The importance of indigenous rights and knowledge in conservation

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It's the danger of forgetting that is

the road to extinction.

Our salmon are endangered species now.
The Winnemem Wintu

would also be
on the endangered species list.

As the salmon reduce in number,

so do the Winnemem Wintu.

I came to Congress
to plead the case of the Kalash Tribe,

which is endangered due to climate change.

The community is 6,000 years old

and only about 4,000 people.

The whole community
is at risk of being wiped out.

Respect for
the traditional ecological knowledge,

unlocking opportunities to learn

from people who continue to live

close to these landscapes

is an opportunity for all of us
to boost

our knowledge
of what's happening with this planet.

Knowledge is not just academic.

The knowledge that comes through

being in one place,
all this time, is different

than when somebody comes in and studies it

for five years or even 20 years.

I am representing a hundred of years of

indigenous traditional knowledge for us

it's very important to see how the

younger generation can protect more the

environment but how all this knowledge

can be protect to protect us and to

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let us remember that what was once an

oppressed voice is now the intellectual

speech of the landscape I believe for

tomorrow for our grandchildren and your

great-great grandchildren

it will be vibrant one because we are

committed to making it Seoul s

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tienen que dar se cuenta que un cambio

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