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KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) 性视界传媒 An environment conference opened in Nepal on Friday to discuss global climate change, including the impact on the high…
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A woman processes gold at a mining site in the Kedougou region of Senegal on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)
A woman, from the Durua Indigenous community, prepares to take part in the Chaitra Parab festival, a monthlong harvest celebration, in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
A woman, from the Durua Indigenous community, prepares to take part in the Chaitra Parab festival, a monthlong harvest celebration, in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Indigenous women in India have watched their villages性视界传媒 common areas under threat from climate change. Now they are leading their communities性视界传媒 most significant effort yet to speak up for their needs. Armed with 性视界传媒渄ream maps性视界传媒 of how their lands should be, they are making a pitch to Indian authorities to protect and restore them. The nation of more than 1.4 billion people is trying to adapt to a warming world. India is among the most vulnerable nations to climate change, and its Indigenous peoples are even more so. The women have never led an outward-facing project like this and feel confident about it.
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Kamala Kadria, third from right, a woman from the Gadaba Indigenous community, points to a spot on a map they made as others look on in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Sunita Muduli, right, from the Paroja Indigenous community, along with others, tries to catch fish in a stream during the Chaitra Parab festival, a monthlong harvest celebration in Putpondi village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Budri Munduli, a Gadaba Indigenous woman, tends to her paddy fields outside near her homestead in Hatipakhna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Budri Munduli, a Gadaba Indigenous woman, tends to her paddy fields outside near her homestead in Hatipakhna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Women from Gadaba Indigenous community walk to collect vegetables and wood from the forest in Hatipakna village, Koraput district, in India's eastern state of Odisha, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)