Prevent desecration of pristine Altai habitats
Protection of russian culture
Summary
Stop governmental sale to developers of endangered habitats and pristine lands by securing legal communal title and rights to the ancestral lands of 60,000 indigenous Siberians.
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Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The unspoiled land of Altai are a global legacy that the Altai people have held in trust forever. Fund the surveying and registration of 100 communal tracts of land (300-400 acres/tract) and five unprotected UNESCO World Heritage Sites, before unregistered lands must be forfeited to the government in 2010 due to new Russian land privatization laws. Villages are completely mobilized, needing only the funding for the required fees. Displacement would mean devastation of cultural wisdom and land.
Activities
Women elders lead in gathering their communities to protect aboriginal lands and culture. Volunteers secure complex documentation to be processed through the government and courts, to officially survey, register, and secure communally-held lands.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $32,984
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $42,015
Total Funding Goal: $75,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Survival of culture, health, and continue traditional role as stewards of the land. Indigenous ownership will protect sacred virgin lands from the massive commercial and tourism development projects that are already moving forward in the region.
Project Message
The whole world hears about the sanctity of the land of Altai and about the spiritual culture of the people living on this ground. But only a few understand what irreversible processes are occurring.
- Svetlana Katynova, Volunteer community leader
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Carol Hiltner Hiltner
Founder
12345 Lake City Way NE
#121
Seattle, WA 98125-5401
United States
206-525-2101
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Project Sponsor
Organization
Altai Mir University
12345 Lake City Way NE #121
Seattle,
WA
98125-5401
United States
206-525-2101
http://www.AltaiMir.org
Altai Mir University's Current Projects on GlobalGiving
 Revive Altai's cultural/environmental technologies |
Where this Project is Located
Country
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Russia
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Environment.
For more information about Russia, read the Human Development Report on Russia or the Wikipedia entry for Russia.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on January 22, 2008
Latest Update from the Field
funds delivered
By Carol Hiltner - president, September 28, 2009 02:21 PM
Several international NGOs have worked together and the requested funding has been achieved.
We invite you to support the next phase (GlobalGiving Project #3893), which is to "Revive Altai's cultural/environmental technologies" for global environmental and human healing.
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