Lessons on planetary health from traditional Quilombola communities of the Brazilian Amazon

The effects of the climate emergency on people’s health and quality of life are increasingly acknowledged. However, certain groups and regions, including women, racialised and minoritised groups, individuals living in poverty, and those in the global south, are disproportionately affected by the climate emergency despite often having the least responsibility for causing it.1 In this context, solutions to protect planetary health are urgent, and it’s necessary to learn from the knowledge of those who have been caring for the environment for generations, such as native and other traditional populations.Traditional populations are culturally differentiated groups that self-identify as such, have their own forms of social organisation, and occupy and use territories and natural resources as a condition for their cultural, social, religious, ancestral, and economic reproduction. They rely on the transmission of knowledge, innovations, and practices that have been generated and transmitted by tradition. Examples are the indigenous and Quilombola populations.2…
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