Nature and Biodiversity
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation. This is why
New research has mapped indigenous land around the world, finding that they cover a quarter of all land outside Antarctica.
Micha is a PhD candidate researching socio-economic aspects of coastal conservation and management in the Yellow Sea. She has a particular interest in habitat requirements of migratory shorebirds, who face an increasingly uncertain future in the region. Their incredible migration journey is one of the great wildlife spectacles on earth, but also exemplifies the wide range of challenges facing biodiversity today and the complex economic, social and livelihood aspects that can drive both problems and solutions.
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