Indigenous Peoples
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Society
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Environment
Environment ZimbabweIndigenous People Go Old School: Homes on Stilts Better Than Brick Houses
Increasingly warm temperatures and heavy floods around Binga, Zimbabwe, led the indigenous Tonga people to look to their past to protect their families: they’re now building ngazi – traditional elevated wooden huts – next to their modern brick homes.
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Technology
Technology BrazilIndigenous Tribe Uses Drones to Catch Land Grabbers in the Rainforest
The Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau, an indigenous tribe in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, have begun operating drones in January a drive to spot illegal loggers and land grabbers – and they immediately found a deforested site that they otherwise wouldn’t have noticed.
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Environment
Environment PeruGlaciers Are Almost Gone in Peru, Now 2 Sisters Save Drought-Hit Community With Rain Water
Peru’s glaciers have shrunk significantly in the past four decades, causing water to become a scarce resource for over 200,000 people in the Ayacucho region. So two Quechua sisters decided to act – building reservoirs to harvest rainwater for their community.
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Technology
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Society
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Environment
Environment ColombiaGuess Who Has the Lowest Carbon Footprint in the Amazon?
Researchers have revealed that areas protected by indigenous peoples and local communities release the least amount of carbon emissions in South America’s Amazon rainforest – accounting for merely 10% of all the emissions in the region!
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Heroes
Heroes PeruGoT Star Goes Deep Into the Endangered Rain Forest, Says: “There Is Hope”
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Nikolaj Coster-Waldau recently traveled to Peru with the UN agency on an investigative mission: uncovering the root of the fires in the Amazon, and what can be done to prevent future devastations.
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Society
Society USATask Force Founded to Protect Native American Women and Children from Crimes
In the United States, Native American women and girls have experienced violence in outrageous rates. Calling their situation “heartbreaking”, President Donald Trump has stepped up and launched a task force to help protect indigenous women and children.
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Society
