Why indigenous people are key to forest preservation (Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, WEF)

There’s a first time for everything: in its preamble, the Paris Agreement on climate change recognized the intrinsic relationship between indigenous people and their environments. Whether they're in Taiga, the Sahel or the rain forests of Africa, America or Asia, what all indigenous people have in common is a deep connection to the natural environments in which they live.

http://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/indigenous-people-forest-preservation