A new report by the Forest Declaration Assessment says that fulfilling the Paris Agreement won’t be possible without acknowledging and supporting the crucial role of Indigenous peoples and local communities’ (IPLCs) restored and protected lands. Titled “Sink or swim”, the authors of the report, Climate Focus and the World Resources Institute (WRI), focus on the […]
As thousands of people protested in Brazil’s capital against a “death package” of bills deemed anti-environmental and anti-Indigenous, the lower house of Congress agreed to fast-track one of those bills, which would allow mining inside Indigenous lands. The move by the Chamber of Deputies triggered a public outcry, with more than 15,000 people turning out […]