“By respecting and protecting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and amplifying their voice in conservation policies, practices, and governance structures, WCS Global is travelling the best and ...
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Sushil Raj is the Executive Director of the Rights & Communities Program at the Wildlife Conservation Society. He is a former Member of the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, a Special Rapporteur mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council.
The Time Is Now to Build a Common Vision and Purpose for Decolonizing Conservation
Thousands of Indigenous Peoples, academics, civil society networks, international organizations, and governments are gathering at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues this month to focus on the theme of “Indigenous ...
READ MORE ›Global Biodiversity Protection Must Center Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities’ Human Rights
The long-awaited biennial Conference of the Parties—or COP—to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity got underway last week in Montreal after a two-year delay caused by the covid pandemic. The convention is ...
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