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With COP30 closing this week, one truth has come sharply into focus: climate extremes are natural, but disasters are not. (Flickr)

COP30 launches global forest finance facility amid indigenous rights concerns

Indigenous groups and NGOs caution that the facility risks becoming another top-down market mechanism that benefits investors more than the forests themselves

Native Americans and their supports have been campaigning to have Columbus Day replaced with Indigenous Peoples’ Day since the late 1970s.

Role of indigenous people as stewards of nature under threat

While their important contribution has been recognised, issues such as a lack of support and legal rights undermine their potential.

O, Canada! Art bears witness to ‘dark secrets’ of colonised places

An installation and a documentary about the notorious residential school system amplify calls to define such deaths worldwide as genocide

A landmark report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in May last year painted a bleak picture of our planet’s health.

A healthy Earth needs its indigenous people

They have played a crucial role in protecting biodiversity on their land but are largely relegated to the back seats in discussions at the local and international levels that aim…

The Amazon is retreating to the tune of 52 000 square kilometres — equivalent to the area of Costa Rica — each year. (Bruno Kelly/Reuters)

Fears for Amazon after Bolsonaro wins Brazil presidency

Bolsonaro, who won 55% of the vote in a run-off on Sunday, issued a series of campaign pledges that left many fearing for the future of the Amazon

Johannesburg’s infrastructure includes 22 000 manhole covers. To get water to homes, the utility has 117 reservoirs 31 pump stations and 1 100km of piping. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Stolenwealth Games – First nations protests show divisions endure

The Games are taking place during a period of heightened awareness for indigenous rights following large-scale protests on Australia Day in January

Introducing rural and indigenous communities to science
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Indigenous languages must feature more in science communication

The combination of knowledge and communication leads to social, cultural and technological development

Klaas Priega tells the story of the man who cursed the wind at Vanwyksvlei.
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​Heard the one about the Spaniard, Ouma and the lion?

A new book allows insights into the lives of the first inhabitants of the Bitterpits, the Karoo’s harshest region, through the stories of the /Xam.

Activists are dying as climate conferences potter on

It is dangerous to be an environmentalist – but governments should protect activists instead of ignore or prosecute them.