🌏✊ From #Brazil’s action against illegal #mining, to Peru’s fight against drug trafficking, these top 10 #IndigenousRights stories of 2024 reveal victories and challenges for #landrights #LandBack #BoycottPalmOil 🌴☠️⛔️ #BoycottGold 🥇☠️

http://palmoildetectives.com/2025/01/09/ten-victories-and-challenges-to-indigenous-rights-in-2024/

Indigenous tribes engineered British Columbia’s modern hazelnut forests 7000+ years ago
https://www.science.org/content/article/indigenous-tribes-engineered-british-columbia-s-modern-hazelnut-forests-more-7000-years

* genetic analysis
* could help First Nations secure land rights in Cdn courts
* actively cultivated crop
* transported hazelnuts 800 km
* cultivate nutritious/reliable food source in new regions

Genetic differentiation/precolonial Indigenous cultivation of hazelnut
https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2402304121

#Canada #Indigenous #BC #BritishColumbia #cultivation #anthropology #LandRights