Local knowledge for global decision making: #weareindigenous
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Climate change and human rights violations further marginalize indigenous peoples and local communities. Indigenous communities today, especially indigenous youth, however, are changing this narrative, and harnessing their indigenous knowledge and practices to develop new skills, use technology, and create locally-led solutions to build resilience to climate change, improve food security, and a more resilient, just, and sustainable future, not just for indigenous communities but for us all.
This future, however, depends on the decisions that are made today. The participation of indigenous people and youth in high-level decision-making and policy implementation is crucial to ensure a resilient and sustainable future that also inherently integrates and acknowledges their rights as the indigenous.
The International Day of Indigenous Peoples: Agents of Change
Today, August 9, marks the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. This year’s theme is “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination.” It reinforces the message that indigenous youth, the next generation, must participate in and be a part of decision-making spaces at all levels; from bottom-up efforts to build resilience to climate change, to not only ensure effective implementation of the rights of indigenous communities but to also create sustainable and equitable impact that also protects indigenous knowledge, traditions, and practices.
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