Physician, lawyer helping cool humans nurture an abundant future. Hint: that future? It’s Indigenous. (Yep, I’m Cherokee)(Views here? Mine.)
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The Repair Velocity: What Happens After Someone Says “I’m Triggered” open.substack.com/pub/michae…
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At @ConfluenceP Emergence-Indigenous Thought Leader lunch. Great panel of Indigenous women leaders. @NiaTero
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On the heels of #BlackHistoryMonth and into #WomensHistoryMonth in March, we offer this insightful read by our Managing Director of Storytelling Tracy Rector. She reflects on Black and Indigenous liberation and the role of land in that narrative. bit.ly/3KXvxAM
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Carbon market proposals for partnering with Indigenous peoples must begin with respect of their land rights and #DeepRoots, says @levisucre. That is the only guarantee that forests will remain standing. nytimes.com/2022/12/01/opini… @NiaTero
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Julio César López Jamioy, Organización nacional de los pueblos indígenas de la Amazonía colombina - OPIAC-making comment intervention at United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. @NiaTero
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Ángela Kaxuyana, del pueblo Kahyana de la Tierra Indígena Kaxuyana Tunayana, formo parte del Ejecutivo de la Coordinación de Organizaciones Indígenas de la Amazonía Brasileña making comment intervention at United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. @NiaTero
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@NiaTero at @TEDTalks before last session. (Spoiler: several of these Indigenous leaders will be giving TED talks in a few months..) #watchthisspace
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Efforts to heal the world need us Indigenous peoples - now! @NiaTero @jing_corpuz news.trust.org/item/20220407…
@jing_corpuz putting Geneva CBD negotiations in context…Can humanity cooperate and assist planet’s Indigenous guardians to ensure Earth is a hospitable place for humans to survive and thrive? (The jury is out…) @NiaTero
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Webinar at CBD/Geneva today on big financing for Indigenous guardianship of biodiversity. Is philanthropy up to the challenge? Can philanthropy change? Does philanthropy use “Indigenous capacity concerns” as an excuse? @NiaTero @jing_corpuz
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Lots of hope voiced at CBD Indigenous press conference in Geneva-Indigenous rights and human rights integrated in current drafts. But vigilance required to keep them there. @NiaTero @jing_corpuz
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@jing_corpuz at CBD Indigenous press conference emphasizing that Indigenous rights could vanish from final Global Biodiversity Framework-urges vigilance. @NiaTero
Geneva CBD meetings-protest recognizing the many murdered Indigenous land defenders. Over 331 in 2020 in 25 countries. #stopthekilling @NiaTero
Great interview!
Globally, "it's remarkable that the places that are still healthy are mostly under the guardianship of Indigenous people" — @peter_seligmann @NiaTero says it's not a coincidence, and the rest of the world can learn from this.
on.cfr.org/3KYralH
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