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On forests, UN & indigenous people are worlds apart
2015-12-02 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: On the cold tarmac of the UN tent city, indigenous dress clashed with a blur of business attire as Amazonian Indians milled around a mock Eiffel Tower. With facial markings and feather headdresses, these were some of the few to gain accreditation to a climate summit on Paris` heavily-policed margins. They had travelled thousands of miles to have their voices heard. Negotiators from 195 nations are grappling to clinch a new global climate agreement by the end of next week. But the COP21,...
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