"The individual and collective rights of Indigenous Peoples are not negotiable", says UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the 2025 #UNPFII Opening #UNDRIP

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Recent events and policy decisions across the world are worrying conservationists and climate researchers.

Here, Mongabay lists out ten unique community-led initiatives across the world that show positive and proven impacts.

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📣 The Special Rapporteur on the rights of #IndigenousPeoples invites contributions on the recognition by States of Indigenous Peoples.

❗Deadline for submissions is 28 March 2025

➡️https://www.ohchr.org/en/calls-for-input/2025/call-contributions-report-special-rapporteur-rights-indigenous-peoples-be

Indigenous leaders optimistic after resumed U.N. biodiversity conference in Rome, via @mongabay.bsky.social #COP16 #IndigenousPeoples
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Temperature can increase bee colony loss in dry, hot and wet seasons, and beekeepers practicing water supplementation experience up to 10% less decrease, a study says.

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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

More than 25,000 people from 200 communities have restored nearly 5,000 hectares of the high-altitude Polylepis forests and protected more than 11,250 hectares of woodland.

Acción Andina (Andean Action) is an initiative that has launched 23 projects in Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Ecuador.

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

After 23 days of protests, Indigenous groups and teachers in Pará, Brazil, have successfully pressured Governor Helder Barbalho to revoke a controversial education law that favored online learning in remote communities and slashed benefits for teachers.
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JOIN THE IPBES SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM! 📢🌍🧪

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Abgebrannte Wälder, verseuchte Gewässer - die Umweltschäden durch den Krieg gegen die #Ukraine sind groß. Die Schäden werden auf mehr als 70 Milliarden Euro beziffert. Umweltschützer kritisieren einen #Ökozid.
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Are you interested in studying in #Germany❓ Join us for an online info session showcasing the MA programme “Labour Policies and #Globalisation”.

📅Date: February 3, 2025, at 14:00 (CET)

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Environmental risks dominate @weforum.org Global Risks Report 2025.

Extreme weather & #biodiversity loss top 10-year threats. Pollution rises in short-term urgency. 🌍

The IPBES #NexusAssessment just showed how important it is to tackle interlinked crises together.

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30x30 Ziel in Deutschland: Alle Bundesländer müssen nachbessern. via @nabu.de
#CBD #GBF #biodiversity #30x30
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High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds

Just two months till my new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press) is out! I outline how just a few giant firms came to dominate the farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds and pesticides industries, and the consequences of corporate power in those sectors.

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Tipp: Das Hörbuch "Geflochtenes Süßgras" der Indigenen Pflanzenökologin Robin Wall Kimmerer gibt es kostenlos auf Spotify: open.spotify.com/intl-de/albu...
#IndigenousPeoples #Ecology #cosmovision #science

#NowReading Die Wächter der Unterwelt - Indigene Gemeinschaften betrachten die Natur als lebendiges Wesen und kämpfen dafür, dass sie eigene Rechte bekommt. In Mexiko will eine Maya-Bewegung so die Cenotes schützen, heilige Unterwasserhöhlen via @spiegel.de
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Indigenous women from Krahô communities in Brazil’s Tocantins state have formed a surveillance group to protect their ancestral territory from invaders.

They plan and implement territorial protection actions based on Krahô traditions and ways of life.

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