NiaTero - 2020 Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 10
LETTER FROM OUR CEO
protect isolated peoples. In one, the Articulation of Brazilian
Indigenous Peoples (APIB) made an unprecedented—
and successful—direct petition to the
Supreme Court in Brazil, compelling
government agencies to implement
measures to protect tribes in voluntary
isolation. Alongside these advances, we’re
supporting similar legal work in Pasifika to
combat threats to Indigenous rights and
sovereignty in the face of illegal logging
and mining encroachment.
Nia Tero is working with Indigenous
leaders securing guardianship of critical
Indigenous territories to ensure that no
decisions on global, national, and regional
policies are made in Indigenous territories
without Indigenous peoples’ presence and
input on those decisions. This includes
global commitments to protect 30% of the
world’s land and ocean by 2030 through
global support of intact Indigenous territories and selfgovernance.
Nia Tero has been supporting energy innovations in the
design and replication of solar powered watercraft that
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meet the self-defined needs of our Indigenous partners
in the Amazonia and Pasifika regions. These new designs
and opportunities for self-reliance reduce
dependency on fossil fuels, improve
self-sufficiency, and involve Indigenous
ingenuity in design and sustainability.
Our Storytelling team had an outstanding
year of elevating and amplifying Indigenous
leadership, activists, storytellers,
filmmakers, and visual artists across all
regions where we engage partnerships and
beyond. Using the scope and strength of
online platforms, social media, and social
networking, Storytelling highlighted the
artistry and cultural impact of our Creative
Fellowship cohorts, expanded the narratives
and histories of Indigenous leadership
through our partner campaign with
Amplifier and IllumiNative, and extended
the broadcast of Indigenous stories through
the new Seedcast podcast and drive-in theater initiative.
Our work ahead is clear, and this fact remains: the future
of all humanity is directly linked to the enduring wisdom
of Indigenous peoples standing in support of Indigenous
NIA TERO - THRIVING PEOPLES. THRIVING PLACES.
