{"id":6169,"date":"2024-08-09T14:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T06:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panap.net\/?p=6169"},"modified":"2024-08-09T14:23:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T06:23:02","slug":"honor-indigenous-peoples-fight-against-land-grabs-and-false-solutions","status":"publish","type":"panap_updates","link":"https:\/\/panap.net\/beta\/updates\/honor-indigenous-peoples-fight-against-land-grabs-and-false-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Honor Indigenous Peoples, fight against land grabs and false solutions!"},"content":{"rendered":"

This International Day of the World\u2019s Indigenous Peoples, the <\/span>Global People\u2019s Caravan for Food, Land, and Climate Justice<\/span><\/i> stands in firm solidarity with Indigenous communities worldwide. We honor and support their resolute struggle for land and resources as they #FightForOurFuture towards our collective goal of just, equitable, healthy and sustainable food systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We recognize that Indigenous Peoples are the guardians of over 50% of our planet’s lands, despite only 10% being officially recognized as theirs. Their traditional knowledge and sustainable agricultural practices are crucial for preserving biodiversity, mitigating climate change, and ensuring global food security. Yet, despite token recognition by the United Nations and its Member States, the widespread exploitation and plunder of ancestral lands led by transnational corporations, governments, international financial institutions, and other imperialist forces in collaboration with local elites continue unabated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We stand in unwavering solidarity with Indigenous communities worldwide, who bravely defend their lands, resources, livelihoods, and ways of life against profit-driven encroachment, exploitation, and destruction. We support the <\/span>Adi<\/span><\/a> people and the <\/span>Adivasi<\/span><\/a> in their resistance to mega-dams in India; the <\/span>Sakai<\/span><\/a> in their fight against palm oil plantations in Indonesia; the <\/span>Sengwer<\/span><\/a> in their struggle against commercial forest conservation in Kenya; the <\/span>Kuy<\/span><\/a> people in their opposition to economic land concessions in Cambodia; the <\/span>Ogoni<\/span><\/a> in their battle against oil conglomerates in Nigeria; the <\/span>Cordillera<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>Lumad<\/span><\/a> people in their resistance to mining and other destructive projects in the Philippines; the diverse <\/span>Indigenous groups in the Amazon<\/span><\/a> rainforest in their fight against harmful agribusiness in Brazil; and many other courageous struggles of Indigenous peoples to defend their rights, preserve their communities, and protect our planet.<\/span><\/p>\n

Land and resource grabbing that deprive Indigenous Peoples of their rights and dignity are often disguised as initiatives to ‘transform’ food systems in response to global crises of hunger, climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These schemes\u2013cloaked in the rhetoric of ‘conservation,’ ‘green transition,’ or ‘feeding the world’–are fundamentally designed to extract profits from land and labor. In reality, they undermine food sovereignty and violate Indigenous Peoples’ right to self-determination. These <\/span>include<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n