Indigenous Visions Hold The Key To A Shift In Land Ownership

All paradigm changes we have experienced went through a harsh incubation period.

Land ownership seems to be one of these – now knocking loudly on our doors. This piece argues that the pace of nature degradation is showing us that there are other possible ways we can relate to the territories we live in. Those which are based on ancestral values.

History repeats itself

But maybe we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Solutions to the 21st century’s dilemmas can be found in the voices of those once suppressed. Is the new paradigm shift driven by those who belonged to the land way before private property was even invented?

The answer is yes. A more humanised relationship with the land is possible and imminent:

This approach entails returning lands and resources to indigenous control and rethinking our relationship to the environment by recognising and protecting indigenous values and the rights of nature through the law.

Can we reshape our views to take care of the planet, while redeeming historic injustice? Can the people be of the land and the land of the people once again?

You tell me. Eye-openers in this article pinpoint the development of one of the biggest struggles of our times.