Out of the 40,000 delegates from nearly 200 countries who attended the November United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, very few were indigenous leaders and activists, many of whom are experts at conservation and regeneration.
— produced by the Arctic Council, an intergovernmental organization — describes the knowledge offered by indigenous Arctic groups as providing a “human dimension” to scientists’ calculation of impacts of climate change. Across the Arctic, indigenous comprehension of the climate crisis continues to be referred to as “traditional ecological knowledge.”people argue that this kind of integration of indigenous intelligence serves the sole purpose of strengthening Western science.
“And this,” Murmu said, “is despite not using any Western scientific approaches, and only the traditional knowledge that we have derived from centuries of living sustainably.”is inhabited and protected by indigenous people. But Arjun Mehar, an Adivasi activist and writer based in Rajasthan, India, compares that huge percentage with the lack of representation, and even persecution, of indigenous activists.
Amid the efforts to bridge the gap between climate science and indigenous know-how, indigenous activists face threats to their lives.reports that, globally, there have been 227 land and environmental activists murdered in 2021. One-third of the attacks were targeted at indigenous communities, who only make up 5 percent of the population. The group also reports that only 10 percent of environmental defenders’ murderers are ever brought to justice.
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