Meeting the Global Biodiversity Challenge

Tropical forests are among the world’s premier storehouses of Earth’s vast and diverse array of life—it’s biodiversity. This richness is a wonder—an
embodiment of physical and spiritual abundance. We are part of this rich fabric of life—woven into it and dependent on it for our material sustenance and the
spiritual food of wonder and inspiration. As our biological heritage, it supports our economic wealth, physical and psychological health, and cultural identity.
For many Indigenous Peoples in particular, forest ecosystems are central to their cosmologies, cultures, and spiritual lives.

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