Mapping Unity: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ Shared Quest for Rights, Preservation, and Empowerment

Mapping Unity: Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities' Shared Quest for Rights, Preservation, and Empowerment Worldwide, Indigenous people and local communities (IPs&LCs) collectively manage more than half of the world’s land. These lands, which include a large proportion of the world’s remaining intact forest ecosystems, are vital not only to those who inhabit them, but also to the rest of the world as biodiversity hotspots, their ability to filter pollutants from air and water, and their role as carbon sinks. Unfortunately, many…