Cultural Survival Takes the Fight to Save Native Languages to the U.N. (fwd link)

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Cultural Survival Takes the Fight to Save Native Languages to the U.N.

2008-04-22 | Indigenous Languages Hold Keys to Global Warming Solutions and
Preserving Biodiversity

New York, NY, April 22, 2008 � Cultural Survival, a global leader in the
fight to protect Indigenous languages, lands and cultures around the world,
this week takes the fight to save native languages to the United Nations. The
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based organization will bring issues relating to
American Indian/Native Hawaiian language revitalization to an international
audience at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

The United Nations has declared 2008 the "International Year of Languages" and
the leadership of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues recognizes
biological, linguistic and cultural diversity as "inseparable and mutually
reinforcing � when an Indigenous language is lost, so too is traditional
knowledge on how to maintain the world's biological diversity and address
climate change and other environmental challenges."

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