Indigenous peoples have experienced not only the effects of climate change most dramatically, but they have borne the brunt of misguided mitigation measures." Patricia Cochran, Chair,
Inuit Circumpolar Council
“Although they contribute very little to the underlying causes of climate change, indigenous peoples are helping enhance the resilience of ecosystems they inhabit and are interpreting and reacting to the impacts of climate change in creative ways, drawing on traditional knowledge and other technologies to find solutions which may help society at large to cope with impending changes.” United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Press Release, 16th April 2008
The End of the Hinterland
Forests, Conflict and Climate Change
January 2010 view report
Climate Change -- Has the Earth been cooling? view report
Ecuadorian Amazonians see Avatar (in 3-D) view report
REDD - As Part of the Solution - tveinspiringChange view report
2nd Edition of Guide on Climate Change and
Indigenous Peoples
Tebtebba Victoria Tauli-Corpuz et al, September 2009 View
guide(PDF - 8.4MB)
The impact of a global temperature rise of 4ºC (7 ºF)
The UK's Met Office Hadley Centre has produced an interactive map outlining some of the impacts that may occur if the global average temperature rises by 4 °C (7 °F) above the pre-industrial climate average. The map represents the latest peer-reviewed science on the impacts.
Website Link: click here
Source: The UK Met Office
Indigenous Peoples' Rights and REDD: The Case of the Saramaka People v. Suriname
Given that indigenous peoples are the traditional owners of a large percentage of the world's remaining forests, this article raises the issue of the extent to which the various proposals for Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) or Avoided Deforestation (AD) must account for and respect indigenous peoples' rights.
Forest Peoples Programme, March 2009
view report (PDF - 0.1 MB)
REDD Pocket Guide for Indigenous
Peoples
United Nations University (UNU-IAS) This is a short guide
for indigenous communities to climate change and to the
current international debate surrounding Reducing Emissions
from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing
Countries (REDD), Dec 2008 view
report (PDF - 2.2 MB)
Seeing REDD: forests, climate change mitigation and the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.
Update for Poznan FPP Briefing; and K. Dooley, T. Griffiths, H. Leake, & S. Ozinga, December 2008 view report (PDF - 0.75 MB)
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation in Indonesia Rainforest Foundation Norway, Patrick Anderson and Torry Kuswardono, Jakarta, September 2008
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Peatland degradation fuels climate change
Wetlands International and Delft Hydraulics, 2006;
The article presents shocking information on climate change caused by wetland destruction in Indonesia.Wetlands
International and Delft Hydraulics and Alterra for the 12th UN-FCCC summit, Nairobi 2006, Marcel Silvius, Alex
Kaat, 2006 view report (PDF - 4.8 MB)
“Although they contribute very little to the underlying causes of climate change, indigenous peoples are helping enhance the resilience of ecosystems they inhabit and are interpreting and reacting to the impacts of climate change in creative ways, drawing on traditional knowledge and other technologies to find solutions which may help society at large to cope with impending changes.”