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Protect indigenous people to help fight climate change, says UN rapporteur

Protect indigenous people to help fight climate change, says UN rapporteur

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Global leaders must do more to protect indigenous people fighting to protect their land and way of life if the world is to limit climate change, according to the UN special rapporteur Victoria Tauli-Corpuz. -Matthew Taylor, The Guardian

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Douglas Fischer is the executive director of Environmental Health Sciences, which publishes EHN.org.

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