Damian Carrington Environment editor, @dpcarrington, The Guardian The average western consumer of coffee, chocolate, beef, palm oil and other commodities is responsible for the felling of four trees every year, many in wildlife-rich tropical forests, research has calculated. Destruction of forests is a major cause of both the climate crisis [...]
Indigenous peoples and forests are mutually constitutive. Certain natural forests have been developed as part of indigenous peoples’ territories. Previous studies show evidence of a long history of forest resource management by indigenous peoples globally (de Chavez, 2013; Poffenberger, 2000; Davis and Wali, 1994). Forests are essential for indigenous peoples’ [...]