Importance of Indigenous Peoples' lands for the conservation of Intact Forest Landscapes
Fa, Julia Elizabeth (Jalan Cifor Rawajaha. Center for International Forestry Research (Indonesia))
Watson, James E.M. (University of Queensland)
Leiper, Ian (Charles Darwin University (Australia))
Potapov, Peter (University of Maryland. Department of Geography)
Evans, Tom D. (Wildlife Conservation Society (USA))
Burgess, Neil D. (Natural History Museum of Denmark. Center for Macroecology, Evolution and Climate)
Molnár, Zsolt (Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Centre for Ecological Research)
Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro (University of Helsinki. Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science)
Duncan, Tom (Charles Darwin University (Australia))
Wang, Stephanie (Wildlife Conservation Society (USA))
Austin, Beau J. (Charles Darwin University (Australia))
Jonas, Harry (Future Law (Malaysia))
Robinson, Cathy J. (Charles Darwin University (Australia))
Malmer, Pernilla (Stockholm University. Stockholm Resilience Centre)
Zander, Kerstin (Charles Darwin University (Australia))
Jackson, Micha (University of Queensland)
Ellis, Erle C. (University of Maryland. Geography & Environmental Systems)
Brondizio, Eduardo (Indiana University. Department of Anthropology)
Garnett, Stephen (Charles Darwin University (Australia))

Data:	2020
Resum:	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.
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Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	SDG 13 - Climate Action ; SDG 15 - Life on Land ; SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
Publicat a:	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 18, Issue 3 (April 2020) , p. 135-140, ISSN 1540-9309

DOI: 10.1002/fee.2148

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