‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations - Inside Climate News

‘We Are Nature’: Indigenous Women Come Together at the United Nations - Inside Climate News

Indigenous women from across the world discuss their struggles against the pollution of their ancestral lands and the displacement of their communities.By Lauren DalbanThe women had come from across the world, convening at the United Nations Plaza to share the struggles they’d faced reclaiming ancestral lands, fighting pollution from extractive industries and employing Indigenous knowledge to counter the climate crisis.

Indigenous delegates at the U.N. raise alarm for isolated peoples in the Amazon

This story is published through the Indigenous News Alliance. At the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues — the world’s largest convening of Indigenous peoples — Indigenous leaders from South America are taking the chance to spotlight threats facing isolated peoples (also known as uncontacted people). Deforestation is closing in on some communities in […]

The report, "The State of the World's Indigenous Peoples," reveals a glaring imbalance: while indigenous peoples represent only 6% of the world's population, they preserve 80% of the planet's remaining biodiversity, while receiving less than 1% of international funding intended for […]