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"Everyday people understandably rely on information quoted by scientists. But
when that information turns out to be incorrect, things get complicated.
For more than two decades, the claim that 80% of biodiversity occurs on the
territories of the world’s Indigenous Peoples has been treated as fact. It has
taken root in public discourse as an established truth.
The figure, however, is wrong, as we show in a comment article published today
in the leading science journal
Nature.
There is ample evidence showing Indigenous Peoples and their territories are
essential to the world’s biodiversity. We don’t need an unsupported statistic
to prove it."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
