Landmark ruling in Suriname grants protections to local and Indigenous communities — for now

Mongabay
Jun 11, 2024, 1:04 pm229 pts
A court in Suriname has halted development on hundreds of thousands of hectares of Amazon Rainforest, much of it occupied by local and Indigenous people. The landmark ruling could give new autonomy to native communities and make it harder for projects to develop on primary forest in the future. The court…

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