{"id":25957,"date":"2025-11-20T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/?post_type=story&#038;p=25957"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:09:33","slug":"we-hear-them-see-them-and-are-with-them","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/we-hear-them-see-them-and-are-with-them\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We hear them, see them, and are with them\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><em><i>Marina Mura, left, an Indigenous scientist, joins <em>Kamila Camilo, director of Insituto Oy\u00e1,\u00a0<\/em>for an interview during team <\/i>ETH <i>BiodivX\u2019s portion of the 2024 XPRIZE Rainforest competition. Mura <\/i>and Gabriel Nunes are co-chairs of the Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Science Endowment Fund, announced at COP30. (Photo courtesy of team ETH BiodivX)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At COP30, Clark supports Indigenous peoples\u2019 fight to be heard<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A key takeaway from the United Nations\u2019 COP30 climate talks this month in Brazil has been the essential involvement of Indigenous peoples in protecting forests and public health, according to representatives from Clark University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/\">School of Climate, Environment, and Society<\/a> who attended the conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndigenous peoples are not a side note; they are the frontline protectors of forests and community health, and an integral part of achieving Paris Agreement goals,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/climate-environment-society\/about\/about-the-dean\/\">Lou Leonard<\/a>, inaugural D.J.A. Spencer Dean of the School, and Geography Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/florencia-sangermano\/\">Florencia Sangermano<\/a>, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/clark-ces_cop30-clarkatcop-clarkces-ugcPost-7396203752443133952-cO_V\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAADZvjsBXNr7U-hh3Seulbtjk6Xugx-eE3s\">takeaways were posted to social media<\/a> on Nov. 17. The next day, Geography Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/abby-frazier\/\">Abby Frazier<\/a> also joined the conference, held in the city of Bel\u00e9m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>At COP30, Sangermano and her colleagues on the global research team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/09\/12\/72-hours-in-the-amazon\/\">ETH BiodivX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/11\/20\/eth-biodivx-team-launches-groundbreaking-indigenous-led-conservation-fund-at-cop-30-in-belem\/\">announced<\/a> the establishment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biodivx.org\/\">Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities Science Endowment Fund (IPLC Science Fund)<\/a>, which supports Indigenous and local communities in addressing conservation issues in the Amazon rainforest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group boxout has-light-green-background-color has-background is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-12dd3699 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Make a difference<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/major\/climate-environment-and-society-ba\/\">B.A. in Climate, Environment, and Society<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/programs\/masters\/climate-and-society-ms\/\">M.S. in Climate and Society<\/a><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The initiative \u201crepresents a fundamental shift in conservation financing by placing Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) at the forefront of funding decisions,\u201d according to the team members\u2019 Nov. 17 statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBy announcing this fund at COP30, where Indigenous communities are fighting for their inclusion in climate actions and decisions, we convey that we hear them, see them, acknowledge them, and are with them,\u201d Sangermano says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-chairs of the fund include ETH BiodivX team members <a href=\"https:\/\/gainforest.substack.com\/p\/indigenous-field-notes-from-the-biodiversity\">Marina Mura<\/a>, an Indigenous scientist, and Gabriel Nunes, a science lead at the international nonprofit organization GainForest who was born and raised in a community on the R\u00edo Negro, a major tributary of the Amazon River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe decided to create this endowment fund&nbsp;to empower Indigenous and local communities to lead conservation projects on their own, or in collaboration with other scientists.\u201d<\/p><cite>\u2014 florencia sangermano<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The fund allows for the creation of an Indigenous Data Council, through which \u201cIPLC representatives will evaluate submitted projects and approve only those that align directly with their community\u2019s values and priorities,\u201d according to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor too long, conservation funding has operated through grant-based models that make it nearly impossible for nature stewards to compete with global universities and well-resourced institutes,\u201d Nunes says. \u201cEven when Indigenous communities receive funding, financiers often impose their own priorities on conservation activities, creating misalignment with the priorities of Indigenous people doing the actual conservation work. This fund changes that by putting financial power directly in the hands of nature stewards.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The effort is supported by a $250,000 bonus award that team ETH BiodivX \u2014 which has included members of Indigenous and local communities \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/21\/xprize-award-honors-work-of-clark-geographer-research-team-in-the-amazon\/\">won in 2024<\/a> as part of the five-year, $1 million XPRIZE Rainforest competition. Starting with 300 teams, the competition was narrowed to six finalists who headed to Brazil\u2019s Amazon rainforest in summer 2024. Each used technically advanced techniques to rapidly survey a 38.6-square-mile area and produce reports on tropical forest biodiversity in just 72 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-1024x594.gif\" alt=\"Florencia Sangermano working with child and adult from Indigenous community\" class=\"wp-image-21734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-1024x594.gif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-300x174.