News Headline
AIPP Press Statement on the Occasion of the International Day of Forests, 21 March 2015
Source
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (AIPP)
Publication Date
2015-03-20
Forest is the lifeline and cultural heritage of more than 100 million indigenous peoples in Asia. According to the World Bank Study “The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Biodiversity Conservation: the Natural but Often Forgotten Partners” traditional indigenous territories encompass up to 22 percent of the world’s land surface and they coincide with areas that hold 80% of the planet’s biodiversity.