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Mongabay: The report finds indigenous peoples and local communities have legal rights to just 18 percent of the world's land area.
Lack of indigenous land rights can contribute to poverty, loss of cultural identity, and environmental destruction.
Many countries have the means to extend land rights in the near future.
Around 1.5 billion people worldwide are members of indigenous communities, many of whom depend on the land around them to survive. However, a new analysis published this week finds that......
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Catastrophic failure’: World’s indigenous communities lack rights 75% their land
Posted by Mongabay: None Given on October 2nd, 2015
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