Indijṇs pplz bî far ɖ bst gardịnz v forists – YN rport
(Transcription of a Guardian article of 25 March 2021)
Prizrvñ Latin America’z forists z vîtl t fît ɖ clîṃtcrîsis, n dfoṛsteśn z lowr in indijṇs teritriz
Deḿn Carñtn, Invîrnmnt editr, 25 Marć 2021
Ɖ imbatld indijṇs pplz v Latin America r bî far ɖ bst gardịnz v ɖ rījnz’ forists, acordñ t a YN rport, wɖ dfoṛsteśnrets p t 50% lowr in ɖer teritriz ɖn elsẃr.
Pṛtctñ ɖ vast forists z vîtl t tac̣lñ ɖ clîṃtcrîsis n pluṃtñ popyleśnz v wîldlîf, n ɖ rport faund ɖt recgnîzñ ɖ rîts v indijṇs n trîbl pplz t ɖer land z wn v ɖ most cost-ifctiv ax́nz. Ɖ rport olso cōlz fr ɖ pplz t b peid fr ɖ invîrnmntl beṇfits ɖer stywdśp pṛvîdz, n fr fundñ fr ɖ rīvîṭlîześn v ɖer ansestṛl nolij v livñ in harṃni wɖ nećr.
Hvr, ɖ dmand fr bīf, sô, timbr, ôl n minṛlz mīnz ɖ ʈrets t indijṇs pplz n ɖer foristhomz r rîzñ. Hundṛdz v cḿṇtilīdrz hv bn cild bcz v dspyts ovr land in rīsnt yirz, n ɖ Covid-19 pandemic hz add t ɖ denjrz forist pplz fes.
Dmandz bî indijṇs pplz fr ɖer rîts hv bcm incrisñli viẓbl in rīsnt yirz, ɖ rport sd, bt ɖs hz cm wɖ incrisñ prṣkśn, resizm, n asaṣneśnz. S’portñ ɖz pplz t pṛtct ɖ forists z ptiklrli crūśl nǎ wɖ sayntists wornñ ɖt ɖ Aṃzn z nirñ a tipñpônt ẃr it swićz fṛm renforist t svana, riscñ ɖ rlis v biłnz v tunz v carbn intu ɖ atṃsfir.
Ɖ rport wz pṛdyst bî ɖ YN Fūd n Agriculćr Orġnîześn n ɖ Fund fr ɖ Dveḷpmnt v Indijṇs Pplz v Latin America n ɖ Caṛbiyn (Filac), best on a rvy v mor ɖn 300 studiz.
“Olmst haf v ɖ intact forists in ɖ Aṃzn besn r in indijṇs teritriz n ɖ evidns v ɖer vîtl rǒl in foristpṛtx́n z cristl-clir,” sd ɖ prezidnt v Filac, Mirna Cunñm, an indijṇs wmn fṛm Nic̣rağa. “Ẃl ɖ eria v intact forist dclînd bî onli 5% btwn 2000 n 2016 in ɖ rījn’z indijṇs eriaz, in ɖ non-indijṇs eriaz it fél bî 11%. Ɖs z ẃ [indijṇs pplz’] vôs n viźn śd b tecn intu acǎnt in ol globl iniṣ́tivz rletñ t clîṃtćenj, bîoḍvrṣti n foṛstri.”
“Indijṇs pplz hv a difṛnt consept v forists,” ś sd. “Ɖe r nt sìn az a ples ẃr y tec ǎt rzorsz t incris yr muni – ɖe r sìn az a spes ẃr w liv n ɖt z gvn t s t pṛtct fr ɖ nxt jeṇreśnz.”
Indijṇs n trîbl teritriz cnten abt a ʈrd v ol ɖ carbn stord in ɖ forists v Latin America, sd Julio Berdegué, ɖ FAO’z Rījnl Repriznttiv: “Ɖz pplz r rić ẃn it cmz t culćr, nolij, n naćṛl rzorsz, bt sm v ɖ purist ẃn it cmz t incumz n axes t srṿsz.” S’portñ ɖm wd olso hlp avôd ny pandemics, h sd, az ɖz r most ofn ɖ rzult v ɖ dstrux́n v nećr.
“Īvn undr sīj fṛm Covid-19 n a frîṭnñ rîz in inveźnz fṛm ǎtsîdrz, w rmen ɖ wnz hu cn stop ɖ dstrux́n v ǎr forists n ɖer bîoḍvrs treźrz,” sd José Gregorio Diaz Mirabal, indijṇs līdr v an umbreḷgrūp, ɖ Coorḍnetr v ɖ Indijṇs Orġnîześnz v ɖ Aṃzn Besn. H sd ɖ rport’s evidns s’ports hiz cōl fr clîṃtfundz t g d’recli t indijṇs pplz n nt guvnmnts vulnṛbl t c’rupśn.
Ɖ rport faund ɖ bst foristpṛtx́n wz pṛvîdd bî pplz wɖ c’lectiv līgl tîtlz t ɖer landz. A 12-yir studi in ɖ B’livịn, Bṛziłn, n Clumbịn Aṃzn faund dfoṛsteśnrets in sć teritriz wr onli wn haf t wn-ʈrd v ɖoz in uɖr similr forists. Īvn ɖo indijṇs teritriz cuvr 28% v ɖ Aṃzn Besn, ɖe onli jeṇretd 2.6% v ɖ rījn’z carbn imiśnz, ɖ rport sd.
Indijṇs pplz okpî 400m hectares v land in ɖ rījn, bt ɖr z no līgl recgniśn v ɖer proṗtirîts in a ʈrd v ɖs eria. “Ẃl ɖ impact v gaṛntiyñ teńrs’kṛti z gret, ɖ cost z vri lo,” ɖ rport sd, nīdñ les ɖn $45 p’ hecter fr ɖ mapñ, ngośieśn n līgl wrc rqîrd.
Ɖ rport sd it wd cost mni tîmz mor t privnt carbn imiśnz fṛm fosilfyl brnñ yzñ carbncapćr n storij tecnoḷji on pǎrplants. Ɖ grantñ v landrîts t indijṇs ppl hz incrist ovr ɖ last 20 yirz, Cunñm sd, bt hz sloud dǎn in rīsnt yirz.
Peyñ indijṇs n trîbl cḿṇtiz fr ɖ invîrnmntl srṿsz v ɖer teritriz hz rdyst dfoṛsteśn in cuntriz includñ Eqdor, Mx̣co, n P’ru. Berdegué sd sć programz cd atract hundṛdz v miłnz v dolrz p’ yir fṛm inṭnaśnl sorsz.
Ɖ nīd fr pṛtx́n z rjnt, ɖ rport sd, wɖ ańl dfoṛsteśnrets in Bṛzil’z indijṇs teritriz rîzñ fṛm 10,000 hecterz in 2017 t 43,000 hecterz in 2019. In Jańri, indijṇs līdrz rjd ɖ inṭnaśnl criminl cort t invstget Bṛzil’z prezidnt, Jair Bolsonaro, ovr hiz dsmantlñ v invîrnmntl poḷsiz n vạleśnz v indijṇs rîts.
Elsẃr, ɖ eria v larj intact forists in indijṇs teritriz hz fōḷn btwn 2000 n 2016, wɖ 59% lost in Paṛḡî, 42% in Nic̣rağa, 30% in Hondyṛs n 20% in B’livia. Mînñ n ôl cnseśnz nǎ oṿle olmst a qortr v ɖ land in Aṃzn besn indijṇs n trîbl teritriz, ɖ rport sd.
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