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September 29th, 2022
9:00 -10:30 AM EST
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Recent global events have had dire impacts on the world's remaining forests, particularly in tropical regions. Disease outbreak, war and social insecurity may have originated in other parts of the globe, however their effects ripple and affect the most vulnerable regions & people. This ripple effect has brought unwelcome impacts that have become apparent in the Amazon.
Shortly after the emergence of COVID-19, NGOs pulled their support from field projects and vital supplementary revenues from ecotourism dried up. In Bolivia, government officials closed 22 National Parks, removing NGOs and security from the field, which led to a spike in illegal fishing and wildlife trafficking. Many governments were too distracted by the crisis to address rising violence against environmental and human rights defenders, more than 300 of whom were killed in Colombia alone. More recently, the war in Ukraine has caused serious disruption to the global timber trade and these impacts are echoing in the Amazon rainforest. The Brazilian government has claimed that allowing mining in the Amazon, and subsequently Indigenous territories, could end Brazil’s dependence on imported fertilizers from countries such as Russia and Belarus. Indigenous resistance is being undermined by the government’s long-standing refusal to acknowledge their land claims, resulting in destruction and violence. Unnatural rainforest wildfires in the Amazon rainforest have also been grabbing headlines, however the Indigenous Peoples and local communities who are the guardians of these forests face a multitude of threats. Not only are their territories targeted for extractive activities such as gold mining and intensive agriculture, but without clear land titles their livelihoods remain legally precarious.
This webinar reflected on global events that have impacted the Amazon region, putting an emphasis on the solutions and progress for a more secure future for Indigenous populations in the Amazon region.
Moderator
Fabio Teixeira
Speakers
Silvana
Baldovino
Beto
Borges
Alexandra
Narvaes
Astolfo
Aranburo
Barbara
Fraser
The Land Dialogues webinar series promotes the centrality of Indigenous and community land rights in advancing global efforts to halt the climate crisis, achieving a healthy planet and forwarding the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It focuses on the importance of formally recognising and securing the customary lands of Indigenous Peoples and local communities as a crucial contribution to the overall climate health of the planet.
The Land Dialogues 2023 series shed light on a variety of important issues regarding the agency of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ land rights; from the power differentials that existed concerning Indigenous land data, to Indigenous Peoples and Local communities taking back control of the dialogues and discussions with donors regarding climate funds.
In 2022 we remain in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic, increasingly violent weather events connected to the changing climate, and global security tensions due to war and conflict. Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are among the most vulnerable and are both directly and indirectly hard-hit by these events.
The Land Portal Foundation, the Tenure Facility, the Thomson Reuters Foundation and the Ford Foundation proposed a series of Land Dialogues promoting the centrality of Indigenous and community land rights in advancing global efforts to halt the climate crisis, achieving a healthy planet and forwarding the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.