How Indigenous communities protect 80 percent of the world's biodiversity
In short: Indigenous peoples manage the vast majority of global biodiversity, yet their land rights remain legally precarious. This video explores how securing legal tenure for these communities is a vital strategy for climate action.
For millennia, Indigenous communities have cultivated deep knowledge to protect and heal ancestral forests. Despite managing 80 percent of the world's biodiversity, these groups face exploitation from illegal logging, mining, and corporate interests due to inexplicit legal rights.
Human rights lawyer Nonette Royo explains how the Tenure Facility supports these communities. By providing legal assistance to fight for land rights in court, the organization aims to help secure and defend 50 million hectares of forest over the next five years.
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- Summary by Intellect · source: Why Indigenous Forest Guardianship is Crucial to Climate Action | Nonette Royo | TED
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