Indigenous people make up less than 5% of the world population, however, they have protected 80% of the Earth's biodiversity for centuries, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Native and Indigenous tribes are using traditional skills on reacquired ancestral land to combat climate change.When the oil tanker Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Alaska's Prince William Sound, hundreds of thousands of acres of water were threatened., destroyed the livelihood of local Indigenous fishermen, local food sources, as well as the natural habitats of local fish, whale and bird species.
He says kelp farming not only supplies a valuable food source and business opportunities for tribes, but it has the ability to pull in and remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year. "What people have to do is: they have to organize, we have to direct their energy, their time, money or love in whatever direction they may need to, in order to save the last of the wild places that are not only dear to them, but they need in order to survive," Lankard said.The Land Back movement is a widespread, Indigenous-led effort to return land to Indigenous tribes to conserve, restore and revitalize important landscapes and biodiversity.
Land Back has already begun to be successful. The government has begun to return and repatriate Native and Indigenous land to tribes.Native Conservancy "We look at the Mother Earth as our mother, and what would you do to harm your mother?" said Chief Anne Richardson of the Rappahannock Tribe. The report named a wide range of solutions to reduce global emissions, including reducing fossil fuel use; large-scale renewable energy resourcing; improving energy efficiency; and reducing methane and carbon emissions drastically.Kelp farming presents a valuable food source and business opportunities for tribes, but also has the ability to pull in and remove billions of tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere each year.
Much like the Eyak and Rappahannock Tribes, Indigenous groups across the country have already begun to do the work on the ground to save the planet -- one river, cliff, or forest at a time.The impacts of the oil spill into the Copper River have yet to be completely resolved more than 30 years later."Once the oil spill -- any oil spill -- hits the water, the war is over. You've lost. There's no way you can clean it up," said Lankard.
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