Global warming Threatens Indigenous Peoples: FAO
Global warming and limited access to land and other resources threaten many indigenous peoples, the UN food agency warned.
“Indigenous peoples are among the first to suffer from increasingly harsh and erratic weather conditions, and a generalised lack of empowerment to claim goods and services,” said indigenous peoples expert Regina Laub of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
Many indigenous groups live in vulnerable environments such as mountainous areas, the Arctic, jungles or dry lands, added the FAO statement released on the eve of the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
The FAO noted that native populations also played a critical role in adapting to climate change.
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