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This house supports the designation of the entire Sierra Madre mountain range as a permanent protected landscape
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A protected landscape is a protected area where resource extraction is only permitted for local small-scale agriculture and fishing. All infrastructure development are also heavily limited and regulated.

Santiago Ortega Cup II · Open Semifinals · 2025-06-07
This house believes that the Diwatas should retaliate against humans for environmental abuse
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Diwatas are spirits who are portrayed to be guardians of nature and protectors of communities. Traditionally, farmers, fisherfolk, travelers and entire villages pray and honor the diwatas in exchange for their protection from diseases and natural disasters.

Santiago Ortega Cup II · Open Finals · 2025-06-07
This house believes that Indigenous Peoples in the Philippines should pursue full political, economic, and cultural autonomy
Santiago Ortega Cup II · Round 4 · 2025-06-07
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land)
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that indigenous groups should not be punished for vigilante justice against wildlife poaching, illegal logging, and acts of pollution.
South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-06-06
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land).
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land)
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-06-06
This house believes that the Canadian federal government should provide Indigenous Canadians ultimate control over national development projects located on traditional indigneous land (e.g. First Nations Land).
Vancouver Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-06-06
This house prefers a world where indigenous belief systems were dominant over Abrahamic religions
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Indigenous belief systems are spiritual traditions native to specific cultures, often predating organized Abrahamic religions like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. They emphasize a deep connection to nature, ancestral spirits, and the sacredness of the land. Usually oral, localized, and non- proselytizing, they are often animistic and polytheistic

Northern Luzon Intervarsity 2025 · High School Finals · 2025-05-31
This house prefers a world where indigenous belief systems were dominant over Abrahamic religions
- Indigenous People
- Religion
Infoslide

Indigenous belief systems are spiritual traditions native to specific cultures, often predating organized Abrahamic religions like Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. They emphasize a deep connection to nature, ancestral spirits, and the sacredness of the land. Usually oral, localized, and non- proselytizing, they are often animistic and polytheistic

Northern Luzon Intervarsity 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-05-31
This house regrets the rise of the commercialization of indigenous culture
Xavier Cup 11 · High School Finals · 2025-05-25
This house prefers a world where Mindanao developed to be an independent nation state
Archer Schools Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-05-17
That, as Denmark, we would sell Greenland to the US
National Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-05-11
This House believes that countries in the Global South should drop local languages in favor of a major world language as the primary medium of instruction in schools
Manchester Schools 2025 📚🏫 · Round 4 · 2025-05-03
In areas of socio-economic deprivation, This house would prioritise hiring teachers from the local community over teachers from outside the area.
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In the Philippines, many socio-economically deprived areas, such as remote provinces, indigenous communities, and urban poor zones, struggle with teacher shortages and poor educational outcomes. The Department of Education typically assigns teachers through a centralized ranking and deployment system. "Local teachers" refers to those originally from or long-term residents of the area, while "outside teachers" come from other regions.

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · Round 3 · 2025-04-26
This house, as an environmental movement, would use the Social Battering Rams tactic to pass environmental legislation
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Social Battering Rams refer to individuals/groups that are used/exploited to advance the interests of another (i.e.Aetas in Mt. Pinatubo, Bugsuk in San Miguel land disputes). It can also refer to things used to “break” current societal foundations/standards/ideals

49th Mindanao Parliamentary Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-04-26
This house would prioritize capacitating indigenous communities in creative enterprises rooted in their traditional culture as opposed to helping them secure employment in other sectors of the economy (e.g., industry and services)
- Development
- Art
- Culture
- Indigenous People
- Labor
Raul Roco Cup XVII · Round 1 · 2025-04-25
That, as the United Kingdom, we would not return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius
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The Chagos Islands are a group of more than 60 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean about 500 kilometres south of The Maldives. When Britain granted Mauritius independence in 1965, it retained the Chagos Islands for itself as the British Indian Ocean Territory. The native population of the Islands were expelled and an American military base was constructed on the largest island Diego Garcia. Keir Starmer has promised to return the islands to Mauritius.

Melbourne Easters 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-04-21
That, as the Victorian Liberal Party, assuming we win next year's election, we would meaningfully continue treaty negotiations with the Victorian Aboriginal community.
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Approximately 65% of Victorians support entering into a treaty with Victoria's Indigenous People. The Victorian government is currently involved in negotiations with the Treaty Authority (a special Statutory Authority) which are expected to result in a treaty within the next 2-3 years.

Melbourne Easters 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-04-21
This house prefers a world where reparations to Māori were primarily through the return of land rather than financial reparations
Joynt Scroll 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-04-18