INDIGENOUS GROUPS GIVE CAUTIOUS WELCOME TO DEAL STRUCK AT UN “Dayak indigenous women associate themselves with the forest, land, and river. So when we lose access to those three, we are missing the vital part of survival. Women’s knowledge about food and medicinal plants has been undermined. “The land that used to feed indigenous women is gone … The work that they used to do has no value and they have no place. The traditional medicine that used to be widely available has vanished. Modern medicines are costly and not easily available from their locations. This affects the health quality of indigenous people.” Olvy Octavianita Tumbelaka, a Dayak Benuaq, Member of the Indigenous People’s Alliance of the Archipelago, Indonesia theguardian/global-development/2014/sep/23/indigenous-groups-cautious-welcome-deal-united-nations
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