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The world’s reindeer populations are heading toward a dramatic collapse, with new research predicting that more than half of all reindeer could disappear by 2100 due to accelerating climate change. The study paints a stark picture for the 2.4 million…
In Quebec’s Gaspésie region, Indigenous river guardians are fighting an urgent battle against time and rising temperatures to protect Atlantic salmon populations that have sustained their communities for millennia. The Mi’gmaq Wolastoqey Indigenous Fisheries Management Association, representing three First Nations,…
Deep in Peru’s northern Amazon, the Indigenous Wampís people have taken matters into their own hands to protect their ancestral territory from illegal gold miners and loggers. Faced with years of environmental destruction and little government support, the Autonomous Territorial…
A Mongabay investigation has uncovered how carbon credit companies exploited Indigenous communities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest through deceptive contracts that promised financial benefits but delivered nothing. In December 2022, both Brazil’s largest and smallest Indigenous territories signed identical 118-page, 10-year…
Indigenous communities in Malaysia’s Sarawak state have achieved a significant, if temporary, victory in their fight to protect ancestral forests from palm oil development. Following sustained pressure from Penan and Kenyah residents, Urun Plantations has agreed to pause land clearing…
While world leaders debate complex technological solutions at high-stakes climate negotiations, environmental researchers are pointing to a more straightforward approach: empowering Indigenous communities who already protect vast carbon-storing forests. A recent gathering at Sira village in Southwest Papua brought together…
Brazil opened the doors to COP30 in the Amazon city of Belém this week with President Lula promising ambitious climate action, but the host nation’s recent environmental decisions are raising serious questions about its commitment to protecting the world’s most…
Nearly six years have passed since Indigenous forest guardian Paulo Paulino Guajajara was killed and his colleague Laércio Guajajara was wounded in what authorities believe was an ambush by illegal loggers in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Yet the two suspects charged…
Indonesia has announced an ambitious pledge to recognize Indigenous and customary community rights to 3.5 million acres of forest by 2029—a promise that would quadruple the country’s officially recognized customary forests. Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni unveiled the plan at…
The upcoming COP30 climate conference in Brazil is poised to make history with unprecedented Indigenous participation. More than 3,000 Indigenous leaders from around the world have registered for the November 10-21 summit in Belém, Brazil—a city that serves as the…
