Indigenous Peoples

“It is very important that people who are in other countries and places learn how Indigenous people have, over thousands of years, preserved the forest.”

Chela Elena Umire

Member of the indigenous La Chorrera community in the Colombian Amazon

🩹Indigenous peoples can show us how to mend our broken relationship with nature

🏭 Indigenous peoples face and respond to many threats to their lands and territories

☝️It is vital we help uphold their rights and support to care for the planet using their traditional knowledge

Read about the valuable contributions of IPLCs here: https://explore.panda.org/celebrating-indigenous-peoples-and-their-territories-of-life


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