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Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action | Nonette Royo

May 3, 2022

In this engaging talk, Nonette Royo, a human rights lawyer at the Tenure Facility, discusses the vital role of Indigenous communities in caring for the Earth's forests. She highlights how these communities manage 80% of the world's biodiversity while facing threats from illegal exploitation. Royo shares her ambitious goal of aiding Indigenous peoples to secure 50 million hectares of forests through legal battles, emphasizing the critical link between environmental sustainability and social justice.

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Intro

4min

The Sacred Duty of Forest Guardianship Amidst Climate Crisis

3min

Guardians of the Forest: Indigenous Peoples' Impact

6min

The Urgency of Equitable Healthcare Access

2min

Advocating for Health Equity and Recognizing Healthcare as a Right

3min

Indigenous communities have looked after their ancestral forests for millennia, cultivating immense amounts of knowledge on how to protect, nourish and heal these vital environments. Today, 470 million Indigenous people care for and manage 80 percent of the world's biodiversity -- yet their legal rights to these lands are inexplicit and subject to exploitation by illegal loggers, miners and companies. Human rights lawyer Nonette Royo describes how her team at the Tenure Facility, an organization that provides legal assistance to Indigenous people by taking their land rights battles to court, will help these communities secure and defend 50 million hectares of forests over the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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