"The dangers facing defenders are widespread and persistent. Since reporting began in 2012, Global Witness estimates that at least 2,253 defenders have been killed or disappeared. Latin America remains the deadliest region, accounting for roughly 82 percent of killings in 2024: Colombia reported 48 deaths, Guatemala 20, Mexico 18, and Brazil 12. The violence is linked to land disputes, mining, agribusiness, and organized crime"
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Global Warming or Warning: A Comprehensive Analysis
noise pollution and how to reduce itGlobal Warming or Global Warning is a topic that has been widely discussed and debated in recent years. It refers to the long-term increased in earth’s avenge surface temperature due to human activities, Such as the Burning of Fossil Fuels and Deforestation. This Phenomenon has significant implications for our planet and the future of humanity.
The Science Behind Global Warming
Global Warming Is Primarily Caused by The Greenhouse Effect, which is a Natural Process That Keeps The Earth’s Surface Warm Enough To Support Life. When Sunlight Reaches The Earth’s Surface, Sub of It is absorbed and radied Back into the atmosphere as heat. Greenhouse gases, Such As Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), trap sum of this heath with the earth’s atmosphere, preventing it from escaining into space.
However, Human Activities have significantly increased the concentration of these greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, Primarily Through the Burning of Fossil Fuels (Coal, Oil, and Natural Gas) For Energy Production, Transportation, and Industrial Process. Deforestation also contribute to Global Warming, as trees absorb co2 and relaase oxygen as part of the photosynthesis process.
The increased in Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Leads to an enhanced Greenhouse Effect, Trapping More Heat and Raising the Earth’s average temperature. This Warming is causing varyus climate changes, including rising be Levels, Extreme Weather Events, and Shifts in Ecosystems Around the World.
The Concequences of Global Warming
The Concequences of Global Warming Are WidesPread and Have Far-Reaching Effects On Both The Environment and Human Society. Sign of the MOST Significance Contecude:
- Rising Sea Levels: As Temperatures Rise, Glaciers and Polar Ice Caps Melt, Leading to an Increase in Sea Levels. This poses to Threat to Coastal Communities and Low-Lying Areas, Increasing The Risk of Flooding and Displacement of Populations.
- Extreme Weather Events: Global Warming Intensifies Weather Patterns, resulting in an increase in Extreme Weather Events Such as Hurricanes, Drooughts, and Heatwaves. These events have devastating impacts on both human lives and ecosystems.
- Impact on Ecosystems: Global Warming Disrupt Ecosystems and Threatens Biodiversity. CHANGES IN TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPATION PATTERNS CAN LEAD TO THE EXTINCTION OF CERTAIN SPECIES, AS THE WELL AS THE MIGRATION OF OTHERS TO DIFFERENT HABITATS.
- Health Risks: Rising Temperatures Can Worsen Air Quality, Leading to an Increase in respiratory desire. Heatwaves Also possesses Health Risk, particularly for vulnerable Populations Such as The Elderly and Children.
- Food Security: Global Warming AFFFECTS Agricultural Production, Decreating Crop Yields Due to Changes in Rainfall Patterns, Increased Pests and Diseases, and Changes in Temperature. This poses to Threat to Global Food Security and Can Lead to Increased Food Prices.
Addressing Global Warming: Actions and Solutions
Addressing Global Warming Required A Comprehensive and Multi-Faceted Approach. Individuals, Communities, Government, and Businesses All have a play in play in mitigating climate change. Here are sum Solutions that Can Help Reduces Global Warming:
- Transition to renewable energy: Shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like solar, Wind, and Hydroelectric Power Can significantly reduces Greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on finite resources.
- Energy Efficient: Improving Energy Efficient in Households and Industries Can Reduces Overal Energy Consumption and Lower Greenhouse Gas emissions.
- Forest conservation and reforestation: Protecting existing forests and undertaking reforestation efforts can Help Absorb Co2 from the atmosphere and mitigate the impacts of Global Warming.
- Sustainable Agriculture: Sustainable Agricultural Promoting practices that reduces emissions, preserve Soil Health, and enhance resilience to climate change can contribute to mitigating Global Warming.
- International Cooperation: GLOBAL EFForts to Combat Climate Change, Such As International Agreements Like the Paris Agreement, Crucial Arene For Achieving Substantial Progress in Redow Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
it is important for individuals to be report, Take personal action, and support Polies that prioritize substantial practices and reduces Greenhouse gas emissions. By working collectivly, we can contribute to Healthier and More Sustainable Future for Our Planet.
