Climate Global Indigenous Affairs Desk
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![Group of Maasai tribesmen wearing bright red shawls and carrying sticks, walking down a dirt path, viewed from behind]()
![Group of Maasai tribesmen wearing bright red shawls and carrying sticks, walking down a dirt path, viewed from behind]()
Tanzania drops murder charges against 24 Maasai land defenders
The alleged murder occurred when state security forces tried to evict the Maasai to create a hunting preserve.
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Underfunded, understaffed, Canada’s Indigenous Services Agency is failing to protect First Nations
As climate disasters intensify, poor emergency management puts Indigenous peoples at higher risk.
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![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
![Man in a suit and tie stands at a podium in front of two flags]()
At COP27, Tuvalu joins call for an international treaty to stop fossil fuel expansion
The Pacific island nation becomes the second UN country to support the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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![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]()
![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.
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Every two days, a land defender is killed. Most are Indigenous.
A new report finds Indigenous people in Brazil, Colombia and the Philippines often face the highest rates of violence.
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‘We will all die if we continue like this’: Indigenous people push UN for climate justice
As the General Assembly meets, activists protest for Indigenous rights.
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![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
![CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, Kaddu Sebunya, speaks at a podium; a backdrop with Africa Protected Areas Congress's logo on it in the background]()
Indigenous leaders say Africa’s conservation plan puts lives at risk
'We cannot co-manage what is under the custody of people who have been destroying it.'
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Australian environmental report finally recognizes Indigenous knowledge
The bleak, national assessment of the environment recommends an Indigenous rights-based approach.
