Indigenous and local communities’ conservation practices need policy support, says new global report
27 June 2018: Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ conservation practices are fundamental to biodiversity conservation, but these barely receive support or recognition from governments, argues the Global Forest Coalition [1] in a new global report launched today [2]. The report documents in-depth, participatory assessments by more than 30 communities in 12 different countries of the resilience of their own biodiversity conservation initiatives, and provides concrete proposals to governments, urging them to support such initiatives. The report is part of the …
