Callum Russell, Survival International officer working in Indonesia speaks about his work with the Hongana Manyawa people, who face annihilation from nickel mining in their rainforest.

Indigenous peoples make up just 6% the world’s population, but they safeguard huge areas of the world’s biodiversity, and have been shown to its best guardians. They also play a vital role in controlling climate change, by defending the world’s carbon-absorbing forests and grasslands against extractive industries – including for some global-North “Green New Deals” … false solutions to the climate and environmental crises. Indigenous peoples are bearing the brunt of these false solutions, which are devastating their territories and usurping their custodianship of the planet’s green and blue spaces.

Free, all welcome. (No photos, please). Please note this public talk will be preceded by the Annual General Meeting of Global Justice Sheffield, from 6.30pm-7.15 pm. To reserve a place: email Oliver at globaljusticesheffield@gmail.com

A PDF flyer about this meeting is online at this link.