advance indigenous peoples' health or rights
As the International Decade of the World's Indigenous people nears its close, a new study launched today reveals that, far from seeing improvements in their situation over the last ten years, the world's indigenous peoples feel their voices are not being listened to, and that their health needs and... view more (2003-08-04)

Indigenous water frogs under threat
Indigenous water frogs can be crowded out by immigrant or imported species. This is the finding of a Franco-German study. The scientists investigated water frog populations in France and Northern Spain and noticed that the marsh frog (Rana ridibunda), which normally occurs only in Eastern Europe,... view more (2007-11-30)

Satellites show Amazon parks, indigenous reserves stop forest clearing
In a paper recently published in Conservation Biology (2006, Vol 20, pages 65-73), an international team of scientists, led by Daniel Nepstad of the Woods Hole Research Center and the Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia, use satellite data to demonstrate, for the first time, that rainforest... view more (2006-01-26)

Big Development Projects Need Cultural Impact Assessments
Head of UNEP says Tourism and Infrastructure Schemes Must Respect Rights of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Nairobi, 18 November 2002 - New dam-building, mining and road-development schemes should only get the green light after thorough assessments of their impacts on the lives and cultures of... view more (2002-11-18)

Survey reveals family ties and traditional activities keep arctic communities vital
A newly released survey of indigenous Arctic people indicates that an overwhelming majority of the region's native people think traditional pursuits such as hunting, boat-building and manufacturing crafts are important to their identity.   view more (2007-03-22)

The desert is dying
Researchers from University of Bergen have found that trees, which are a main resource for desert people and their flocks, are in significant decline in the hyper-arid Eastern Desert of Egypt.   view more (2007-02-14)

The spread of our species
In a major new development in human evolutionary studies, researchers from the University of Cambridge argue that the dispersal of modern humans from Africa to South Asia may have occurred as recently as 70,000 years ago.   view more (2005-11-07)

Oil and gas projects in western Amazon threaten biodiversity and indigenous peoples
The western Amazon, home to the most biodiverse and intact rainforest left on Earth, may soon be covered with oil rigs and pipelines.   view more (2008-08-13)

Saharan people are falsely accused of terrorists acts
The myth that the Central Sahara is out of control and 'swarming' with terrorists is not only damaging the local economy, but could serve as a pretext to reopen old military conflicts, according to anthropologist Dr Jeremy Keenan, who will be addressing a prestigious ESRC conference at the... view more (2004-06-18)

MERCURY POLLUTION IN BOLIVIAN RIVERS
Mercury contamination in rivers of the Amazon Basin is increasingly a cause for concern. The region's soils, naturally containing abundant heavy metals, are one source of this mercury. Gold mining, which is an increasing activity in the Amazon region since gold fever took hold in the 1970s, is the... view more (1999-09-13)

Report finds most programs ineffective for Aboriginal children
The largest survey ever undertaken of Aboriginal children and families has thrown new light on why most existing intervention programs are failing to produce results needed for overcoming the present levels of Indigenous disadvantage.   view more (2006-11-27)

Study of African traditional medicine will begin world-first clinical trial
Described as a hotspot of botanical diversity, there are more than 20,000 indigenous plant species in South Africa. Several thousand of them are used by traditional healers every day in that country for treating a range of problems from the common cold to serious diseases such as AIDS.   view more (2007-12-07)

Rockhampton part of worldwide fight against respiratory infections
The new Capricornia Centre for Mucosal Immunology has been established under the leadership of Professor Jennelle Kyd, whose research on immunity and vaccines is recognized internationally.   view more (2006-12-07)

Surinamese language Trio demands honesty
The Leiden linguist Eithne Carlin has discovered that the Surinamese indigenous language Trio is particularly accurate with respect to the truth level of statements. Carlin has almost finished a complete written grammar of Trio. The precision of Trio means that it is difficult to accurately... view more (2002-04-18)

Avian Persistence in Fragmented Rainforest
Loss and deterioraton of indigenous habitat increasingly affect natural populations worldwide. As a result of these processes, new selection pressures are imposed upon organisms, increasing local extinction rates. Simultaneously, reduced movement among remnant patches lowers colonisation rates and... view more (2002-11-08)

First Case Of Variant CJD In Italy
A research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET describes the first case of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) in Italy. Up to May 2002 there have been 126 cases of vCJD reported in the UK, France, and Ireland. The woman, aged 25 years was admitted to hospital last November. She had... view more (2002-09-25)

Obesity genetics
New evidence that genetics plays a key role in obesity is published today in the International Journal of Bioinformatics Research and Applications. The findings relate to the genetics of modern Pima Indians who have an unusually high rate of obesity but could be extrapolated to all people.   view more (2007-10-16)

Humble shoelace tag carried more currency than gold on Columbus's travels
The humble device that prevents shoelaces from fraying was deemed to be worth more than gold by the indigenous Cubans who traded with Columbus's fleet.   view more (2006-10-04)

Ships bring alien jellyfish invaders to our shores
Marine environments around the world are being threatened by exotic species of the moon jellyfish being dispersed by international shipping, according to new research.   view more (2005-08-16)
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