Indigenous peoples are key to protecting wildlife and rural livelihoods
Actively involving indigenous peoples and local communities in wildlife conservation is key to maintaining biodiversity and ensuring sustainable rural livelihoods.
The urgent challenges that the world faces in maintaining biodiversity worldwide requires that indigenous peoples are empowered to act at the national level with assistance from the international community.
Sheila Wertz, FAO Senior Forestry Officer, explains the significant role of indigenous peoples plays in biodiversity conservation.
Organization: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation FAO
Year: 2017
Type: Video
Full text available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9S41Isl_A
Content language: English