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Hindou Ibrahim

Hindou Ibrahim is president of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad and a member of both the United Nations Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues and the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee.

Native Americans and their supports have been campaigning to have Columbus Day replaced with Indigenous Peoples’ Day since the late 1970s.

BIODIVERSITY

22 SEP 2022

Role of indigenous people as stewards of nature under threat

While their important contribution has been recognised, issues such as a lack of support and legal rights undermine their potential.

Hindou Ibrahim

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