{"id":36987,"date":"2023-01-19T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T15:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/?p=36987"},"modified":"2023-01-25T12:37:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T15:37:05","slug":"indigenous-people-protect-some-of-the-amazons-last-carbon-sinks-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/radar\/indigenous-people-protect-some-of-the-amazons-last-carbon-sinks-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous people protect some of the Amazon\u2019s last carbon sinks: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mongabay<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/by\/maxwell-radwin\/\" rel=\"tag\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Maxwell Radwin<\/a><br \/>\n19 de enero, 2023<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>A new report says forests managed by Indigenous communities tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management are often less predictable.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Areas of the Amazon titled or under formal claim by Indigenous people have been some of the most secure and reliable net carbon sinks over the past two decades, sequestering more carbon than they\u2019ve emitted.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>But Indigenous communities are feeling increasing outside pressure from economic development projects, one reason the report argues that Indigenous-managed forests must be secured.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some of the last remaining carbon sinks in the Amazon Rainforest are largely managed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/series\/indigenous-peoples-and-conservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Indigenous people<\/a>, a new report from the World Resources Institute says.<\/p>\n<p>In areas of the Amazon managed by Indigenous communities, forests tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management tend to have already passed their tipping point \u2014 yet another reason why Indigenous communities are so vital to forest conservation, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs more forests are lost and converted to other uses, Indigenous and other community forests stand out as stable carbon sinks that must be secured,\u201d it says. \u201cShould community forests be degraded or lost, large stocks of carbon would be released into the atmosphere and the lands would no longer be able to sequester the same amount of carbon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sequestering carbon is one of the main strategies for capping the global temperature rise\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/04\/reaching-the-paris-agreement-without-protecting-indigenous-lands-is-impossible-says-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">at less than 1.5\u00b0 Celsius<\/a>\u00a0(2.7\u00b0 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. Experts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/11\/deforestation-is-pushing-amazon-to-point-of-no-return-wwf-report\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">warn<\/a>\u00a0that the Amazon is on the verge of \u201ctipping over\u201d from being a net sink to a net source, making the global temperature goal much more difficult to achieve, if not impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Areas of the Amazon managed by Indigenous people with documented or formal land claims have been some of the most secure and reliable net carbon sinks over the past two decades, the report says, meaning they\u2019ve sequestered more carbon than they\u2019ve emitted. Between 2001 and 2021, they emitted around 120 million metric tons of CO2 annually while removing 460 million metric tons, a net total of 340 million metric tons removed.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s equivalent to the U.K.\u2019s annual\u00a0fossil fuel emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, areas under different kinds of management have tended to be net carbon sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lands outside of Indigenous territories in the Amazon are actually a source now, and that includes the non-Indigenous protected areas,\u201d said report co-author Peter Veit, director of WRI\u2019s Land and Resource Rights Initiative.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264752\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-264752 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19175825\/35781465501_c73c0cf65a_k-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19175825\/35781465501_c73c0cf65a_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19175825\/35781465501_c73c0cf65a_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deforestation in Amazonas. Brazil. (Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cifor\/35781465501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Flickr<\/a>\/CIFOR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Veit and co-author David Gibbs, a geographic information system (GIS) research associate at WRI, initially wondered if Indigenous-managed forests were net carbon sinks because they\u2019re more efficient than forests outside Indigenous lands at capturing carbon dioxide. But it turns out both types of forest are equally efficient at capturing carbon dioxide, and what sets Indigenous-managed ones apart is the managers\u2019 ability to stave off deforestation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndigenous people can sustainably steward their forests by reducing emissions from deforestation,\u201d Gibbs said. \u201cIt\u2019s yet more evidence of the contributions of Indigenous people to climate change mitigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indigenous communities treat the land as a source of food, medicine and construction material, among other things, the WRI report says. As a result, the forest serves as a form of employment, security and culture that incentivizes them to sustainably manage their natural resources.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/11\/indigenous-lands-hold-the-worlds-healthiest-forests-but-only-when-their-rights-are-protected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><em>Indigenous lands hold the world\u2019s healthiest forests \u2013 but only when their rights are protected<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Under economic pressure<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>However, the report also notes that not all Indigenous-managed forests are equal when it comes to contributing to carbon sequestration. While those in Brazil collectively continue to be strong carbon sinks, many in the Bolivian and Peruvian portions of the Amazon have relatively higher emissions and are closer to becoming carbon sources.