an estimated 476 million Indigenous peoples dwell on lands that are home to 80 percent of the world’s biodiversity.
This seems important. This is a number not often talked about in aggregate, at least that I’ve seen. Recognizing my own dis-ease at feeling like I would have way underestimated that figure before reading.
@krewllobster worth pointing out that in many cases one of the reasons the biodiversity still exists in those places is because they’re mainly just Indigenous people living there.
This seems important. This is a number not often talked about in aggregate, at least that I’ve seen. Recognizing my own dis-ease at feeling like I would have way underestimated that figure before reading.
@krewllobster worth pointing out that in many cases one of the reasons the biodiversity still exists in those places is because they’re mainly just Indigenous people living there.