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UN PhotoRecognising the environmental sustainability of indigenous management of natural resources - Press Conference, UNCCD COP17
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This session will enable the media to engage directly with scientists and indigenous knowledge holders through questions and discussion.
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Sustainable management of terrestrial carbon sinks in a fire-ravaged and warming world. The event will present examples from the grasslands of Mongolia, the wetlands and forests of tropical South America, and the tundra of sub-Arctic Europe. These people-managed ecosystems effectively conserve rainwater and minimise land degradation.