Indigenous Peoples are threadened by Climte Change

PhotographerDorte Verner
PrizeSilver in Portraiture / Culture
Entry Description

The existence of Indigenous Peoples across the globe are threatened by climate and other changes. This project shed light the lives and livelihoods of indigenous peoples that are the most depend on natural resources. The Inuits in Northern Canada, Mokens in Myanmar, and Shipivo in Peru, all experience reduced fish in their waters as fish stocks are moving to colder waters as the sea is warming. The livestock depended people such as the Karo in Ethiopia and Qashqai in Iran can no longer use the traditional guidance of bird migration decide when to move their animals for better pasture. Drought and water scarcity are another factors threading indigenous peoples; the Kayan in Thailand already have less water for their human and animal use than a decade ago.