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-768x445.gif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-1536x890.gif 1536w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-2048x1187.gif 2048w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024_Florencia_Sangermano_Brazil_XPRIZE-004-1-1200x696.gif 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Geography Professor Florencia Sangermano, left, works with members of an Indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon during the XPRIZE Rainforest competition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDuring the XPRIZE Rainforest competition, our team recognized that successful conservation requires the active participation of Indigenous and local communities, and that their knowledge is essential for conservation science,\u201d Sangermano says. \u201cWe decided to create this endowment fund&nbsp;to empower Indigenous and local communities to lead conservation projects on their own, or in collaboration with other scientists, by providing financial support, technology, and research and capacity-building networks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ETH BiodivX has shared cutting-edge technologies \u2014&nbsp;including AI, machine learning, acoustics, and drone imaging \u2014 with Indigenous and local communities in the Amazon so they can \u201cmonitor natural resources vital for local economic resilience and territorial permanence, exploring the crucial socioeconomic dimensions of biodiversity data,\u201d according to team members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of talk about funds to save, protect, or reforest the Amazon, but those who live here are rarely included,\u201d co-chair Mura says. \u201cTo understand a territory, you must listen to those who were born and breathe in it. Projects made about the Amazon, but without the Amazonians, end up being superficial &#8230; views from the outside, from above the trees. We want to change this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Protecting Indigenous lands and public health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the opening days of COP30, Sangermano and Leonard attended a key meeting on \u201cnationally determined contributions,\u201d or NDCs, the targets and actions agreed to by governments signing the Paris Agreement, the legally binding international climate treaty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndigenous communities have been protecting the Amazon for centuries, and the way of managing the land has been successful, so what Indigenous communities want is their voices to be heard and incorporated into the NDCs, their knowledge, and also their way of managing the forest,\u201d Sangermano said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7395111882140889088\/\">video interview from COP30<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She attended a panel by Indigenous and local community members \u2014 including Clark geography alum Mireya Bravo Frey, M.A. \u201914, Ph.D. \u201916, now with the <em>Instituto del Bien Com\u00fan<\/em> (Institute for the Common Good) in Lima, Peru \u2014 who discussed incorporating Indigenous knowledge, participation, and practices in implementing climate strategies in the Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conservation of Indigenous Territories in the Amazon not only protects the rainforest, which plays a significant role in regulating the global climate and harbors 10 percent of the known species on Earth, it also can help humans, according to Sangermano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-025-02620-7\">study<\/a> published recently in the Nature group journal&nbsp;<em>Communications Earth &amp; Environment<\/em>, she and her research collaborators in Brazil reported that Indigenous Territories in the Amazon rainforest can help ward off forest fire-related illnesses and, in many cases, animal- and insect-borne diseases in people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we found is a relationship between Indigenous territories that are legalized, or have secure land tenure, and a decrease in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases,\u201d Sangermano says. \u201cAnd in the Brazilian Amazon, this can be reflected in 15 million cases of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases that are avoided every year by protecting the Indigenous territories.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Inclusion of Indigenous voices in Hawai\u2018i and the Pacific Islands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Abby-Frazier-and-Xavier-Matsutaro-300x295.avif\" alt=\"Abby Frazier and Xavier Matsutaro of Palau\" class=\"wp-image-25959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Abby-Frazier-and-Xavier-Matsutaro-300x295.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Abby-Frazier-and-Xavier-Matsutaro-1024x1008.avif 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Abby-Frazier-and-Xavier-Matsutaro-768x756.avif 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Abby-Frazier-and-Xavier-Matsutaro.avif 1180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Geography Professor Abby Frazier and Xavier Matsutaro, national climate change coordinator for the government of Palau in the Pacific Islands.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the second half of COP30, Frazier connected with one of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pacificrisa.org\/\">NOAA Pacific RISA climate<\/a> research collaborators, Xavier Matsutaro, national climate change coordinator for the government of Palau in the Pacific Islands. He moderated a COP30 panel on \u201cResilient Blue Futures: Pathways for Island Climate Action and Prosperity,\u201d emphasizing the importance of international partnerships and ensuring that communities receive the economic resources they need for climate adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frazier has long advocated for involving Indigenous and local communities in adaptation efforts in Hawai\u2018i and the Pacific Islands, where she studies the changing climate and severe weather events. She was lead author of a regional chapter in the United States\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/clark-professor-leads-chapter-of-fifth-national-climate-assessment-joins-peers-at-white-house-unveiling\/\">Fifth National Climate Assessment<\/a>, which in 2023 emphasized the importance of centering Indigenous peoples and their knowledge systems in climate-resilience plans for Hawaiian and Pacific Island communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndigenous knowledge systems and stewardship are foundational in responding to climate change, but generations of knowledge have been undervalued, suppressed, and ignored by Western science and were only recently recognized as val\u00adid knowledge sources at the federal level,\u201d researchers report in the chapter on Hawai\u2018i and the Pacific Islands. \u201cFilling these data gaps could better enable data-driven decision-making and improve climate services in the 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