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Importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes

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Title Importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes
 
Creator Fa, J.E.
Watson, J.E.M.
Leiper, I.
Potapov, P.
Evans, T.D.
Burgess, Neil D.
Molnár, Z.
Fernández-Llamazare, Á,
Duncan, T.
Wang, S.
Austin, B.J.
Jonas, H.
Robinson, C.J.
Malmer, P.
Zander, K.K.
Jackson, M.V.
Ellis, E.
Brondizio, E.S.
Garnett, S.T.
 
Subject conservation
indigenous peoples
landscape
 
Description Intact Forest Landscapes (IFLs) are critical strongholds for the environmental services that they provide, not least for their role in climate protection. On the basis of information about the distributions of IFLs and Indigenous Peoples’ lands, we examined the importance of these areas for conserving the world's remaining intact forests. We determined that at least 36% of IFLs are within Indigenous Peoples’ lands, making these areas crucial to the mitigation action needed to avoid catastrophic climate change. We also provide evidence that IFL loss rates have been considerably lower on Indigenous Peoples’ lands than on other lands, although these forests are still vulnerable to clearing and other threats. World governments must recognize Indigenous Peoples’ rights, including land tenure rights, to ensure that Indigenous Peoples play active roles in decision‐making processes that affect IFLs on their lands. Such recognition is critical given the urgent need to reduce deforestation rates in the face of escalating climate change and global biodiversity loss.
 
Date 2020-04
2021-03-08T08:17:07Z
2021-03-08T08:17:07Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Fa, J.E., Watson, J.E.M., Leiper, I., Potapov, P., Evans, T.D., Burgess, N.D., Molnár, Z., Fernández-Llamazare, Á,, Duncan, T., Wang, S., Austin, B.J., Jonas, H., Robinson, C.J., Malmer, P., Zander, K.K., Jackson, M.V., Ellis, E., Brondizio, E.S., Garnett, S.T. 2020. Importance of Indigenous Peoples’ lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 18(3): 135-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2148
1540-9295
1540-9309
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/112054
https://www.cifor.org/library/7504
https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2148
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Publisher Wiley