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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples live in voluntary isolation and initial contact in remote forests across several countries. They choose to live separately and rely on gathering and hunting to preserve their cultures and languages. However, their way of life is threatened by deforestation due to agriculture, mining, tourism, and resource extraction. These Indigenous Peoples lack immunity to common diseases and face severe risks from contact with the outside world. Protecting their rights and territories is crucial for the well-being of the forests and their societies and for preserving cultural and linguistic diversity. https://bit.ly/3SAGkEe

International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples live in voluntary isolation and initial contact in remote forests across several countries. They choose to live separately and rely on gathering and hunting to preserve their cultures and languages. However, their way of life is threatened by deforestation due to agriculture, mining, tourism, and resource extraction. These Indigenous Peoples lack immunity to common diseases and face severe risks from contact with the outside world. Protecting their rights and territories is crucial for the well-being of the forests and their societies and for preserving cultural and linguistic diversity. https://bit.ly/3SAGkEe

Through its three pillars, ReSea Project seeks to support the establishment of a network of sustainable seascapes that contribute to enhanced climate and socioeconomic resilience of the coastal communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Madagascar and Comoros.  #GreatBlueWall #ClimateActionNow

The Amazon Rainforest is often called 'the lungs of the Earth'. But have you ever considered that Africa, too, could be a powerful player in the fight against climate change? You may be surprised to find out that Africa has an untapped carbon sink - it's called bamboo. This humble plant is a vital tool in our mission to restore degraded lands and combat the detrimental effects of climate change. Its cultivation not only enriches biodiversity but also uplifts community livelihoods. In Uganda, 1MTN has started the Verra registered large-scale land restoration project, working closely with local communities, regulators, and key stakeholders to deliver the highest impact. Restoring degraded lands isn't just about planting trees; it's about creating sustainable systems that benefit people and nature alike. Using bamboo as a means for carbon removal and habitat restoration, we ensure a greener future for future generations. #Bamboo #Uganda #CarbonRemoval #SoilRestoration

Join Rainforest Foundation Norway together with #indigenous partners in #Colombia, #Brazil and #Peru at the #ColombiaCOP16 Green Zone. “From Local to Global Action: Territorial Corridors for the Protection for Biodiversity and Indigenous Peoples living in isolation. 🗓 Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024 🕕 10:30-12:00 COT 📍Green Zone, OPIAC Maloca, Parque Rio Cali, near the Ermita Church The event will take stock of the actions being taken by indigenous organizations, allies and governments in Peru, Brazil and Colombia to safeguard the lives and territories of communities still living in isolation. Indigenous speakers and governmental representatives will place emphasis to the flagship initiative (Peru-Brazil Corridors) led by the main indigenous federations and coordination platforms on both sides of the Brazil-Peru border, that aims at the long-term protection of two territorial corridors (Yavarí-Tapiche and Pano-Arawak) of 25 million hectares (an area larger than the UK). This region is hosting the largest continuous territories of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation in the world.

🏝 The Congo Basin, often referred to as Earth's second green lungs, is a vast expanse of tropical rainforest covering over 1.3 million square miles in Central Africa. It is the world's second-largest rainforest after the Amazon, playing a crucial role in regulating the global climate and biodiversity. 🌻 Home to an incredibly diverse array of flora and fauna, including endangered species like the forest elephant, gorillas, and bonobos, the Congo Basin is a biodiversity hotspot. It also supports the livelihoods of millions of people who rely on its resources for food, medicine, and cultural practices. 🌄 The basin's dense vegetation acts as a carbon sink, absorbing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and helping mitigate climate change. Additionally, its rivers and wetlands play a vital role in regulating regional weather patterns and providing freshwater to local communities and wildlife. Protecting the Congo Basin is essential for preserving Earth's biodiversity and combating climate change. #Sustainability #Rhetort #Congo #carboncaptureandstorage Picture Credit: Nature

Today is World Oceans Day 🌊🌍 Our oceans are not just a hugely important carbon sink that are home to a vast amount of marine life and biodiversity - they are also a source of income and livelihood for millions of people. About 42% of West Africa’s GDP is generated in coastal areas, according to the World Bank, while it's estimated 40 million people will be employed by ocean-based industries worldwide by 2030. Through our Integrated Climate-Adaptation and Community Resilience-Building (ICCR) initiative in The Gambia, funded by Irish Aid, we're improving the capacity of vulnerable rural and coastal populations in The Gambia by supporting climate-resilient and diversified livelihoods. 🌱💚 Let's protect our oceans and build ecological livelihood opportunities for local people. 📸 Isatou and Awa, The Gambia

Happy International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 🌷 On this day, we celebrate the achievements, contributions, and histories of #IndigenousPeople that play a major role in improving, protecting, and sustaining Mother Earth. This year's UN theme is protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples in voluntary isolation and initial contact: "Around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples currently live in voluntary isolation and initial contact. They reside in remote forests rich in natural resources in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru and Venezuela. They choose to live detached from the rest of the world and their mobility pattern allows them to engage in gathering and hunting, thereby preserving their cultures and languages. These peoples have a strict dependency on their ecological environment. Any changes to their natural habitat can harm both the survival of individual members and the group as a whole." To learn more, watch the video below: #WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousDay #Proud2BIndigneous #IndigenousPeoplesDay #InternationalIndigenousPeoplesDay

The great work of our time is ecosystem restoration and the transition of our food production systems. Collectively we know how, and there are hundreds of millions of people, especially in the Global South who could be engaged. It would slow down and if at the right scale even stop and reverse climate chaos and the increase of global temperatures. What must happen is that the world puts its money where its mouth is and invests in a sustainable future to stop the slide into the abyss of whole sale societal collapse which will soon become inevitable if we do not act at the size and speed needed to turn this around.

#wfp #saharadesert #worldfoodprogramme #unitednations #successstories #landrestoration #agricultureinnovation #permaculture #senegal #sehal THE GREAT GREEN WALL OF AFRICA : Success and Hope from the UN World Food Programme In a time and forum where we are free to criticize the UN Organization for wandering from its Mission to obtain World Peace, only to be plastered with tedious biodiversity posts one after the other in response, I have spent some time looking for evidence of actual forward-moving UN groundwork in the world. Why "The Great Green Wall of Africa" is not shown by the UN in place of "National Geographic" reprints is a public relations mystery. Studying and seeing this project eases the sense of general doom triggered by war, confusion, poisoned food or no food and no fresh water in the future, maybe no living ocean. Because this effort has worked according to principle and purpose, it restores trust. Overseen by The World Food Programme, the goal is to restore degraded lands which left to time will be reclaimed by the Sahara Desert, returning them by cultivation to life-giving resiliency. What has been successfully accomplished is stunning, beautiful, edible and truly green with hope. The project is guided by permaculture, a concept starting up decades ago, along with certified organic and sustainable agriculture. Conceived by two Australian men, in the USA permaculture did not really catch on as an industry term. This is well explained in Wikipedia. The plan of The Green Wall and the manner in which it is cultivated is a half-moon plan which was used long ago by indigenous people of the Sahel. It incorporates all the conservation and biodiversity principles, meets every criteria of aiding development. It produces indigenous food for indigenous wildlife and indigenous people. It is so awesome that the new generations of youth in the area are deciding to remain rather than leave for the city life. Though, this works only on degraded land which once supported plant life. Starting conditions are desert conditions which are to be reclaimed. This is a feel-better video: