Why Indigenous Peoples' Guardianship?
Because Indigenous Peoples' guardianship is the best time-tested solution for a healthy planet
Guardianship describes the ways Indigenous Peoples care for ancestral lands and waters.
Around the world, Indigenous Peoples face an increasing barrage of threats including violence, forced removal from their lands, extractive industry that pollutes their territories and governments that often do not recognize their rights. Despite this, Indigenous Peoples' guardianship holds up the planet for all of us.
Forty percent of the world’s remaining large, intact ecosystems exist within Indigenous Peoples’ territories.
This is no coincidence.
Indigenous Peoples have fostered a thriving planet since time immemorial – despite continuous attacks on their self-determination.
My people have lived in a huge territory in the northern Amazon for more than 4,000 years. We are on the frontlines of the battle to save irreplaceable forests and stave off climate change.
- Jupta Itoewaki
Wayana Peoples, Suriname
Mulokot Foundation
