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	<description>A Private Foundation Supporting Cultural and Biological Diversity through Environmental Protection &#38; the Local Stewardship of Communities</description>
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		<title>Swift Endorses Investor Report on Fracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:05:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In January 2012, Swift Foundation joined more than 40 organizations representing over $55 billion in assets to support a new report on corporate responsibility in fracking. The report written by the Investor Environmental Health Network and Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility  offers best practice recommendations on reporting and reducing the risks and impacts from natural [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UNESCO Recognizes the Jaguar Shamans of Yuruparí, Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time in its history, UNESCO identified an entire culture complex as the intangible heritage of humanity and in need of protection. The cultural traditions of the Jaguar Shamans of Yuruparí, Colombia have finally been recognized. This culture, common to several ethnic groups along the Pira Paraná River in the Colombian Amazon, centers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Land Deals Promoted as Development in Africa</title>
		<link>http://swiftfoundation.org/2011/12/08/land-deals-promoted-as-development-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://swiftfoundation.org/2011/12/08/land-deals-promoted-as-development-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Swift Foundation</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oakland Institute, a Swift grantee, released a new publication this week that highlights the impact of land investment in Africa. The report &#8220;demonstrates that land grabs&#8211;largely unregulated land deals involving foreign corporations and speculators&#8211;continue to be promoted as a &#8220;development&#8221; solution for African nations. Development agencies including USAID and the World Bank Group are often the architects [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helping Salmon Spawn &#8211; A Primer by Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition</title>
		<link>http://swiftfoundation.org/2011/11/03/help-salmon-spawn-a-primer-by-skeena-watershed-conservation-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://swiftfoundation.org/2011/11/03/help-salmon-spawn-a-primer-by-skeena-watershed-conservation-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[stream habitats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon McPhail of the Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition – a Swift grantee  – posts an valuable perspective in her &#8220;From the Woodshed&#8221; Blog. She recounts how the Gitxsan Watershed Authority, British Columbia government and local grassroots organizations such as hers joined to successfully make the roads and rivers safer for both humans and fish. This [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Action Alert: Support Indigenous West Papuans</title>
		<link>http://swiftfoundation.org/2011/10/23/action-alert-support-indigenous-west-papuans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Swift Foundation received this action alert from our colleagues at Land is Life.  News accounts regarding the violence can be found at Australia Network News and Voice of America. November 16, 2011 &#8211; Update from Indigenous Peoples &#38; Resources an update from Survival International &#8211; Video of the Indonesia Security Forces now available. Action Alert: [...]]]></description>
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