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This article published in The Conversation describes the inextricable linkage between the crisis of biodiversity loss and the loss of indigenous cultures. From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures. According to the author, indigenous peoples have conserved ...

In this segment of the podcast "By any means necessary", Sean and Jacquie are joined by Gabriel Kuhn, author of "Liberating Sápmi: Indigenous Resistance in Europe’s Far North," and Aslak Holmberg, a salmon fisher, Sámi language teacher, indigenous studies scholar, and vice president of the Sámi Council, to talk about the parallels between treatment of indigenous Sami ...

Ecuadorian leader Yaku Perez Guartambel denounces the "capitalist ecocide" and calls for "breaking those paradigms and turning our eyes to indigenous peoples." The struggles are cultural and institutional, which is why, while he denounces formal democracy, he calls for a dialogue with "real democracy that comes from a millenary Andean philosophy with greater roots and legitimacy". Mechanisms such ...

From a smallholder farmer, with love A peasant with hungerA proud servant of the earth’s soilLast spasm of his soul? Cheap food is expensiveBroken food systemsOnly yield growth per hectare countsBondage so clever Mother earth helps farmAnesthetised indifferencePlanet in ruins These are no peasantsClimate refugees as destinySticky rush for natureRace to the bottomNo right ...