LandMark: The Global Platform of Indigenous and Community Lands. Protecting indigenous and community lands by making them visible
Joined November 2015
- Tweets1.2K
- Following243
- Followers710
- Likes346
LandMarkMap retweeted
🌎3 infographics from @LandMarkMap, a newly-updated resource developed under the secretariat of @landcoalition and WRI, show that protecting biodiversity goes hand in hand with securing Indigenous and community #LandRights⏩
Learn more👇
LandMarkMap retweeted
🇨🇴Getting ready for #COP16Colombia?
📈Want to learn how @LandMarkMap's data is relevant to the Global Biodiversity Framework – on the equitable participation of #IndigenousPeoples & local communities in conservation decision-making?
✏️REGISTER! tinyurl.com/z7znpza2
LandMarkMap retweeted
🗓️On 10/24 9-10am COT at #COP16Cali see how
@LandMarkMap new data on #biodiversity intactness and key biodiversity areas show where and how #Indigenous & community lands protect and conserve nature through #sustainablemanagement
tinyurl.com/2ns92e6y
LandMarkMap retweeted
Indigenous people are Earth’s greatest champions. In the #Philippines, as elsewhere, #forests thrive in the areas where ancestral territories are respected – Minnie Degawan @IIFB_indigenous theguardian.com/commentisfre…
LandMarkMap retweeted
#FactFriday: Participatory Rangeland Management Project interventions have secured over 246,770 hectares of rangelands, including 85,629 ha in Kenya and 161,144 ha in Tanzania.
More project outcomes can be found on our website.
Read more 📚 👉bit.ly/3YGl8NW
LandMarkMap retweeted
One of the promising young people killed in the Iran plane crash was Ghanimat Azhdari.
A member of a nomadic Iranian tribe, she fought for Indigenous rights in conservation. She had just begun her PhD at @uofg. @jwsthomson profiled her life and work. thenarwhal.ca/she-was-absolu…
LandMarkMap retweeted
We are in utter disbelief and heartbroken at the loss of our Council member @GhanimatAzh on the #planecrash in #Iran this morning. Please join us in celebrating her beautiful young life as a proud #Indigenous Qashqai woman and a true force of nature: iccaconsortium.org/index.php…
LandMarkMap retweeted
An online project aims to map all of the world's #indigenous lands to secure legal rights and alert communities to the threats of illegal logging and mining | @rinachandran reports #propertyrights @RightsResources @LandMarkMap tmsnrt.rs/2NYmm5J
LandMarkMap retweeted
An unprecedented group of indigenous and community organizations respond to @IPCC_CH’s recognition of community rights. They speak the language of science and of traditional knowledge to show they are the #guardiansoftheforest: IPCCresponse.org
LandMarkMap retweeted
Our Member Cenesta does amazing work in #Iran supporting #Indigenous nomadic tribes to organise and conserve their #TerritoriesofLife. 🐑🐐🐪
Learn more about UNINOMAD's 1st national forum, attended by 500 people: iccaconsortium.org/index.php… (from our latest #Newsflash)
📷: Cenesta
LandMarkMap retweeted
Mines, oil palm plantations & dam projects are encroaching on indigenous & community land. See these threats around the world with @LandMarkMap. ow.ly/emhw30o5qQZ #LandRights #LandConf2019
LandMarkMap retweeted
🌳Tree cover loss is much lower in indigenous & community forests—especially when their #landrights are legally respected. @RightsResources research found that the trees & soil in these forests store the equivalent of 33x all 2017 global energy emissions. rightsandresources.org/en/bl…
LandMarkMap retweeted
#Indigenous activism at the forefront of #HumanRights. Congratulations to Ms. Joênia Wapichana, the first indigenous woman lawyer in Brazil, for receiving the 2018 UN Human Rights Prize for her commitment to the rights of indigenous peoples. #WeAreIndigenous #IndigenousWomen
LandMarkMap retweeted
#NowReading Protecting the planet from #climatechange and extinction depends on similarly protecting #IndigenousPeoples, according to several new reports ow.ly/DcDv30mHNyx via @Revelator_News @LandMarkMap #landrights
LandMarkMap retweeted
#NowReading @usnews article widely glances at the importance of securing land rights for indigenous peoples and local communities for human and environmental health and wellbeing. #landrights @WRIGovernance @LandMarkMap bit.ly/2OBCx6r
LandMarkMap retweeted
The major update to the @LandMarkMap platform provided added information about the location of indigenous and community owned lands >>>> bit.ly/2z8H7T2 #cloudfront #humanrights
LandMarkMap retweeted
Learn more in @WRIGovernance's report on "Climate Benefits of Tenure Costs: The Economic Case For Securing Indigenous Land Rights in the Amazon" wri.org/sites/default/files/… #landrights #landtenure #IndigenousPeoples @LandMarkMap
LandMarkMap retweeted
Safeguarding carbon stored in #Indigenous/community lands is essential to meeting #climate goals. @LandMarkMap's carbon storage analysis tool estimates that trees in the Ikahalan's domain hold nearly 3 million metric tons of carbon. Learn more: ow.ly/3h6m30lOkwc #GCAS2018
LandMarkMap retweeted
#IndigenousPeoples and local communities worldwide manage massive amounts of carbon in the trees and soil of their forests. If this carbon was released, it would equal 33 times the total global energy emissions of 2017 ow.ly/CPte30lO1xd via @LandMarkMap @WRIGovernance
LandMarkMap retweeted
As Indigenous Groups Wait Decades for Land Titles, Companies Are Acquiring Their Territories @LandMarkMap @restoreforward #GCAS2018 wri.org/blog/2018/07/indigen…