Indigenous Rights & Traditional Knowledge : Delve into Indigenous-led conservation, traditional ecological knowledge, and the defense of ancestral lands in the face of environmental threats.
Introduction
The Xukurú Ororubá forest restoration embodies this ethos. Nestled in Brazil's Caatinga biome, the Xukurú lands are a battleground against deforestation, species extinction, and climate vulnerability. Since 2023, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s Indigenous Peoples Unit has partnered with the Xukurú do Ororubá through the Jupago Kreká Collective on the Ororubá forest restoration project, part of the Global...