Finally, advocates say the world must recognize why their protection matters. Beyond #HumanRights, these communities play an outsized role in stabilizing the global #climate.
“With the world under pressure from #ClimateChange, we will sink or swim together,” Bhattacharjee said.
#law […]
Second, #corporations & #consumers must help stop the flow of #money driving #destruction. Survival’s report calls for companies to trace their #SupplyChains to ensure that commodities such as #gold, #timber & #soy are not sourced from #IndigenousLands.
“#Public opinion & pressure are essential […]
First, governments must formally recognize & enforce #IndigenousTerritories, making them off-limits to extractive industries.
Mapping is crucial, Bhattacharjee said, because identifying the approximate territories of #UncontactedIndigenous peoples allows governments to protect those areas from […]
…Protecting uncontacted #IndigenousPeoples, experts say, will require both stronger laws & a shift in how the world views them — not as relics of the past, but as citizens of the planet whose survival affects everyone’s future.
Advocates have several recommendations.
#Law #InternationalLaw […]
“They don’t need anything from us. They’re happy in the forest. They have incredible knowledge & they help keep these very valuable forests standing—essential to all humanity in the fight against #ClimateChange,” Watson said.
Survival’s research shows that >95% of the world’s uncontacted […]
Public debate is also shaped by #stereotypes — some romanticize them as “lost tribes,” while others view them as barriers to #development.
Survival’s research concludes that half of these groups “could be wiped out within 10 years if governments & companies do not act.”
#UncontactedIndigenous […]
A new report by #SurvivalInternational, a London-based #IndigenousRights organization, attempts one of the broadest tallies yet, identifying at least 196 #UncontactedIndigenous groups in 10 countries, primarily in the South American nations sharing the #AmazonRainforest. Released Sunday, the […]
#UncontactedIndigenous peoples & efforts to protect them
From the depths of Brazil’s Amazon to Indonesia’s rainforests, some of the world’s most isolated peoples are being squeezed by #roads, miners & drug traffickers—a crisis unfolding far from public view or effective state protection […]
