Jayalaxshmi Mistry – The Conversation

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November 7, 2023

Praktik bakar lahan tradisional terus berkurang, tapi ini bukan kabar baik

Cathy Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London; Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Ol Perkins, King's College London

Api yang terkendali bermanfaat bagi ekosistem dan mencegah kebakaran besar tak terkontrol.

A controlled burn designed to prevent wildfires in Guyana. Kayla de Freitas

April 5, 2022

Traditional land burning is declining – here’s why that’s a problem

Cathy Smith, Royal Holloway, University of London; Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Royal Holloway, University of London, and Ol Perkins, King's College London

Controlled burns can benefit ecosystems and prevent wildfires burning out of control.

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August 29, 2019

Amazon fires: Indigenous people show fire can be used sustainably

Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Royal Holloway, University of London

Fire doesn’t have to be destructive. For many in the Amazon, it is part of their livelihood and culture.

Environmentalists and activists with posters “peace in the forest and an end to indigenous genocide” in protest of the rights of indigenous people, in São Paulo, Brazil, January, 2019. PARALAXIS /Shutterstock

August 5, 2019

Defending the environment now more lethal than soldiering in some war zones – and indigenous peoples are suffering most

Jayalaxshmi Mistry, Royal Holloway, University of London

Indigenous peoples safeguard biodiversity better than any other group. But in 2018, 164 were killed defending the environment. It’s time for us to heed their knowledge, and protect their future.

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