COVID-19 and Public Health: Indigenous Peoples on the Front Line | Land Portal
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Wednesday, September 2nd, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM EST (3:00 PM – 4:30 PM CEST)

Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans, with Ebola, SARS, MERS and now COVID-19 being examples. Scientists are warning that deforestation, industrial agriculture, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and other types of environmental degradation increase the risk of future pandemics.

The COVID-19 pandemic poses a grave health threat to Indigenous Peoples around the world. Indigenous communities already experience poor access to healthcare, significantly higher rates of communicable diseases and lack of access to essential services like sanitation. Local medical facilities are often under-equipped and under-staffed. Even when Indigenous Peoples are able to access healthcare services, they can face stigma and discrimination. 

This webinar will discuss the connection between land rights, climate and the health of indigenous peoples -- based on the continuous evidence that the damage caused to the planet will bring more zoo-tropic diseases. Officials from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the United Nations (UN) and the World Wildlife Fund International (WWF) have directly linked the emergence of pandemics like Coronavirus to our “broken relationship with nature,” epitomized by the destruction of natural habitats and the collapse of biodiversity. They call for a shift back to ecological and ecosystem integrity, sustainable co-existence with the natural world, values which have underpinned indigenous values for centuries, making Indigenous Peoples key actors in the battle to mitigate and adapt to climate change.
 

Moderator

 

Laurie L. Goering (Climate Change Editor, Head of Climate Programme at the Thomson Reuters Foundation)

 
 

Laurie L. Goering
Climate Change Editor
Head of Climate  Programme
Thomson Reuters Foundation

 

 

Panelists

Mina Susana Setra (Deputy to Secretary General, Social Culture Affairs, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN)
Mina Susana Setra
Deputy to
Secretary General
Social Culture Affairs
Aliansi Masyarakat
Adat Nusantara
(AMAN)

Joshua Lichtenstein (Program Manager, Rainforest Foundation US)
Joshua Lichtenstein
Program Manager
Rainforest Foundation US
 
 

 

 

Célia Xakriabá (Quarentina Indigina)
Célia Xakriabá
Emergência Indígena 
  

 
 
 
 

 

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COVID-19 and Public Health: Indigenous Peoples on the Front Line
Informes e investigaciones
Octubre, 2020
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Three-quarters of emerging infectious diseases are zoonoses, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to humans, with Ebola, SARS, MERS and now COVID-19 being examples. Scientists are warning that deforestation, industrial agriculture, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and other types of environmental degradation increase the risk of future pandemics.

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