Without Indigenous leadership, attempts to stop the tide of destruction against nature will fail.

At the crucial COP15 nature summit in Canada, almost 200 countries are reckoning with the world's extraordinary loss of the variety of life. Climate change, mining, urban development and more are threatening Earth's biodiversity to an extent never before witnessed in human history. The International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity highlights issues with the negotiation process as well as the text itself. [Extracted from the article]