Amazon Conservation Team

Territorial justice is the reclamation of access to and stewardship and decision-making over ancestral lands, waters, and resources for #indigenouspeoples. Colonization has stolen and decimated #indigenous territory, displacing communities and devastating #ecologies and #biodiversity. 🌿 📢 Today, colonization takes the form of rapidly expanding unsustainable—and often illegal—extractive industries and industrial #agriculture. For communities, being forced off their lands is more than a material loss. It is an erasure of lifeways that steward the environment, and spells disastrous consequences for #nature. 🔥 💚 We work towards territorial justice by empowering communities to advocate for and uphold their #landrights. 🗺 📹 Learn more about our work supporting #territorialjustice in the #amazonrainforest in this short video, and visit #weareindigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #indigenousrights #worldindigenousday #collectiverights #indigenousday #rainforest #savetheamazon #savetherainforest #climatechange #landback