
Indigenous-managed intact forests key to fending off climate change |
Indigenous Peoples have had a track record of managing landscapes sustainably for millennia. Incursions into their territories, often by settlers involved in natural resource extraction or agriculture, have fractured historic land tenure rights, dismantling or putting livelihoods, wildlife and ecosystems at risk. Now, new research cautions that 36 percent of the world’s remaining intact forested landscapes are on Indigenous lands, arguing that rights recognition is crucial for conserving vital carbon sinks and to guard against global warming. |
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