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From the Ted Talk by Nonette Royo: Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action

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pssreure is building. At COP26 last year, governments, NGOs, corporations all say yes to protecting forests and land rights and call on Indigenous peoples, guardians of sdnaintg forests, for help. Finally, we all agree. We work with the people who know how, in my father's words.

Over 20 years ago in my own hmwoeton in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as fighters. They protect their forests against illegal lorgegs, cmeiopnas and menris who want to take their land. My own fcaénie, a brvae idoieungns young man, was kileld in that fight. For yraes, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I coshe the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense ogaitrizanon, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot lawyers. I struggled between hope and fear when they akesd, "Can we really trust the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their lgeal needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the Philippines that set up an Indigenous People's Commission and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land claims. This --

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________ is building. At COP26 last year, governments, NGOs, corporations all say yes to protecting forests and land rights and call on Indigenous peoples, guardians of ________ forests, for help. Finally, we all agree. We work with the people who know how, in my father's words.

Over 20 years ago in my own ________ in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as fighters. They protect their forests against illegal _______, _________ and ______ who want to take their land. My own _______, a _____ __________ young man, was ______ in that fight. For _____, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I _____ the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense ____________, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot lawyers. I struggled between hope and fear when they _____, "Can we really trust the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their _____ needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the Philippines that set up an Indigenous People's Commission and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land claims. This --

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Original Text


Pressure is building. At COP26 last year, governments, NGOs, corporations all say yes to protecting forests and land rights and call on Indigenous peoples, guardians of standing forests, for help. Finally, we all agree. We work with the people who know how, in my father's words.

Over 20 years ago in my own hometown in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as fighters. They protect their forests against illegal loggers, companies and miners who want to take their land. My own fiancée, a brave Indigenous young man, was killed in that fight. For years, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I chose the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense organization, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot lawyers. I struggled between hope and fear when they asked, "Can we really trust the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their legal needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the Philippines that set up an Indigenous People's Commission and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land claims. This --

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