Indigenous peoples own or manage at least one quarter of world’s land surface

Monday, July 16, 2018 - 12:00 in Earth & Climate

Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over at least a quarter of the world’s land surface according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Sustainability. The 38 million square kilometers (14.6 million square miles) are spread across 87 countries or politically distinct areas and overlap with about 40 percent of […]

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