•••      Indigenous People have traditional land claims for 18-24 percent of the earth's land surface      •••      More than 11 percent of earth’s land mass is designated as protected      •••      Indigenous Stewardship could double protected land areas      •••      Indigenous territories overlap remaining biodiversity hotspots      •••      Indigenous territories span major conservation priorities      •••      Indigenous People inhabit over 85 percent of protected areas      •••
 
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First Peoples founder Rebecca Adamson successfully worked to initiate the creation of a Coordinator for Indigenous Peoples Issues position within USAID to monitor the impact of USAID on Indigenous communities. Read more…
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Okiciyab Final Report FPW noted the scarcity of recorded information regarding Indigenous Peoples’ development programs and interventions. FPW proposed to conduct a study to evaluate programs and study their design frameworks to determine models that have been successful and to map the incorporation of Indigenous cultures into successful and non-successful program designs. Read Okiciyab.









 
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