This Indigenous Brazilian Climate Activist Says Indigenous Voices And Knowledge Are Vital To Climate Justice Solutions
"There is a lot of ancestral knowledge and a lot of traditional knowledge and that can help us face the climate crisis."
Indigenous people have a lot to contribute to solutions for climate change because about 85% of the world’s biodiversity is stored in Indigenous territories, Paulo Galvão, a 20-year-old Indigenous Brazilian climate activist, told Almost at UNESCO’s World Press Freedom Day event in Santiago, Chile.
“The climate crisis is destroying our territories, destroys biodiversity, destroys our lives and stories,” he said.
He added that it is only through including and empowering the voices and experiences of Indigenous people that we are able to achieve climate solutions that are just and equitable.
“There is a lot of ancestral knowledge and a lot of traditional knowledge and that can help us face the climate crisis,” he said.
