indigenous communities

Haven’t We Lost Half of Our Forest Cover in the Last Century? We Need Lose None No More

Let's not lose more than we stand to gain. Deforestation is causing extensive loss of our biodiversity, hunger and extreme poverty due to compromised rainfall patterns when trees that act as rainfall catchments in tropical forests are constantly cut down for commercial reasons. A bleak future awaits a generation which will not put in place accurate measures to denounce deforestation.

Safeguarding Sri Lankan Indigenous community “veddhas”

Sri Lankan forests are the home of Veddah indigenous community, and also forests are the home of 7800 species of flora and over 15,000 species of fauna. So undoubtedly protecting veddahs means conservation of Sri Lankan biodiversity and environment

The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples in the COVID-19 Era

The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples in the COVID-19 Era

In the Philippines, the resilience of indigenous peoples is put to the test as they not only deal with the grave impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their communities, but also resist the proposed construction of a dam that could displace them from their ancestral domains and destroy nearby ecosystems.