indigenous people
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An Indigenous Group in the Amazon Has Experienced a Drop in Body Temperature Since 2002
New research detected an intriguing change in the average body temperature of the Tsimane people, an indigenous foraging and farming group in the Bolivian Amazon that has recently started to interact more with industrialized communities. Over 16 years, the Tsimane have experienced a slight but rapid drop in body temperature — mirroring a similar decline…
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‘We Are Nations:’ What Environmental Justice Looks Like For Indigenous People
Climate reporting often overlooks indigenous peoples’ position on the front lines of the climate crisis. Though expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure and other environmental injustices. What would a reconceptualisation of environmental justice that centred indigenous perspectives look like?
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To Protect Lone Survivor Of Decimated Amazon Tribe, Group Releases Footage Proving He’s Still Alive
An indigenous protection agency in Brazil has released footage of a man who has lived alone in the Amazon forest, in the state of Rondônia, for at least 22 years.