http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/20 en_US http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83822 After 10 years of civil war in Congo, a small village -- built using local practices, materials, and clean energy -- has become a global model for sustainable community development. From: Working Villages International http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83821 Multi-nationalism, agrarian reform, and direct democracy are the only ways to end societal exclusion of indigenous people in Ecuador, argues indigenous leader Dr. Luis Macas. http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/83798 The Peruvian government must protect the livelihoods and lands of isolated tribes in the Peruvian rainforest, said a South American indigenous federation after photos were taken of uncontacted tribes living along the Brazil-Peru border. From: Survival International http://www.oneworld.net/article/view/160799/1/20 BEIJING, Jun 4 (IPS) - Unprecedented food scarcity is beginning to dictate the rules of a new political order where individual countries are scrambling to secure their own food supplies with little concern for the rest of the world, says the founder of the Earth Policy Institute. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/160497/1/20 Displaced by devastating floods more than two decades ago, residents of Bihar in eastern India have been forced to live on a century-old British constructed levee. Living in abject poverty and in fear of criminals, these landless farm workers have not seen any government official in the last 25 years.