Posts tagged COVID-19
Indigenous Peoples are crucial partners to build a better post–COVID-19 world, says IFAD President

Business Ghana

July 15, 2020
Indigenous Peoples and their unique knowledge are essential to address the COVID-19 outbreak and to build a more sustainable, resilient world as we recover from the pandemic, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) said today.

“The COVID-19 pandemic shows us that we need to rethink the way we interact with nature, as well as how we produce and consume food.

The continuous use of unsustainable agricultural practices, and the devastation of forests and wildlife, are part of what has brought us into closer contact with the virus that causes COVID-19,” said IFAD President, Gilbert F. Houngbo.

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COVID-19 crisis tells world what Indigenous Peoples have been saying for thousands of years

National Observer

March 24, 2020
COVID-19 and other health endemics are directly connected to climate change and deforestation, according to Indigenous leaders from around the world who gathered on March 13, in New York City, for a panel on Indigenous rights, deforestation and related health endemics.

“The coronavirus is telling the world what Indigenous Peoples have been saying for thousands of years — if we do not help protect biodiversity and nature, we will face this and even worse threats,” said Levi Sucre Romero, a BriBri Indigenous person from Costa Rica and co-coordinator of the Mesoamerican Alliance of Peoples and Forests (AMPB).

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