The Day focuses on Protecting Indigenous Peoples…
On August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, which is also known as World Tribal Day is observed.
This day is to raise awareness and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population.
This event also marks the achievements and contributions that these people make to improve world issues like environmental protection.
The main aim behind this day is to promote and protect the Rights of Indigenous peoples, who have often been marginalized and whose cultures have faced threats of erosion and assimilation.
This International Day in the year 2024 is focused on 'Protecting the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation and Initial Contact'.
According to the United Nations, around 200 groups of Indigenous Peoples currently live in voluntary isolation and initial contact.
They live in remote forests rich in natural resources in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Peru, and Venezuela.
They live detached from the rest of the world. Their way of living allows them to engage in gathering and hunting, thereby preserving their cultures and languages.
These people have a strict dependency on their ecological environment. Any changes to their natural habitat can harm both the survival of individual members and the group as a whole.
These people make up less than 6 percent of the world's population but represent at least 15percent of the extremely poor.
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