CONCLUSION
The ISSUE OF GLOBAL WARMG IS A PRESSING CONCERNA THAT REQUIVES IMMEDIATE ATTENTION AND ACTION. The Earth’s Climate Is Changing at An Alarming Rate, and The Concequences of Inaction Are Severe. It is our collective responsibility to Mitigate Global Warming Through Sustainable Practices, Renewable Energy, and International Cooperation. By Taking Steps to Address This Issue, We Can Safeguard The Well-Being of Future Generations and rehens to Sustainable Future For Our Planet.
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Global Warming or Warning: A Comprehensive Analysis
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#MarkCarney has undone decades of #IndigenousRights, #climate policy, #environmental stewardship, and #humanRights work. https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-pact-with-danielle-smith-is-climate-carnage/
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@cbcnews @british-columbia-cbcnews Maybe if the #BCNDP didn't continue to roll over #INdigenousRights and title, #humanRights, and #UNDRIP, the courts wouldn't have to be in the driver's seat?
Ottawa's deal with Alberta on pipeline ignites rising BC backlash
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Africa: African Court On Human and Peoples' Rights Issues New Orders to Kenya Over Non-Compliance in the Ogiek Case: [africancourt] Arusha, -- The Court delivered its decision on Thursday 4 December 2025, at its seat in Arusha-Tanzania, after determining that the Respondent State (Kenya) has not fulfilled several of its earlier orders relating to the protection of the Ogiek community, an indigenous… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPdx69 #HumanRights #OgiekCommunity #Kenya #IndigenousRights #AfricanCourt
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National leader of Brazil’s Landless Workers’ Movement:
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Chief Dan George: A Voice for Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation 🇨🇦
Chief Dan George, of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, was a renowned actor and Indigenous rights advocate. He gained fame for his role in Little Big Man and used his platform to speak out against discrimination and promote understanding. George’s legacy inspires Indigenous artists and activists. 🏞️
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Indigenous Peoples Fight Climate Change
In the wake of the worst wildfires in living memory in Mexico and Central America in 2024, news outlets were looking for someone to blame. Howler monkeys and many species of parrots perished in the blazes. Slash and burn farming practices by Belize‘s indigenous communities were singled out as a primary cause. Yet this knee-jerk reaction is not evidence based and doesn’t take into account forces like corporate landgrabbing for mining and agribusinesses like meat, soy and palm oil.
Belize’s indigenous Maya communities are rebuilding stronger based on the collective notion of se’ komonil: reciprocity, solidarity, traditional knowledge, gender equity, togetherness and community.
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Share to BlueSky Share to TwitterWritten by James Stinson, Senior Research Associate and Evaluation Specialist, Young Lives Research Lab, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada and Lee Mcloughlin, PhD student, Global Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
Driven by extreme heat and drought, some of the worst wildfires in living memory raged across Mexico and Central America through April and May 2024.
News agencies reported howler monkeys dropping dead from trees, and parrots and other birds falling from the skies.
In Belize, a state of emergency was declared as wildfires burned tens of thousands of hectares of highly bio-diverse forest. Farmers suffered huge losses as fires destroyed crops and homes, and communities across the country suffered from hazardous air quality and hot, sleepless nights. Many risked their lives to fight off the approaching fires.
As the wildfire crisis subsided with rains in June, public attention shifted toward identifying the causes and allocating blame. Many singled out the “slash and burn” farming practices in Belize’s Indigenous communities as the primary cause. This simple knee-jerk reaction ignores the underlying causes of the climate crisis, are scientifically unfounded and stoke resentment of Indigenous Peoples.
Young Mayan women. Image source: WikipediaFanning the flames
On June 5, one of Belize’s major news networks ran a story with the headline “Are Primitive Farming Techniques Responsible for Wildfires?” The story placed blame for Belize’s wildfires on “slash-and-burn farming”, arguing that “there has to be a shift away from this destructive means of agriculture.”
The story was followed by an op-ed published online asserting that “because of the increased amounts of escaped agricultural fires, aided by climate change, global warming and drought, slash and burn has become more of a problem than the solution it once was.” This sentiment was further reinforced by Belize’s prime minister, who declared that “slash аnd burn has to be something of the past.”
