March 30, 2021

[SHARE] We Want To Be Included

More than 100 traditional owners and leading scientists from across Australia met this week to build a national First Nations voice on climate change.

From marine heatwaves and rising seas to bushfires and mass species deaths, climate change is having a major impact on First Peoples, their country, health and culture.

Internationally, Indigenous people make up less than 5% of the world’s population, but they manage and protect 80% of global biodiversity.

Read more at https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/27/we-want-to-be-included-first-nations-demand-a-say-on-climate-change

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