Categories: All - environment - social - indigenous - recognition

by Vanessa Bogue 3 years ago

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Land & Resource Rights

The destruction of forests within indigenous territories has escalated dramatically, with illegal deforestation increasing by 50% in 2015. This rampant deforestation poses severe threats to both the environment and indigenous communities who depend on these lands.

Land & Resource Rights

Citation

IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs (n.d.). Climate Change. IWGIA - International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs.

the Guardian (28 Jun. 2011.). Amazon: a tale of two economies. the Guardian.

Greenpeace Canada (n.d.). Amazon, Bolsonaro, Cattle: the ABC’s of Destruction - Greenpeace Canada. Greenpeace Canada.

Land & Resource Rights

Awareness Of the Issue

Indigenous People's Rights
Virtual role in world views & knowledge
Fight for Climate Change
Deforestation

Patterns in addressing the issue

Environmental Organizational based

Mission

Protests

expose global environmental problems

promote solutions

Non- Governmental Org

Created by the Amazonas State Government

Brazilian based

Promotes

improvement in quality of life for riverside communities

conservation

sustainable development

Group for Indigenous Affairs

promotes the collective rights

Social Justice Issues

The Environment
Impacts on weather in other continents

Increasing deforestation

Produce of own rainfall will end

transform into an arid savannah

Killing off species

Large amounts of carbon in atmosphere

Animals & Plants dying
Indigenous People's Live
Lost homes
Lost lives

Declining Forest Life

Deforestation in Indigenous Territories
Increased by 50%

Happened illegally

Happened in 2015

Organizations addressing the issue

IWGIA
Amazon Sustainability Foundation
Greenpeace