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Diving Indigenous People Land Rights Significantly Reduces Deforestation, says UN Report

Land rights for Indigenous and Tribal groups help lower deforestation rates, reduce biodiversity loss and avoid CO2 emissions, according to a new UN report. In Bolivia, Brazil and Colombia, securing land rights has allowed communities to avoid the equivalent annual emissions of taking between 9 and 12.6 million cars off [...]

Strife with indigenous groups could derail Ecuador’s drive to be a mining power

By Alexandra Valencia, Brian Ellsworth QUITO (Reuters) – Conflicts with indigenous communities have stalled operations at Ecuador’s San Carlos Panantza copper mining project, which the government of President Lenin Moreno had long pointed to as an example of mining sector expansion that would generate $40 billion in export revenue over the next [...]

An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches science

An article I published last year in The Conversation and republished in Smithsonian Magazineabout Indigenous Traditional Knowledge and western science touched a nerve among some readers. My article discussed examples of Indigenous peoples having detailed knowledge of animal behaviour, coastal ecology and historical events that have only recently been “discovered” or verified by western [...]

Indigenous peoples defend Earth’s biodiversity—but they’re in danger

Comprising less than 5% of the world’s population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity. Their role is under discussion by world leaders this week. ORIENTE REGION, ECUADOR, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/ Pushed forward by a chugging long-tail motor, an old dugout canoe carries us down the languorous Conambo River, a tributary of [...]

Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land

Source: The Guardian Francis echoes growing body of international law and standards on the right to ‘prior and informed consent’ In the 15th century papal bulls promoted and provided legal justification for the conquest and theft of indigenous peoples’ lands and resources worldwide – the consequences of which are still [...]

Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologise to indigenous people for church’s abuses

Canadian PM invites pontiff to travel to Canada to say sorry to thousands placed in residential Catholic schools where they were abused Justin Trudeau has urged Pope Francis to visit Canada to apologise to indigenous peoples for the Catholic church’s treatment of aboriginal children in schools it ran there. Starting [...]

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Diving Indigenous People Land Rights Significantly Reduces Deforestation, says UN Report

Strife with indigenous groups could derail Ecuador’s drive to be a mining power

An uneasy alliance: Indigenous Traditional Knowledge enriches science

Indigenous peoples defend Earth’s biodiversity—but they’re in danger

Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land

Trudeau asks Pope Francis to apologise to indigenous people for church’s abuses

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