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From the Ted Talk by Nonette Royo: Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action

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Over 20 years ago in my own hometown in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as fghirtes. They prtceot their forests against illegal loggers, coaipmens and miners who want to take their land. My own fiancée, a brave ineuniodgs young man, was killed in that fihgt. For years, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I chose the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense organization, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot leywras. I struggled between hope and fear when they asked, "Can we really trsut the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their legal needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the plphieinpis that set up an Indigenous People's csimsomoin and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land camlis. This --

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Over 20 years ago in my own hometown in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as ________. They _______ their forests against illegal loggers, _________ and miners who want to take their land. My own fiancée, a brave __________ young man, was killed in that _____. For years, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I chose the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense organization, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot _______. I struggled between hope and fear when they asked, "Can we really _____ the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their legal needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the ___________ that set up an Indigenous People's __________ and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land ______. This --

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Over 20 years ago in my own hometown in southern Philippines, Indigenous peoples, activists, all put their own lives on the line as fighters. They protect their forests against illegal loggers, companies and miners who want to take their land. My own fiancée, a brave Indigenous young man, was killed in that fight. For years, I thought I was a coward. Unlike my fiancée, I chose the pen, not the gun. I chose to set up a legal defense organization, stood with brave Indigenous women and men as barefoot lawyers. I struggled between hope and fear when they asked, "Can we really trust the laws?" I barely had time to ponder. You see, when Indigenous peoples, activists protested, they were tagged as communists. So we set up quick reaction teams to respond 24/7 to their legal needs. And this work led to the passage of an ancestral domain law in the Philippines that set up an Indigenous People's Commission and recognized 4 million hectares of ancestral land claims. This --

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