With an increase in biodiversity loss and species extinction in Australia, Indigenous people's connection to their traditional lands and their knowledge systems are at risk of extreme change and cultural loss. For Indigenous people, some species are used for food and fibre, and others have healing properties. The loss of environment will have detrimental impacts on the availability of these plant and animal species, once rich in diversity, including the risk of extinction of some species. These climatic impacts force Indigenous people to adapt as a people.
With an increase in biodiversity loss and species extinction in Australia, Indigenous people's connection to their traditional lands and their knowledge systems are at risk of extreme change and cultural loss. For Indigenous people, some species are used for food and fibre, and others have healing properties. The loss of environment will have detrimental impacts on the availability of these plant and animal species, once rich in diversity, including the risk of extinction of some species. These climatic impacts force Indigenous people to adapt as a people.
['Members of indigenous and local communities']