People and Rainforests

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OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE DEPEND ON FORESTS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MAKE UP AROUND 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION

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AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION PEOPLE CALL THE RAINFOREST HOME - AND THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT ARE YET TO BE COUNTED

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THE CONGO BASIN RAINFOREST HAS BEEN INHABITED BY HUMANS FOR OVER 50,000 YEARS AND CONTINUES TO BE HOME TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE

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‘FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT’ IS AN INTERNATIONAL RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, GIVING THEM A SAY OVER PROJECTS AFFECTING THEM

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IN BRAZIL, FORESTS MANAGED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EMIT AN ESTIMATED 27 TIMES LESS CO2 FROM DEFORESTATION THAN NON-INDIGENOUS FORESTS

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OVER HALF OF THE WORLD'S PROTECTED AREAS ARE FOUND ON LANDS TRADITIONALLY INHABITED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

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THERE ARE AROUND 9 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PERU WHO USE 80 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

Forest facts

Plants and Animals

Rainforests are home to 80 percent of the world’s terrestrial species

People and Rainforests

Over one billion people worldwide depend on forests for their livelihood

Geography and Ecology

Although they cover less than 2% of earth’s surface, rainforests are home to half of all terrestrial biodiversity

Threats to Rainforests

Every 2 seconds, we lose an area of rainforest the size of a football pitch