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A
better way to protect biodiversity: strengthening indigenous
rights!
Dear friends of the rainforests,
One million animal and plant species
could become extinct if we don’t take urgent action to protect
biodiversity. In December, the UN Conference on Biological
Diversity (COP15) is expected to address this crisis by calling for
30 percent of the planet’s surface to be protected worldwide by
2030.
This can be problematic because of an
approach called “fortress conservation” – the strict separation
of humans and nature, often enforced by armed rangers. Human
rights violations and even killings are not uncommon in such
protected areas.
But conservation and human rights do not
need to be mutually exclusive: Studies have shown forests on the
ancestral land of indigenous communities to be in better condition
than those in conventional protected areas: Indigenous people are
truly the best guardians of the environment. Guaranteeing
indigenous land rights would thus be a huge win for both
biodiversity and human rights.
Please sign our petition and speak out
for stronger rights for indigenous people in the run-up to
COP15!
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Thanks for being involved,
John Hayduska
Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den
Regenwald e. V) |
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