CGTN published this video item, entitled “COP28 Highlights: Elevating Indigenous voices and environmental guardianship in climate action” – below is their description.
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The plight of Indigenous peoples around the world and methane were not often regarded as the quintessential fronts in combating climate change, but COP28 has demonstrated that these issues must be seen and heard. Deforestation, once rampant in Brazil, has fallen in conjunction with the elevation of the rights of its Indigenous peoples. Brazilian President Lula da Silva has started a Ministry for Indigenous Peoples. CGTN speaks to its incumbent minister Sônia Guajajara. Guajajara explains that by protecting the world’s Indigenous peoples, we also protect the environment. As an Indigenous person herself, she says, “Where there is an Indigenous presence, there are protected forests, biodiversity, clean water and poison-free food. We are the greatest guardians of the planet. UN data proves that we account for 5 percent of the world’s population and protect 82 percent of the world’s biodiversity.”
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