Indigenous Peoples - Country Risk Why Read: Because Country Risk
is an increasingly big deal, and indigenous peoples generally
are not dealt with today as they were in the past. Featured
Article: A July 2 article discusses a new report generated by
London-based Minority Rights Group International ('MRG').
According to the article, that report says: indigenous peoples
"in every region of the world" face the risk of being "driven
from their land and natural resources"; the land and resources
are all "vital for their livelihoods, their culture and often
their identity as a people"; indigenous people all "struggle to
maintain their cultural integrity against their respective
governments' desire to put national development first"; and, the
unprecedented demand for natural resources across Asia is
"feeding ethnic conflict and displacement and is a severe threat
to the lands, livelihoods and the way of life of minorities and
indigenous people". The article goes on to discuss displacement
of indigenous peoples in var