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   Preston Walberg (presandberg@spore.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 02:39:32 JST Preston Walberg

   "Ecological communities tend to be healthier under Indigenous jurisdiction. (This is not because Indigeous peoples and practices are “necessarily environmentally sound,” according to Anishinaabe legal scholar John Burrows — this is a noxious and essentializing stereotype. “Indigenous peoples can be as destructive as other societies on earth — we are part of humanity, not outside of it,” he writes). The difference in socioecological outcomes can be traced to ..."

   https://medium.com/postgrowth/tribes-of-the-klamath-basin-show-us-how-to-heal-a-river-7b7561a95947

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     Preston Walberg (presandberg@spore.social)'s status on Sunday, 29-Dec-2024 02:39:37 JST Preston Walberg

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     "... differences in jurisprudence."

     "Despite various environmental regulations, Western law primarily views the land and its lifeforms as property subject to use and abuse for capital accumulation. The opposite holds in many Indigenous legal systems: more-than-human beings are viewed as kin with whom humans cultivate balanced and respectful relationships"

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