OVER ONE BILLION PEOPLE WORLDWIDE DEPEND ON FORESTS FOR THEIR LIVELIHOOD
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE MAKE UP AROUND 5% OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION
AN ESTIMATED 50 MILLION PEOPLE CALL THE RAINFOREST HOME - AND THERE ARE MANY MORE THAT ARE YET TO BE COUNTED
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
‘FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT’ IS AN INTERNATIONAL RIGHT OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, GIVING THEM A SAY OVER PROJECTS AFFECTING THEM
IN BRAZIL, FORESTS MANAGED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EMIT AN ESTIMATED 27 TIMES LESS CO2 FROM DEFORESTATION THAN NON-INDIGENOUS FORESTS
OVER HALF OF THE WORLD'S PROTECTED AREAS ARE FOUND ON LANDS TRADITIONALLY INHABITED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
THERE ARE AROUND 9 MILLION INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN PERU WHO USE 80 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Forest facts
Geography and Ecology
Although they cover less than 2% of earth’s surface, rainforests are home to half of all terrestrial biodiversity