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Territories of Life ICCA Consortium
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- Society & Culture
From the tropics to the Arctic, Indigenous peoples and local communities care for their collective territories and areas through systems and practices honed over generations if not millennia. They continue to do so in the face of structural injustices and direct threats such as destructive industries and top-down conservation initiatives. This podcast shines a spotlight on their stories and experiences, as told in their own voices.
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Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania, reflects on International Indigenous Women's Day
We spoke to Sarah Alakara, a Maasai woman from Tanzania and co-chair of the thematic area of work on “sustaining territories of life” at the ICCA Consortium Council. We asked Sarah what International Women's Day meant to her, the importance of Pastoralist communities in the conservation of biodiversity, the role Indigenous women play in the defence of their territories of life, and their contributions to face climate breakdown and other threats.
Background music: Bibi Tanga and the Selenites - Be Africa (cc licence)