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Q&A with Indigenous leader Gam Shimray on how rights, biodiversity and the global future are intertwined
07 februari 2023
Gam Shimray
Two months ago, the Land Rights Standard was launched alongside the UN Climate Change Conference (CoP27) in Egypt—a first-of-its-kind document developed over the course of three years with more than 70 Indigenous, local, and Afro-descendant groups, elegantly but firmly laying out pathways for “taking into account and respecting their distinct and differentiated rights, including their autonomy, priorities, and cosmovision,” as is stated in its preamble.
Now comes the real work: bringing the words of