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Johnson Talk
Johnson Talk
Johnson Talk
By
Michael Kotutwa Johnson, PhD
Presented 10/21/2023
Indigenous Peoples protect 80% of global biodiversity on a mere 25%
of the planet's land with less than 5% of the world’s population.
SOURCES
1. Schuster, R., Germain, R.R., Bennett, J.R., Reo, N.J., & Arcese., P. (2019). Vertebrate biodiversity on indigenous‐managed lands in Australia, Brazil, and Canada equals that in protected areas. Environmental Science & Policy, 101: 1
2. Intergovernmental Science‐Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Regional Assessments of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (2018)
What is Indigenous Agricultural Knowledge (IAK)?