Indigenous communities deploy high-tech mapmaking to staunch global land grab
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 03:30
in Earth & Climate
With governments, loggers, miners and palm oil producers poaching their lands with impunity, indigenous leaders from 17 countries gathered on a remote island in Sumatra this week to launch a global fight for their rights that will take advantage of powerful mapping tools combined with indigenous knowledge to mark traditional boundaries.