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COP15 recognises Indigenous Peoples’ work, but won’t disarm the threat of mass extinction
“Corporate schemes like nature-based solutions and offsets leeched on to the UN biodiversity talks from start to finish. These are false solutions that may prove to be costly mistakes. The scandals and greenwashing you see in carbon offsetting today are what’s on the menu for biodiversity tomorrow.”
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The first plastics treaty negotiation is done: what you need to know
As of now, plastics producers are given the same consideration as communities suffering from their products and scientists are sounding the alarm. Plastics treaty negotiations can not be co-opted by welcoming oil and plastics industry lobbyists to dominate the discussion and weaken ambition.
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Dare To Dream – Visions for the future with the youth of Indonesia
The Indonesia Youth Festival took a different approach by engaging the youth through a happier and more lighthearted mood. The festival aimed at educating them to own their understanding about politics and oligarchy, and emphasizing their role in creating a better future.
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Images reveal illegal road threatening isolated Indigenous People in Yanomami Land in Brazil
Images from a flyover reveal a 150-kilometre-long illegal road within the Yanomami Indigenous Territory connecting several areas where illegal mining occurs, and is less than 15km from the village of the voluntarily isolated People Moxihatëtëma.
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An address from an Indigenous Namblong woman to COP15 Executive Secretary
Orpha Novita Yoshua is a young Indigenous Namblong woman from the Grime Nawa Valley in West Papua, Indonesia attending the Biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, Canada.
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Greenpeace calls for real biodiversity protections in final week of COP15
As government officials arrive for the final week of negotiations at COP15, Greenpeace calls for the final agreement to ensure that Indigenous Rights are protected and respected.
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Indigenous Rights are human rights, key to protecting biodiversity at COP15
Hundreds of Indigenous Peoples, nature protectors, and biodiversity activists braved the cold together to march through Montreal where UN biodiversity talks are underway.
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Meet 4 inspiring Indigenous Leaders at COP15
Meet four of the Indigenous Leaders who have travelled to COP15 to voice the need to recognise Indigenous and traditional land rights.
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Greenpeace Volunteers: “You have to act for the change you want to see.”
Greenpeace volunteers are concerned citizens from around the world taking action to protect people and the planet.