Articles by Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee is an Aquinnah Wampanoag writer and lives in New York City.
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Report: Countries need an impossible amount of land to meet climate pledges
Pressure to convert land for carbon removal puts Indigenous communities at risk.
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![Four Indigenous people wearing red clothes stand in a forest]()
![Four Indigenous people wearing red clothes stand in a forest]()
The world’s healthiest forests are on Indigenous land. Here’s why.
A new report finds Indigenous land rights are key to preserving biodiversity.
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![Two Maasai people wearing brightly colored clothing walking on a field with mountains rising in the distance]()
UN: Conservation shouldn’t cost Indigenous lives
A new report says expanding biodiversity protections are a threat to human rights.
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The world spends billions to ‘protect’ Indigenous land. Only 17% goes to Indigenous peoples.
To access that money, Indigenous communities are creating their own funding solutions.
