Belize: Threats to the rights of the Maya from oil exploration, mining, logging and plantation development

The Sarstoon-Temash Institute for Indigenous Management (SATIIM) has circulated the following two articles regarding the current violations of the rights of the Indigenous Peoples of Conejo, Belize, due to the government’s interest in oil development on the lands of Indigenous Peoples across Toledo. Please share with your networks.

Le Monde Diplomatique: The law is running out of gas in Belize http://mondediplo.com/blogs/the-law-is-running-out-of-gas-in-belize The Ecologist: Mayan people battle oil giants as Belize’s rainforests threatened http://www.theecologist.org/investigations/politics_and_economics/1240082/mayan_people_battle_oil_giants_as_belizes_rainforests_threatened.htmhttp://www.theecologist.org/investigations/politics_and_economics/1240082/mayan_people_battle_oil_giants_as_belizes_rainforests_threatened.html