"One-third of the original North American languages have been lost, two-thirds in Australia. Eighty-seven tribes disappeared in Brazil alone in the first half of this century. Yet most of the world's cultural and genetic diversity reside in these small, unique cultures. At a pace that only increases, these cultures face the tragic choice of living in a homogeneous global culture, or being eradicated altogether."

- Chinnagounder's Challenge: The Question of Ecological Citizenship (1999), by Deane Curtin

Valerie Parker - Diallo documenting fair trade project in South India.