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IT’S TIME TO TAKE INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE SERIOUSLY

here is growing recognition that indigenous people should be at the centre of climate change responses. However, despite stewarding 80 per cent of the world’s remaining biodiversity, they have been pushed to the margins of international action and their knowledge disregarded. After the disappointment of COP26, and with muted hope for COP27, a new project being launched at the University of Wales Trinity St David will put indigenous voices at the centre of environmental action. This is part of a wider initiative from UNESCO called Bridges, aimed

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