While some of the recent fires in Belize were connected to agricultural burning — and poorly managed fire-clearing practices can have negative air-quality impacts — blaming “slash and burn” for the wildfire crisis ignores the larger context and conditions that made it possible, namely global warming.
May 2024 was the hottest and driest month in Belize’s history. This extreme heat is part of a broader global trend, with June 2024 marking the 13th consecutive “hottest month on record” globally.
More fundamentally, these statements confuse other forms of slash-and-burn agriculture with the distinct “milpa” systems employed by Indigenous people in Belize.
Indigenous knowledge undermined
Throughout Belize, Indigenous Maya farmers commonly practise a form of agriculture referred to as milpa in which fire is used to clear fields and fertilize the soil. Within this system, small areas of forest are chopped down, burned, and planted with maize, beans, squash and other crops. After being cultivated for a year or two, the field is then left fallow and allowed to regenerate back to forest cover while the farmers move on to a new area within a cyclical pattern where areas are reused after a regenerative period.
Commonly derided as slash-and-burn farming, milpa has long been perceived as environmentally destructive. This perspective has been perpetuated by long-standing myths and misconceptions that portray the farming practices of non-Europeans, and specifically the use of fire, as wasteful and irrational.
In Belize, this negative view of slash and burn has driven many colonial and post-colonial interventions to modernize Maya farming practices.
Recent research, however, has shown that the lands of Indigenous Peoples around the world have reduced deforestation and degradation rates relative to non-protected areas. The southern Toledo district of Belize, where the majority of Maya communities are located, boasts a forest cover rate of 71 per cent, significantly higher than the national average of 63 per cent.
Further research has found that the species composition of contemporary Mesoamerican forests has been shaped by the agricultural practices of ancient Maya farmers.
In Belize, fire has been found to play a role in promoting ecosystem health and resilience and intermediate levels of forest disturbance caused by milpa can increase species diversity. Well-managed milpa farming can support soil fertility, result in long-term carbon sequestration and enriched woodland vegetation.
Research has also shown that previous studies of deforestation in southern Belize significantly overestimated the rate of deforestation due to milpa agriculture by not accounting for its rotational process.
Many researchers now believe that milpa is a more benign alternative, in terms of environmental effects, than most other permanent farming systems in the humid tropics. Indeed, findings such as these have led to a growing appreciation for the role of Indigenous Peoples in advancing nature-based and life-enhancing climate solutions.
Unfortunately, research in the region has also found that climate change is undermining the ecological sustainability of milpa farming by forcing farmers to abandon traditional practices and adopt counterproductive measures in their struggle to adapt. In some cases, this has resulted in a decrease in the biodiversity and ecological resilience of the milpa system. This issue is compounded by the decreasing participation of young people, resulting in a further generational loss of traditional ecological knowledge.
Together, these issues are serving to alter and undermine a livelihood strategy that has proven sustainable for thousands of years. However, rather than call for Maya farmers to abandon slash and burn, we encourage support for the self-determined efforts of Maya communities to adapt to this changing climate. https://www.youtube.com/embed/ok787HRp_gA?wmode=transparent&start=0 A video documenting the Maya response to the 2024 wildfire crisis.
Planting seeds of collaboration
Since winning a groundbreaking land rights claim in 2015, Maya communities in southern Belize have been working to promote an Indigenous future based on principles of reciprocity, solidarity, traditional knowledge, gender equity and, most significantly, se’ komonil, the Maya notion of togetherness and community.
Led by a collaboration of Maya leaders and non-governmental organizations, work toward this has included efforts to revitalize traditional institutions and governance systems, as well as the development of an Indigenous Forest Caring Strategy and fire-permitting system. In an effort to encourage and support the participation of youth in this process, Maya leaders have collaborated with the Young Lives Research Lab at York University to develop the Partnership for Youth and Planetary Wellbeing.
Building on previous research with Maya youth, the project has produced innovative youth-led research and education on the impacts of climate change, the importance of food sovereignty, traditional ecological knowledge and the struggle to secure Indigenous land rights in Maya communities. This work has been shared with global policymakers at the United Nations and local audiences in Belize.
Rather than fanning the flames of climate blame, we must work together to revitalize Indigenous knowledge systems and plant seeds of climate collaboration and care.
Written by James Stinson, Senior Research Associate and Evaluation Specialist, Young Lives Research Lab, Faculty of Education, York University, Canada and Lee Mcloughlin, PhD student, Global Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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