Indigenous peoples proven to sustain biodiversity and address climate change: Now it’s time to recognize and support this leadership

By Steven Nitah, CRP Leadership Circle and Senior Advisor to the Indigenous Leadership Initiative

Originally published in One Earth: Volume 4, Issue 7, 23 July 2021, Pages 907-909

People around the world increasingly see the urgent need to tackle the twin emergencies of climate change and biodiversity loss. We can make progress on both these fronts if the world also recognizes the leadership of Indigenous peoples who oversee the most healthy, biodiverse, and intact lands and waters left on Earth.