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the reason is that some Indigenous communities are feeling increasing outside pressure from governments and companies interested in economic development, the report says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTerritories became more vulnerable due to the increased invasions in Indigenous territories by illegal loggers or gold miners that were stimulated by the former [Brazilian] government,\u201d said Adriana Ramos, policy and law adviser at Instituto Socioambiental, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of Indigenous and traditional peoples.<\/p>\n<p>Former president Jair Bolsonaro incentivized development in the Amazon,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/11\/in-final-days-before-bolsonaros-defeat-deforestation-boomed-in-brazil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">accelerating<\/a>\u00a0deforestation and putting Indigenous people and environmental defenders at greater risk.<\/p>\n<p>WRI\u2019s report argues that Indigenous-managed forests need to be secured to save the Amazon Rainforest\u2019s last carbon sinks. One way of doing this, it says, is to integrate them into conservation strategies being developed by international negotiators, national policymakers, donors and civil society leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_264753\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-264753 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19180050\/35035327104_6a93a0fdb3_k-768x512.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19180050\/35035327104_6a93a0fdb3_k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/01\/19180050\/35035327104_6a93a0fdb3_k-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Agricultural deforestation in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. (Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cifor\/35035327104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Flickr<\/a>\/CIFOR)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Currently, countries like Brazil, Colombia and Peru see Indigenous-managed forests contributing to around 30% of national emission reductions pledges, the report says. But there\u2019s opportunity to do more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s still a long way to go to getting money directly to communities and their organizations,\u201d Veit said. \u201cWe\u2019re calling for more capacity building and more support to these communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bilateral, multilateral and private foundations donated about $2.7 billion to community forest management efforts in tropical countries between 2011 and 2020, representing less than 1% of official development assistance donations to climate change mitigation.<\/p>\n<p>At the COP26 climate summit in 2021, funders\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/11\/small-share-of-land-rights-pledge-went-to-indigenous-groups-progress-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">pledged<\/a>\u00a0$1.7 billion to Indigenous and community forest conservation efforts. However, only 7% went directly to the organizations led by Indigenous groups, according to a progress report issued during last year\u2019s COP27 summit.<\/p>\n<p>The WRI report also urges increased government support for Indigenous land management. While informal, customary ownership of the land in the Amazon still tends to result in low deforestation, it says, those figures\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/11\/indigenous-lands-hold-the-worlds-healthiest-forests-but-only-when-their-rights-are-protected\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">tend to be even better<\/a>\u00a0when the government provides some form of tenure security, such as a land title.<\/p>\n<p>Other forms of government assistance could also include resources for improved monitoring and surveillance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is much that can be done to protect forests and the communities who call them home,\u201d the report says. \u201cAt stake is not just the fate of carbon, but people\u2019s lives and lifestyles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read more:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/04\/reaching-the-paris-agreement-without-protecting-indigenous-lands-is-impossible-says-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><em>Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is \u201cimpossible\u201d, says report<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Banner image:\u00a0<\/strong><em>The Amazon Rainforest in Amazonas, Brazil. Photo courtesy of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cifor\/35073192954\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Flickr<\/a>\/CIFOR.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related listening from Mongabay\u2019s podcast:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>We look at how the Shuar Indigenous community in Ecuador recently won a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2022\/07\/indigenous-shuar-community-in-ecuador-wins-decades-long-battle-to-protect-land\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><em>major victory<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to protect its ancestral territory of Tiwi Nunka Forest from cattle ranchers, loggers and miners. Listen here:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"iframe-class\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/24883818\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/444444\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-playlist\/yes\/download\/yes\" width=\"100%\" height=\"128\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor\u2019s note:\u00a0<\/strong>This article previously stated that carbon emissions took place between 2011 and 2021. They actually took place between 2001 and 2021.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Tomado de: <a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/01\/indigenous-people-protect-some-of-the-amazons-last-carbon-sinks-report\/\">https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/01\/indigenous-people-protect-some-of-the-amazons-last-carbon-sinks-report\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report says forests managed by Indigenous communities tend to be carbon sinks rather than carbon sources, while areas under different management are often less predictable.<br \/>\nAreas of the Amazon titled or under formal claim by Indigenous people have been some of the most secure and reliable net carbon sinks over the past two decades, sequestering more carbon than they\u2019ve emitted.<br \/>\nBut Indigenous communities are feeling increasing outside pressure from economic development projects, one reason the report argues that Indigenous-managed forests must be secured.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":327,"featured_media":36988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-radar","category-2","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/327"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36991,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36987\/revisions\/36991"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.raisg.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}