Conservation of Earth's biodiversity is embedded in Indigenous fire stewardship
"Indigenous peoples comprise 5% of the world population but protect approximately 85% of its biodiversity through stewardship of indigenous-managed lands. ... Supporting indigenous-led fire stewardship can assist with reviving important cultural practices while protecting human communities from increasingly severe wildfires, enhancing biodiversity, and increasing ecosystem heterogeneity."
Read the paper at: www.pnas.org/content/118/32/e2105073118
Read the paper at: www.pnas.org/content/118/32/e2105073118
United Nations report concludes indigenous peoples of Latin America are, by far, the most effective guardians of rainforest in the region
Read the original report at: www.fao.org/americas/publicaciones-audio-video/forest-gov-by-indigenous/en/
Read a news article discussing this report at www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/25/indigenous-peoples-by-far-the-best-guardians-of-forests-un-report
Read a news article discussing this report at www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/25/indigenous-peoples-by-far-the-best-guardians-of-forests-un-report
Wildlife populations have plummeted by two-thirds in 50 years
Natural areas that used to support biodiversity and have been converted for farming are the biggest reason for the population decline of thousands of species around the world. The WWF study has found that the average population size has dropped by 68% worldwide between 1970 and 2016.
Read the original article at: www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/wildlife-populations-biodiversity-loss-human-action
Read the original article at: www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/09/wildlife-populations-biodiversity-loss-human-action
The importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of terrestrial mammals
Read more at: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.13620
Council on Foreign Relations: How Brazil’s Burning Amazon Threatens the Climate
Nature and Culture International: Unparalleled in scale, complexity, and diversity, the Amazon stabilizes key processes that are vital to life on Earth.
National Geographic: Rainforest Encyclopedia
Monga Bay: Amazon Destruction
Amazon fires: What's the latest in Brazil? Dark clouds of smoke smothered cities in Brazil as parts of the Amazon burned at a rate not seen in years, and the world responded with outrage.
Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49971563
Scientists and environmental groups 'alarmed' by huge rise in Amazon wildfires
The Worlds Rainforests: Tropical and Temperate
Wide-scale negative impacts of damming rivers in the Amazon basin
Read more at: https://www.nature.com/articles/nature22333
