Global Nature Positive Summit features Indigenous leaders

Just prior to the latest world biodiversity summit (COP 16 in Colombia), a similarly-themed event was hosted by the Australian Government in Sydney: the Global ‘Nature Positive’ Summit featured Indigenous leaders, scientists and conservationists, but political leaders in attendance provided little insight into when key reforms to the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act would take place, which experts, lawyers, and activists have been calling for.

For this episode, Mongabay speaks with delegates to the summit including Barry Hunter, a descendent of the Djabugay people and the CEO of The North Australian Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA), Éliane Ubalijoro, the CEO of CIFOR-ICRAF, and also Ben Pitcher, a behavioral biologist with the Taronga Conservation Society.

These guests share their expertise on the state of biodiversity, what kind of action they want to see from leaders, and what can be done to safeguard species while ensuring First Nations rights.

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Image Credit: A land formation in Katoomba (near Sydney) known as Dyindinggang to the Gundungurra people, and Dyindbarri to the Dharug people. This is also commonly known as The Three Sisters. Image by Tatiana Gerus via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0).
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Timecodes
(00:00) Introduction
(02:05) A lack of government action
(04:04) Interview with Barry Hunter
(15:31) Interview with Eliane Ubalijoro - Subscribe on Apple or Spotify to listen
(20:24) Interview with Ben Pitcher - Subscribe on Apple or Spotify to listen
(28:16) Credits - Subscribe on Apple or Spotify to listen