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UN IPCC Report Recognizes Indigenous and Community Land Rights as Vital to Slowing Climate Crisis

by Rights and Resources Initiative August 8, 2019

Aug. 8, 2019 – Washington, DC, Aug. 8, 2019 — A United Nations (UN) report on climate change has for the first time cited strong land rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities as a solution to the climate crisis. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Land, released […]

Amazonian indigenous leader responds to Bolsonaro’s speech at Davos

by Rights and Resources Initiative January 24, 2019

Indigenous Peoples manage 300,000 million metric tons of carbon in their trees and soil—33 times energy emissions from 2017

by Rights and Resources Initiative September 12, 2018