Vegans who actually care already have the facts but bigoted vegans hide from reality to sustain their racist beliefs because they care more about their delusional biases than they care about any animals
This thread of citations is for them
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This thread of citations is for them
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Oxford:
"Indigenous knowledge of place-based biodiversity is perhaps the oldest scientific tradition on earth. We illustrate how TBIN projects in collaboration with the Comcaac is advancing not only biosystematics but also species recovery" https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/66/6/499/2754233">https://academic.oup.com/bioscienc...
"Indigenous knowledge of place-based biodiversity is perhaps the oldest scientific tradition on earth. We illustrate how TBIN projects in collaboration with the Comcaac is advancing not only biosystematics but also species recovery" https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/66/6/499/2754233">https://academic.oup.com/bioscienc...
"Indigenous knowledge & biodiversity are complementary phenomena essential to human development & represents an immensely valuable data base that provides humankind with insights on how numerous communities have interacted with their changing environment"
http://www.ciesin.org/docs/004-173/004-173.html">https://www.ciesin.org/docs/004-...
http://www.ciesin.org/docs/004-173/004-173.html">https://www.ciesin.org/docs/004-...
"Indigenous peoples defend Earth& #39;s biodiversity—but they& #39;re in danger. Comprising less than 5% of the world& #39;s population, indigenous people protect 80% of global biodiversity."
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/can-indigenous-land-stewardship-protect-biodiversity-/">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environme...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/11/can-indigenous-land-stewardship-protect-biodiversity-/">https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environme...
"A million species face extinction without major changes to the way we interact with nature...But there is a bright spot: this decline is happening at a slower rate on indigenous peoples’ lands" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-conservation-efforts-can-learn-from-indigenous-communities/">https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/w...
"Indigenous peoples cultivate strong relationships with their natural environments & have developed & often maintain traditional management practices & knowledge that contribute to biodiversity conservation & to the sustainable use of natural resources." https://www.iucn.org/theme/governance-and-rights/about/our-work/indigenous-peoples">https://www.iucn.org/theme/gov...
Harvard School of Public Health:
"Indigenous communities often act as stewards of local living natural resources based on generations of accumulated traditional knowledge"
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https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/174012/9789241508537_eng.pdf;jsessionid=0A8A6E5A7102DEC72E61D4CACCB60B6D?sequence=1">https://apps.who.int/iris/bits...
"Indigenous communities often act as stewards of local living natural resources based on generations of accumulated traditional knowledge"
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https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/174012/9789241508537_eng.pdf;jsessionid=0A8A6E5A7102DEC72E61D4CACCB60B6D?sequence=1">https://apps.who.int/iris/bits...
Updating this thread to add studies that either weren& #39;t available w/o paid access or weren& #39;t published yet
"Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change" 1/? https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000331">https://journals.plos.org/plosbiolo...
"Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change" 1/? https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1000331">https://journals.plos.org/plosbiolo...
In mountains, indigenous peoples’ systems preserve soil, reduce erosion, conserve water & reduce the risk of disasters. In rangelands, indigenous pastoralist communities manage cattle grazing & cropping in sustainable ways that preserve biodiversity
http://www.fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en/c/1028010/">https://www.fao.org/zhc/detai...
http://www.fao.org/zhc/detail-events/en/c/1028010/">https://www.fao.org/zhc/detai...