International: Indigenous Leaders Call Upon The IPCC To Respect Indigenous Knowledge

International: Indigenous Leaders Call Upon The IPCC To Respect Indigenous Knowledge   As the UNFCCC climate talks opened in Panama, a gathering in Finland of indigenous leaders from around the world has called upon the international community to remove scientific bias against indigenous knowledge from climate change science and policy. The “Sevettijärvi Declaration”, adopted at the meeting, calls on the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to make all efforts...

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