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November 5th, 2021. Indigenous Peoples hold in their knowledge and traditional livelihoods the solution to climate change and loss of biodiversity, expressed yesterday Indigenous leaders gathered in the "Partnership or Criminalization: Implications of the 30/30 Biodiversity Conservation Target to Indigenous Peoples" panel. In order to continue with their conservation, they added, it is necessary for the States and international organizations to respect Indigenous Peoples rights and restore their governance over their territories.
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We welcome today’s global commitment to strengthen the forest tenure of indigenous peoples and local communities. Should this investment lead to appropriate policies and channel financial support directly to indigenous and local communities, we envision profound changes on the ground. We expect this commitment to ensure forest tenure and the conservation of at least half billion hectares of forest managed by Indigenous Peoples’ and local communities. We should also support actions to protect boreal forests.
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Brazil’s indigenous people are anxiously awaiting a supreme court judgement on our land rights. Proposed new laws in the EU and UK will profoundly affect us too
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Today is a historic day for indigenous peoples. On the date that marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples, the Articulation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brasil (APIB) has presented a Communiqué to the Attorney's Office, which officiates before the International Criminal Court. This denunciation contains an array of violence that indigenous peoples have suffered as a result of the actions of the current President of the Republic, Jair Bolsonaro.
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The Philippines has the most dismal government response to the pandemic in the Southeast Asian region. President Rodrigo Duterte’s militaristic approach has only tightened what little democratic space there is rather than curb the spread of COVID-19.