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60 Indigenous people from 16 countries around the world who came together for the unprecedented gathering signed the declaration.
Read the declaration: svlint.org/nairobi-declarati…
The gathering brought together for the first time Indigenous representatives from around the world who are fighting conservation – to expose the human cost of fortress conservation and carbon markets, while presenting Indigenous-led alternatives.
The Declaration outlines the scale of the problem: “Our lands have been grabbed and stolen by conservation cartels under the guise of saving Mother Earth. Our territories are turned into national parks, tiger reserves, conservancies & trophy hunting reserves without our consent.”
They issued the Nairobi Declaration at the gathering, which also contains a blunt ultimatum to well-known conservation bodies, including WWF, WCS, African Parks, UNESCO and others to leave their lands and respect their rights, or they’ll kick them out.
In Nairobi, Indigenous people impacted by conservation have gathered for the first time to demand that “our ancestral lands, including those grabbed for parks and wildlife sanctuaries, be returned.”
📣 “This is not conservation – it’s a cartel.”
✊ "Leave our lands and respect our rights, or else we shall kick you out.”
ALT NEWS: Unique Indigenous gathering in Nairobi issues landmark global declaration on conservation
ALT NEWS: Unique Indigenous gathering in Nairobi issues landmark global declaration on conservation
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I and @shristhikhanna have collaborated with @Survival to highlight the issue of The Great Nicobar Project and the looming extermination of The Shompen Tribe.
The uncontacted Indigenous Shompen survived the 2004 tsunami — one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. Now, a man-made killer is coming for their island, Great Nicobar.
The Indian government wants to replace the Shompen’s unique rainforest with the ‘Hong Kong of India’: featuring a mega-port, a city, an airport, a power station, a military base, an industrial park, and a population the size of Las Vegas.
The plan is nothing less than genocidal.
Many of the Shompen are uncontacted, but they’re not in this fight alone. Stand with them, and write to the government to tell them to drop this disastrous project: svlint.org/ShompenIG
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I and @shristhikhanna have collaborated with @Survival to highlight the issue of The Great Nicobar Project and the looming extermination of The Shompen Tribe.
The uncontacted Indigenous Shompen survived the 2004 tsunami — one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. Now, a man-made killer is coming for their island, Great Nicobar.
The Indian government wants to replace the Shompen’s unique rainforest with the ‘Hong Kong of India’: featuring a mega-port, a city, an airport, a power station, a military base, an industrial park, and a population the size of Las Vegas.
The plan is nothing less than genocidal.
Many of the Shompen are uncontacted, but they’re not in this fight alone. Stand with them, and write to the government to tell them to drop this disastrous project: svlint.org/ShompenIG
Survival International retweeted
NEW JOINT STATEMENT | REVOKE OFAC LICENSES
A coalition led by @SOSOrinoco with @GlobalWitness @Survival @FACTCoalition, Environmental Investigation Agency US and Venezuelan environmental partners @clima21_VE @WatunnaV @CHUNIKAI_VZLA Laboratorio de Paz, Fundacion AguaClara, Grupo Emergencia Humanitaria Compleja en Agua, Movimiento Ser, warns that OFAC's new Venezuela mineral licenses (GL51A, 54, 55) could open global markets to conflict gold, narco proceeds, and terror-linked revenue streams.
❗️GL54 is the real inflection point. GL55 is the quiet entry point.
‼️Without full mine-to-export traceability, this risks becoming one of the largest illicit gold laundering pipelines ever opened to global markets.
📄 Statement: drive.google.com/file/d/1IPZ…
This event comes amid Survival's new global report by Survival and the paperback launch of How to Save the Amazon by Dom Phillips.
20th April: don't miss it ✊
Beto Marubo will be in conversation with Dom Phillips’ widow, Alessandra Sampaio, and Fiona Watson from Survival, moderated by Brazil Matters' Ali Rocha.
🎟️: eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evenin…
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