Our Indigenous lands preserve biodiversity and play a key role in climate change mitigation.
The map below shows that in 64 countries around our Mother Earth, indigenous lands provide carbon sequestration for 300 Gigaton of carbon.
So how big is just one gigatonne? This unit of mass is equivalent to one billion metric tons, 2.2 trillion pounds, or 10,000 fully-loaded U.S. aircraft carriers. Central Park is 4 kilometers long and 0.8 kilometers wide. A gigatonne of ice placed here would extend 341 meters (1,119 feet) high.
Protecting Indigenous rights to their land, not only benefits Indigenous people but all Humanity.
