UNPFII 2025 - Mercury Is Contaminating Our Rivers
The theme for the twenty fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues is "Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples within United Nations Member States and the United Nations system, including identifying good practices and addressing challenges”
The forum takes place in New York.
Cultural Survival attended, and spoke to some of the delegates who attended.
Produced by Shaldon Ferris (Khoi/San)
Interviewee: Maria Jose Andrade Cerda (Quechua)
Indigenous Peoples And Health - Nailejileji Tipap Of The Maasai People Speaks
WHO estimates that more than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes. This includes the climate crisis which is the single biggest health threat facing humanity. The climate crisis is also a health crisis.
In this program, we hear from Nailejileji Tipap who will tell us about the health of the Maasai people of Tanzania.