By Anita Hofschneider\/grist Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world\u2019s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas to attend, and the twin challenges of climate change and green energy projects that have frequently run afoul of Indigenous land rights. This year\u2019s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focused on the grim topic of survival in the midst of war, with its official theme \u201cEnsuring Indigenous Peoples\u2019 health, including in the context of conflict.\u201d Experts emphasize that Indigenous peoples already face health inequities from colonialism and climate change,… <\/p>\n
By Anita Hofschneider\/grist Hundreds of delegates are arriving at the United Nations this week for the world\u2019s largest gathering of Indigenous peoples. But they arrive against an increasingly hostile global backdrop, facing an artificial intelligence boom driving new extraction on ancestral lands, a U.S. administration that has made it increasingly difficult for Global South delegates to secure visas to attend, and the twin challenges of climate change and green energy projects that have frequently run afoul of Indigenous land rights. This year\u2019s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is focused on the grim topic of survival in the midst of war, with its official theme \u201cEnsuring Indigenous Peoples\u2019 health, including in the context of conflict.\u201d Experts emphasize that Indigenous peoples already face health inequities from colonialism and climate change,... <\/p>\n