Efforts to protect nature at COP15 will fail without Indigenous people, leaders say
Jennifer Corpuz, an Indigenous lawyer from the Philippines, says Indigenous people have long been the best guardians of nature but have often been excluded and marginalized by conservation efforts.
She says it’s crucial that any final agreement negotiated at the conference include acknowledgment of Indigenous rights, recognition of traditional territory in conservation targets and direct access to funding to protect biodiversity.Ronald Brazeau, the interim director of natural resources for the Lac-Simon Algonquin community in Quebec, says he feels decision-makers at the conference still aren’t listening to the voices of Indigenous people.
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