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LAND CONSERVATION

Indigenous rights vital to survival

Nature Sustainability volume 1, pages 339–340 (2018)Cite this article

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At the global scale, indigenous lands are critical for biodiversity conservation and cultural survival. Yet at local, sub-national and national scales both are often threatened.

In the corridors of power, indigenous peoples are easily dismissed as quaint anachronisms in the modern world. But even as they are marginalized from decision-making systems that affect their well-being, indigenous peoples are unequivocally central to many of the most compelling contemporary challenges.

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Howitt, R. Indigenous rights vital to survival. Nat Sustain 1, 339–340 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0105-1

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