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Deforestation puts cultural survival forest-dependent peoples risk
2014-12-10 07:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Forest-dependent peoples face grave threats from deforestation and other depredations, warns a new report that urges greater recognition of traditional land use and support of community-led initiatives to fight forest loss. The report, published Monday during climate talks in Lima, is based on research by dozens of indigenous and forest communities from Africa, Asia and Latin America, which convened this past March in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province. It documents a litany of transgressions...
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